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Buhimschi AD, Gasparro FP. UVA and UVB-Induced 8-Methoxypsoralen Photoadducts and a Novel Method for their Detection by Surface-Enhanced Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (SELDI-TOF MS). Photochem Photobiol 2013; 90:241-6. [DOI: 10.1111/php.12171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Breuer-McHam J, Simpson E, Dougherty I, Bonkobara M, Ariizumi K, Lewis DE, Dawson DB, Duvic M, Cruz PD. Activation of HIV in Human Skin by Ultraviolet B Radiation and its Inhibition by NFκB Blocking Agents¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)0740805aohihs2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Breuer-McHam J, Simpson E, Dougherty I, Bonkobara M, Ariizumi K, Lewis DE, Dawson DB, Duvic M, Cruz PD. Activation of HIV in human skin by ultraviolet B radiation and its inhibition by NFkappaB blocking agents. Photochem Photobiol 2001; 74:805-10. [PMID: 11783936 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)074<0805:aohihs>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To determine whether ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation leads to activation of HIV in human skin, we conducted prospective and controlled studies in two academic medical centers in Texas from July 1995 to April 1999. HIV-positive patients with UV-treatable skin diseases were enrolled at each center, 18 subjects at one and 16 at the other. In one center, specimens from lesional and nonlesional skin biopsies were taken before and after sham- or UVB-irradiation administered in vivo or in vitro. In the other center, UVB phototherapy was administered three times weekly and specimens from skin biopsies were taken before and after 2 weeks (six treatments). Cutaneous HIV load was assessed using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in situ hybridization. UVB irradiation led to a 6-10-fold increase in the number of HIV in skin. To ascertain a role for nuclear factor kappa B (NFkappaB) in UVB-inducible HIV activation, two types of blockers, NFkappaB oligonucleotide decoy and sodium salicylate, were tested; each inhibited UVB-inducible HIV activation in skin partially. We conclude that UVB irradiation leads to increased numbers of HIV in human skin via processes that include release of cytoplasmic NFkappaB.
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- J Breuer-McHam
- Department of Dermatology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
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Tokura Y, Seo N, Yagi H, Takigawa M. Photoactivational cytokine-modulatory action of 8-methoxypsoralen plus ultraviolet A in lymphocytes, monocytes, and cutaneous T cell lymphoma cells. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2001; 941:185-93. [PMID: 11594572 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03722.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Treatment with 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and ultraviolet A light (UVA) has been reported to modulate cytokine production in various cells. Our study was conducted to see the effects of 8-MOP/UVA on the expression/production of cytokines in peripheral blood lymphocytes and monocytes in relation to the therapeutic mechanisms of extracorporeal photochemotherapy. 8-MOP/UVA augmented the expression of mRNAs for interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin (IL)-2 and reduced those for IL-4 and IL-10 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from normal subjects and Sézary syndrome patients. This enhancement of Th1 cytokines was caused by increment of cytokine production by Th1 cells but not by conversion of Th2 cells to produce Th1 cytokines. The number of IFN-gamma-secreting lymphocytes was markedly increased in 8-MOP/UVA-treated PBMCs 20 h after treatment, and its amount was elevated in culture supernatants. However, this enhanced production of IFN-gamma was found only until three days after 8-MOP phototreatment, and its level was rapidly declined by five days after treatment. In addition to this Th1-polarized action, 8-MOP/UVA-treated PBMCs produced enhanced amounts of IL-8 upon stimulation with anti-CD3/CD28 antibodies. Phototreated CD4+ but not CD8+ cells provided excellent T cell help for monocytes to produce IL-8 via a direct cell-to-cell contact mechanism. These findings suggest that 8-MOP/UVA has a transient but biologically active Th1-skewing action in T cells, and the phototreated T cells simultaneously stimulate monocytes to produce IL-8. It is suggested that 8-MOP/UVA exerts a beneficial therapeutic effect on malignant Th2 neoplasms as a Th1-skewing cytokine modifier and that 8-MOP-phototreated CD4+ T cells allow monocytes to become effective tumor antigen-presenting cells for tumor-specific cytotoxic T cells.
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- Y Tokura
- Department of Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
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In the inpatient setting, the dermatologic consultant is called on to address the whole spectrum of cutaneous disease seen in HIV/AIDS patients, with severity varying from severe life-threatening to less serious conditions that dramatically affect quality of life. Rather than reviewing a "laundry list" of conditions associated with HIV/AIDS or the most severe conditions, this article aims to demonstrate a systematic approach to inpatient dermatology consultation in HIV/AIDS patients and to briefly review several common and interesting topics frequently addressed in the inpatient setting (e.g., medications issues, and phototherapy in HIV-infected patients).
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- M Finkelstein
- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida, USA
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Zhao JF, Zhang YJ, Jin XH, Athar M, Santella RM, Bickers DR, Wang ZY. Green tea protects against psoralen plus ultraviolet A-induced photochemical damage to skin. J Invest Dermatol 1999; 113:1070-5. [PMID: 10594754 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00806.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The use of psoralens combined with exposure to ultraviolet A radiation is a major form of treatment for psoriasis and a number of other common skin diseases. Although psoralen plus ultraviolet A treatment is highly effective, careful follow-up cohort studies have shown that it greatly increases risk for the development of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. Strategies to reduce the risk of cancer development in psoralen plus ultraviolet A-treated populations are highly desirable. In prior studies, we demonstrated that green tea and constituent polyphenols protect against ultraviolet B-induced carcinogenesis and reduce the growth rate of established tumors in skin. In this study, we show that pre- and post-treatment with standardized green tea extract in psoralen plus ultraviolet A treatment populations abrogates the psoralen plus ultraviolet A-induced photochemical damage to skin. Intact mouse and human skin and reconstituted human skin were employed to assess the effect of both topical and oral administration of standardized green tea extract against psoralen plus ultraviolet A-induced photodamage. Oral administration of standardized green tea extract prior to and during multiple psoralen plus ultraviolet A treatments reduced hyperplasia and hyperkeratosis in murine skin. Standardized green tea extract treatment also inhibited accumulation of c-fos and p53 protein induction following a single exposure to psoralen plus ultraviolet A. c-fos and p53 positive cells in psoralen plus ultraviolet A-treated skin were found to be increased by 55.4 +/- 13. 6% and 62.3 +/- 10.5%, respectively, compared with saline-treated unexposed control skin. Oral administration of 0.4 or 0.8% standardized green tea extract inhibited c-fos protein accumulation by 18.5% and 46.2% (p < 0.05), respectively, and p53 protein accumulation by 26.1% and 54.3% (p < 0.05), respectively. Similarly proliferating cell nuclear antigen staining, a marker of cell proliferation was induced (73.7%) in psoralen plus ultraviolet A-treated skin. Oral administration of 0.4% or 0.8% standardized green tea extract 1 d after psoralen plus ultraviolet A treatment was effective in reducing psoralen plus ultraviolet A-induced inflammatory responses including erythema and edema formation. When standardized green tea extract was applied to EpiDerm, a reconstituted human skin equivalent, psoralen plus ultraviolet A-induced 8-methoxypsoralen-DNA adduct formation and p53 protein accumulation were inhibited. Topical application of 0.2 mg 8-methoxypsoralen per cm2 followed by exposure to ultraviolet A (2.5 J per cm2) resulted in delayed erythema formation in human subjects. Pretreatment of human skin with topical application of 0.2 mg standardized green tea extract per cm2 30 min prior to psoralen plus ultraviolet A treatment resulted in an almost complete abrogation of psoralen plus ultraviolet A-induced erythema. In summary, these data demonstrate that standardized green tea extract protects against psoralen plus ultraviolet A-induced phototoxicity by inhibiting DNA damage and diminishing the inflammatory effects of this modality.
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- J F Zhao
- Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Tokura Y, Seo N, Yagi H, Wakita H, Moriwaki S, Furukawa F, Takigawa M. Treatment of T lymphocytes with 8-methoxypsoralen plus ultraviolet A induces transient but biologically active Th1-skewing cytokine production. J Invest Dermatol 1999; 113:202-8. [PMID: 10469304 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00628.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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8-Methoxypsoralen plus ultraviolet A light is suggested to shift T lymphocytes from Th2 to Th1 cells. To clarify this issue, we examined the effects of 8-methoxypsoralen/ultraviolet A on the expression/production of cytokines in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from normal subjects and a Sézary syndrome patient. 8-Methoxypsoralen/ultraviolet A augmented the expression of mRNAs for interferon-gamma and interleukin-2 and reduced those for interleukin-4 and interleukin-10. It seems that this enhancement of Th1 cytokines is caused by increment of cytokine production by Th1 cells but not by conversion of Th2 cells to produce Th1 cytokines. The number of interferon-gamma-secreting lymphocytes was markedly increased in 8-methoxypsoralen/ultraviolet A-treated peripheral blood mononuclear cells 20 h after treatment, whereas that of Th2 cytokine-producing cells was decreased. Accordingly, the amount of interferon-gamma was elevated in culture supernatants from 8-methoxypsoralen-phototreated peripheral blood mononuclear cells, whereas interleukin-4 was significantly reduced. This enhanced production of interferon-gamma, however, was found only until 3 d after 8-methoxypsoralen phototreatment and was declined by 5 d after treatment. Finally, 8-methoxypsoralen/ultraviolet A treatment of T cells regulated their ability to induce keratinocyte CD54 expression. Our results show that 8-methoxypsoralen/ultraviolet A has a transient but biologically active Th1-skewing action in human T cells, suggesting that 8-methoxypsoralen/ultraviolet A exerts a beneficial therapeutic effect on Th2-mediated or Th2-malignant diseases.
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- Y Tokura
- Department of Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Modulatory effects on cytokine expression of 8-MOP in conjunction with UVA have been investigated in different systems using different cell types, including keratinocytes, lymphocytes, monocytes and endothelial cells. The vast majority of data have exhibited reduced production of cytokines in 8-MOP/UVA-treated cells and skin, reflecting its simplistic cellular damage. However, 8-MOP/UVA at modest doses stimulate T lymphocytes to produce Thl cytokines such as interferon-gamma, suggesting that some activational events may occur in certain types of cells phototreated with 8-MOP. Both the inhibitory and augmentative effects of 8-MOP/UVA on cytokine production appear to participate in the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic efficacy of PUVA and extracorporeal photochemotherapy (photopheresis). In particular, photopheresis may exert beneficial effects on cutaneous T-cell lymphoma as a cytokine modifier.
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- Y Tokura
- Department of Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Bethea D, Fullmer B, Syed S, Seltzer G, Tiano J, Rischko C, Gillespie L, Brown D, Gasparro FP. Psoralen photobiology and photochemotherapy: 50 years of science and medicine. J Dermatol Sci 1999; 19:78-88. [PMID: 10098699 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-1811(98)00064-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In 1998 it is appropriate to commemorate the 50th anniversary of el Mofty's use of purified 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) in the treatment of vitiligo (el Mofty AM. A preliminary clinical report on the treatment of leukoderma with Ammi majus linn. J R Egypt Med Assn 1948,31:651 65. el Mofty AM, el Sawalhy H, el Mofty M. Clinical study of a new preparation of 8-methoxypsoralen in photochemotherapy. Int J Dermatol 1994;8:588 92). Two young American dermatologists (Aaron Lerner and Thomas Fitzpatrick) were intrigued by the potency of this material. After Lerner determined that artificial long wavelength ultraviolet (320-400 nm, UVA) radiation was the most efficient for activating 8-MOP. the development of artificial sources enabled the efficient delivery of these photons to skin containing 8-MOP. Their initial studies for vitiligo led to further development of this therapy for the treatment of psoriasis (Parrish JA, Fitzpatrick TB, Tannenbaum L, et al. Photochemotherapy of psoriasis with oral methoxsalen and long-wave ultraviolet light. New Engl J Med 1974;291:1207-11. Honigsmann H, Fitzpatrick TB, Pathak MA, et al. Oral photochemotherapy with psoralen and UVA (PUVA): principles and practice. In: Fitzpatrick TB, Eisen AZ, Wolf K, editors. Dermatology in General Medicine. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987:1728-54). This photochemotherapy came to be called 'PUVA' (psoralen + UVA). The position PUVA holds today as one of the most common procedures performed in dermatology can be traced to their initial curiosity and their subsequent ingenuity. Further developments in more recent years capitalized on their seminal work. The therapy met with unprecedented success from the outset, leaving little perceived need to understand underlying science. However, in recent years there has been a new found interest in the basic aspects of psoralen photobiology and molecular mechanistic events contributing to therapeutic responses as well as to the development of skin cancers in PUVA patients. These will be surveyed in this review commemorating the 50 years of modern psoralen photobiology and photomedicine.
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- D Bethea
- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
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Stern RS, Mills DK, Krell K, Zmudzka BZ, Beer JZ. HIV-positive patients differ from HIV-negative patients in indications for and type of UV therapy used. J Am Acad Dermatol 1998; 39:48-55. [PMID: 9674397 DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70401-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Treatments using UV, UVB, or oral psoralen and UVA (PUVA) have been advocated for the care of HIV-infected persons with skin diseases. Concerns about the safety of these treatments exist. OBJECTIVE We attempted to determine the characteristics of HIV infected persons receiving UV therapy and establish the reasons for and type of treatment administered. METHODS During two 2-week periods, we prospectively ascertained basic information on all patients treated at 40 phototherapy clinics and detailed clinical information on patients known to be infected with HIV. RESULTS We identified 3716 persons receiving UV therapy, including 311 known to be infected with HIV. When compared with patients not known to be infected with HIV, HIV-positive patients were significantly more likely to be treated with UVB rather than PUVA and were more likely to be treated for pruritic conditions rather than psoriasis. CONCLUSION There were great variations in the relative reliance on UVB and PUVA among centers. There appears to be no agreement as to which type of UV therapy is optimal for patients infected with HIV. Most patients known to the treating clinician to be HIV positive are in the advanced stages of HIV disease. The number of persons with less advanced HIV disease receiving treatment remains unquantified but may be even more clinically important.
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- R S Stern
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Houpt KR, Beer JZ, Horn TD, Moy JA, Zmudzka BZ, Cruz PD. Ultraviolet therapy of HIV-infected individuals: a panel discussion. SEMINARS IN CUTANEOUS MEDICINE AND SURGERY 1997; 16:241-5. [PMID: 9300636 DOI: 10.1016/s1085-5629(97)80048-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) frequently develop skin diseases that are responsive to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Studies on the effects of UV on HIV and on the immune system in vitro and in transgenic animals have raised questions regarding the safety of UV exposure in these patients. In this article, invited experts address issues concerning the safety of ultraviolet therapy in HIV-infected patients by discussing their clinical and/or research experience.
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- K R Houpt
- Department of Dermatology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9069, USA
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Zmudzka BZ, Strickland AG, Beer JZ, Ben-Hur E. Photosensitized decontamination of blood with the silicon phthalocyanine Pc 4: no activation of the human immunodeficiency virus promoter. Photochem Photobiol 1997; 65:461-4. [PMID: 9077132 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb08590.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Photochemical decontamination of red blood cell concentrates (RBCC) with the silicon phthalocyanine Pc 4 and red light is being studied to enhance the viral safety of blood transfusion. Recent reports indicate that treatments with radiation and various phototsensitizing agents can activate the promoter of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This raises the possibility that an inadequate, sublethal photochemical treatment of RBCC could induce HIV in latently infected cells. This question has been addressed using HeLa cells stably transfected with the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase gene under the control of the HIV promoter. In control studies, 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) excited by UVA light caused activation of the HIV promoter in a dose- and time-dependent manner. At 0.1 microgram/mL of 8-MOP, maximal activation occurred with 18 J/cm2, 30 h after light exposure, With Pc 4 at 20 nM, over 90% of HeLa cells were killed after 24 h when exposed to 1 J/cm2 of red light. During that time interval and over a wide range of light doses no activation of the HIV promoter occurred. It is concluded that RBCC sterilization with Pc 4 and red light is unlikely to induce HIV production in latently infected cells.
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- B Z Zmudzka
- Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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Gasparro FP, Felli A, Schmitt IM. Psoralen photobiology: the relationship between DNA damage, chromatin structure, transcription, and immunogenic effects. Recent Results Cancer Res 1997; 143:101-27. [PMID: 8912415 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60393-8_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- F P Gasparro
- Department of Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have a high prevalence of UV radiation-responsive skin diseases including psoriasis, pruritus, eosinophilic folliculitis and eczemas. On the other hand, UV has been shown to suppress T cell-mediated immune responses and to induce activation and replication of HIV. These developments have prompted clinicians and investigators to question whether phototherapy is safe for HIV-infected individuals. We have reviewed these issues and hereby provide a summary and critique of relevant laboratory and clinical evidence.
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- M L Adams
- Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9069, USA
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This paper presents the first attempt to evaluate the potential of clinical UV exposures to induce the human immunodeficiency (HIV) promoter and, thus, to upregulate HIV growth in those skin cells that are directly affected by the exposure. Using the data for HIV promoter activation in vitro, we computed UVB and psoralen plus UVA (PUVA) doses that produce 50% of the maximal promoter activation (AD50). Then, using (a) literature data for UV transmittance in the human skin, (b) a composite action spectrum for HIV promoter and pyrimidine dimer induction by UVB and (c) an action spectrum for DNA synthesis inhibition by PUVA, we estimated the distribution of medical UVB and PUVA doses in the skin. This allowed us to estimate how deep into the skin the HIV-activating doses might penetrate in an initial and an advanced stage of UVB or PUVA therapy. Such analysis was done for normal type II skin and for single exposures. The results allow us to predict where in the skin the HIV promoter may be induced by selected small and large therapeutic UVB or PUVA doses. To accommodate changes in skin topography due to disease and UV therapy, our considerations would require further refinements. For UVB we found that, when the incident dose on the surface of the skin is 500 J/m2 (290-320 nm) (initial stage of the therapy), the dose producing 50% of the maximal HIV promoter activation (ADUVB50) is limited to the stratum corneum. However, with an incident dose of 5000 J/m2 (an advanced stage of the therapy), ADUVB50) may be delivered as far as the living cells of the epidermis and even to some parts of the upper dermis. For PUVA we found that, when the incident UVA doses are 25 or 100 kJ/m2 (320-400 nm) (an initial and an advanced stage of therapy, respectively), and the 8-methoxypsoralen concentration in the blood is 0.1 microgram/mL (the desired level), the combined doses to the mid epidermis (and some areas of the upper dermis) are well below the 50% HIV promoter-activating PUVA dose (ADPUVA50). Only under the worst scenario conditions, i.e. an exceptionally high drug concentration in the patient's tissues and localization of HIV in the nearest proximity to the skin surface, would the combined PUVA dose expected during photochemotherapy exceed ADPUVA50. These results suggest that the probability of HIV activation in the epidermis by direct mechanisms is higher for UVB than for PUVA treatment. However, complexities of the UV-inducible HIV activation and immunomodulatory phenomena are such that our results by themselves should not be taken as an indication that UVB therapy carries a higher risk than PUVA therapy when administered to HIV-infected patients.
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- B Z Zmudzka
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD 20857, USA.
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- A C Moor
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Miolo G, Tomanin R, De Rossi A, Dall'Acqua F, Zacchello F, Scarpa M. Antiretroviral activity of furocoumarins plus UVA light detected by a replication-defective retrovirus. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 1994; 26:241-7. [PMID: 7853115 DOI: 10.1016/1011-1344(94)07046-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The replication defective retrovirus, pXM5(N2), was used for an easy, safe and reproducible test for the screening of furocoumarins with antiretroviral activity. High titer viral supernatants have been photomodified by UVA light (20 kJ m-2) in the presence of different concentrations of two psolarens (8-methoxypsoralen, 8-MOP and 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen, TMP) and one angelicin (4,6,4'-trimethylangelicin, TMA). At low concentrations (100-250 ng ml-1) 8-MOP and TMA did not show any significant antiviral activity, while TMP demonstrated a reduction of virus infectivity by one log at 250 ng ml-1. At the highest concentration (5 micrograms ml-1), TMA and TMP reduced the virus titer by one and more than two logs, respectively, being, therefore, two and four times more active than 8-MOP. The most active compound, TMP, was further tested on HIV-1 viral supernatants. Total inactivation of the HIV-1 (200 SFU) was obtained in the presence of 1 microgram ml-1 of TMP and 20 kJ m-2 of UVA light. Our results support the validity of the N2 system to detect the antiretroviral activity of furocoumarins and suggest the potential of TMP in combination with UVA light against HIV-1.
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- G Miolo
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy
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Horn TD, Morison WL, Farzadegan H, Zmudzka BZ, Beer JZ. Effects of psoralen plus UVA radiation (PUVA) on HIV-1 in human beings: a pilot study. J Am Acad Dermatol 1994; 31:735-40. [PMID: 7929918 DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(94)70234-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Laboratory data document the activation of the HIV-1 genome on exposure to UV radiation, including PUVA. The overall effects of UV radiation exposure on HIV-1 infection in human beings are unknown. OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to observe CD4 cell counts and quantitative markers of HIV-1 load in late-stage HIV-1-infected human beings receiving PUVA for various cutaneous diseases. METHODS Samples of peripheral blood were obtained on days 0, 14, 30, and 60 of PUVA administered in therapeutic doses. Number of CD4+ T lymphocytes was determined by flow cytometry, and HIV-1 load was measured by semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction for viral genome in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, semiquantitative RNA-polymerase chain reaction for HIV-1 RNA in serum, and determination of p24 in serum. RESULTS No significant changes in the measurements were observed. CONCLUSION This study did not detect a deleterious effect on CD4 cell count or HIV-1 load during 2 months of PUVA treatment for patients in late stages of infection, with low CD4 cell counts and high HIV-1 loads.
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- T D Horn
- Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Department of Dermatology, Baltimore, MD 21287
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Beer JZ, Olvey KM, Lee W, Zmudzka BZ. Reassessment of the differential effects of ultraviolet and ionizing radiation on HIV promoter: the use of cell survival as the basis for comparisons. Photochem Photobiol 1994; 59:643-9. [PMID: 8066124 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1994.tb09670.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Effects of different radiation treatments on the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) promoter were reassessed for exposures comparable to those encountered in clinical or cosmetic practice, using survival of the host cell as a basis for comparisons. The exposures were performed with two ultraviolet radiation sources commonly used as medical or cosmetic devices (UVASUN 2000 and FS20 lamps), a germicidal (G15T8) lamp and an X-ray machine. The UVC component of the FS20 lamp was filtered out. The emission spectra of the lamps were determined. The characteristics of these sources allowed us to discriminate among effects of UVA1 (340-400 nm), UVB + UVA2 (280-340 nm) and UVC (254 nm) radiations. Effects of irradiation were ascertained using cultures of HeLa cells stably transfected with the HIV promoter linked to a reporter-chloramphenicol acetyl transferase-gene. The exposures used caused at least two logs of cell killing. In this cytotoxicity range, UVA1 or X radiations had no effect on the HIV promoter, whereas UVB + UVA2 or UVC radiations activated the HIV promoter in a fluence-dependent manner. Survivals following exposure to UVB + UVA2 or UVC radiation were (1) at the lowest measurable HIV promoter activation, 30 and 20%, respectively, (2) at one-half maximal activation, 6 and 3%, respectively and (3) at the maximal activation, 0.5 and 0.2%, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J Z Beer
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD 20857
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