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Bouchard KV, Costin GE. Promoting New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for research on skin color changes in response to environmental stress factors: tobacco and air pollution. FRONTIERS IN TOXICOLOGY 2023; 5:1256399. [PMID: 37886123 PMCID: PMC10598764 DOI: 10.3389/ftox.2023.1256399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Aging is one of the most dynamic biological processes in the human body and is known to carry significant impacts on individuals' self-esteem. Skin pigmentation is a highly heritable trait made possible by complex, strictly controlled cellular and molecular mechanisms. Genetic, environmental and endocrine factors contribute to the modulation of melanin's amount, type and distribution in the skin layers. One of the hallmarks of extrinsic skin aging induced by environmental stress factors is the alteration of the constitutive pigmentation pattern clinically defined as senile lentigines and/or melasma or other pigmentary dyschromias. The complexity of pollutants and tobacco smoke as environmental stress factors warrants a thorough understanding of the mechanisms by which they impact skin pigmentation through repeated and long-term exposure. Pre-clinical and clinical studies demonstrated that pollutants are known to induce reactive oxygen species (ROS) or inflammatory events that lead directly or indirectly to skin hyperpigmentation. Another mechanistic direction is provided by Aryl hydrocarbon Receptors (AhR) which were shown to mediate processes leading to skin hyperpigmentation in response to pollutants by regulation of melanogenic enzymes and transcription factors involved in melanin biosynthesis pathway. In this context, we will discuss a diverse range of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) capable to provide mechanistic insights of the cellular and molecular pathways involved in the action of environmental stress factors on skin pigmentation and to support the design of raw ingredients and formulations intended to counter their impact and of any subsequently needed clinical studies.
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Woźniak E, Owczarczyk-Saczonek A, Lange M, Czarny J, Wygonowska E, Placek W, Nedoszytko B. The Role of Mast Cells in the Induction and Maintenance of Inflammation in Selected Skin Diseases. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087021. [PMID: 37108184 PMCID: PMC10139379 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Under physiological conditions, skin mast cells play an important role as guardians that quickly react to stimuli that disturb homeostasis. These cells efficiently support, fight infection, and heal the injured tissue. The substances secreted by mast cells allow for communication inside the body, including the immune, nervous, and blood systems. Pathologically non-cancerous mast cells participate in allergic processes but also may promote the development of autoinflammatory or neoplastic disease. In this article, we review the current literature regarding the role of mast cells in autoinflammatory, allergic, neoplastic skin disease, as well as the importance of these cells in systemic diseases with a pronounced course with skin symptoms.
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- Ewelina Woźniak
- Department of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Clinical Immunology, The University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-229 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Clinical Immunology, The University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-229 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-214 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-214 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Clinical Immunology, The University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-229 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Clinical Immunology, The University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-229 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-214 Gdansk, Poland
- Invicta Fertility and Reproductive Centre, Molecular Laboratory, 81-740 Sopot, Poland
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Kwiatkowska D, Reich A. Role of Mast Cells in the Pathogenesis of Pruritus in Mastocytosis. Acta Derm Venereol 2021; 101:adv00583. [PMID: 34642766 DOI: 10.2340/actadv.v101.350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Pruritus can be defined as an unpleasant sensation that evokes a desire to scratch and significantly impairs patients' quality of life. Pruritus is widely observed in many dermatoses, including mastocytosis, a rare disease characterized by abnormal accumulation of mast cells, which can involve skin, bone marrow, and other organs. Increasing evidence highlights the role of mast cells in neurogenic inflammation and itching. Mast cells release various pruritogenic mediators, initiating subsequent mutual communication with specific nociceptors on sensory nerve fibres. Among important mediators released by mast cells that induce pruritus, one can distinguish histamine, serotonin, proteases, as well as various cytokines. During neuronal-induced inflammation, mast cells may respond to numerous mediators, including neuropeptides, such as substance P, neurokinin A, calcitonin gene-related peptide, endothelin 1, and nerve growth factor. Currently, treatment of pruritus in mastocytosis is focused on alleviating the effects of mediators secreted by mast cells. However, a deeper understanding of the intricacies of the neurobiology of this disease could help to provide better treatment options for patients.
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rzeszow, Ul. Szopena 2, PL-35-055 Rzeszów, Poland.
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Diversified Stimuli-Induced Inflammatory Pathways Cause Skin Pigmentation. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22083970. [PMID: 33921371 PMCID: PMC8070342 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22083970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The production of melanin pigments by melanocytes and their quantity, quality, and distribution play a decisive role in determining human skin, eye, and hair color, and protect the skin from adverse effects of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and oxidative stress from various environmental pollutants. Melanocytes reside in the basal layer of the interfollicular epidermis and are compensated by melanocyte stem cells in the follicular bulge area. Various stimuli such as eczema, microbial infection, ultraviolet light exposure, mechanical injury, and aging provoke skin inflammation. These acute or chronic inflammatory responses cause inflammatory cytokine production from epidermal keratinocytes as well as dermal fibroblasts and other cells, which in turn stimulate melanocytes, often resulting in skin pigmentation. It is confirmed by some recent studies that several interleukins (ILs) and other inflammatory mediators modulate the proliferation and differentiation of human epidermal melanocytes and also promote or inhibit expression of melanogenesis-related gene expression directly or indirectly, thereby participating in regulation of skin pigmentation. Understanding of mechanisms of skin pigmentation due to inflammation helps to elucidate the relationship between inflammation and skin pigmentation regulation and can guide development of new therapeutic pathways for treating pigmented dermatosis. This review covers the mechanistic aspects of skin pigmentation caused by inflammation.
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Ocana JA, Romer E, Sahu R, Pawelzik SC, FitzGerald GA, Kaplan MH, Travers JB. Platelet-Activating Factor-Induced Reduction in Contact Hypersensitivity Responses Is Mediated by Mast Cells via Cyclooxygenase-2-Dependent Mechanisms. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 200:4004-4011. [PMID: 29695417 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Platelet-activating factor (PAF) stimulates numerous cell types via activation of the G protein-coupled PAF receptor (PAFR). PAFR activation not only induces acute proinflammatory responses, but it also induces delayed systemic immunosuppressive effects by modulating host immunity. Although enzymatic synthesis and degradation of PAF are tightly regulated, oxidative stressors, such as UVB, chemotherapy, and cigarette smoke, can generate PAF and PAF-like molecules in an unregulated fashion via the oxidation of membrane phospholipids. Recent studies have demonstrated the relevance of the mast cell (MC) PAFR in PAFR-induced systemic immunosuppression. The current study was designed to determine the exact mechanisms and mediators involved in MC PAFR-mediated systemic immunosuppression. By using a contact hypersensitivity model, the MC PAFR was not only found to be necessary, but also sufficient to mediate the immunosuppressive effects of systemic PAF. Furthermore, activation of the MC PAFR induces MC-derived histamine and PGE2 release. Importantly, PAFR-mediated systemic immunosuppression was defective in mice that lacked MCs, or in MC-deficient mice transplanted with histidine decarboxylase- or cyclooxygenase-2-deficient MCs. Lastly, it was found that PGs could modulate MC migration to draining lymph nodes. These results support the hypothesis that MC PAFR activation promotes the immunosuppressive effects of PAF in part through histamine- and PGE2-dependent mechanisms.
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- Jesus A Ocana
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435; .,Department of Dermatology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435; and.,Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dayton, OH 45428
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Steinhoff M, Buddenkotte J, Lerner EA. Role of mast cells and basophils in pruritus. Immunol Rev 2018; 282:248-264. [DOI: 10.1111/imr.12635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Martin Steinhoff
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology; Hamad Medical Corporation; Doha Qatar
- Translational Research Institute; Hamad Medical Corporation; Doha Qatar
- Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar; Doha Qatar
- Medical School; Qatar University; Doha Qatar
- Department Of Dermatology and UCD Charles Institute for Translational Dermatology; University College Dublin; Dublin Ireland
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology; Hamad Medical Corporation; Doha Qatar
- Translational Research Institute; Hamad Medical Corporation; Doha Qatar
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center; Department of Dermatology; Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School; Charlestown MA USA
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Smith KJ, Skelton H. Arachidonic Acid-Derived Bioactive Lipids: Their Role and the Role for Their Inhibitors in Dermatology. J Cutan Med Surg 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/120347540200600309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Background: In addition to corticosteroids, there are increasing numbers of anti-inflammatory agents that specifically target bioactive lipids generated from arachidonic acid. Knowledge of the diverse mechanisms of action of these different bioactive lipids holds promise in the therapy of a wide spectrum of cutaneous and systemic disorders. Objective: Therapeutic manipulations of these lipid molecules through inhibition, stimulation, or direct replacement have broad physiologic effects. These therapeutic strategies not only modulate inflammation, pain, and hemostatic parameters, they also play a role in cardiac, respiratory, renal, and gastrointestinal function and disease, as well as in angiogenesis and in factors that control cell growth and apoptosis important in carcinogenesis. Conclusion: Newer drug discovery methods, including combinatorial chemistry with molecular modeling, have made it possible to develop inhibitors and analogs with increasing specificity and bioactivity and decreasing toxicity. Although the application of these analogs and inhibitors for cutaneous disease is limited today, either as primary agents or adjuvant therapy, these drugs will have a place in our therapeutic regimes of the future. We present a review of the therapeutic agents now available from manipulation of these bioactive lipids, and their role and future in dermatology.
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- Kathleen J. Smith
- The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of Defense
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- The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of Defense
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Jatana S, Callahan LM, Pentland AP, DeLouise LA. Impact of Cosmetic Lotions on Nanoparticle Penetration through ex vivo C57BL/6 Hairless Mouse and Human Skin: A Comparison Study. COSMETICS 2016; 3:6. [PMID: 27453793 DOI: 10.3390/cosmetics3010006.impact] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Understanding the interactions of nanoparticles (NPs) with skin is important from a consumer and occupational health and safety perspective, as well as for the design of effective NP-based transdermal therapeutics. Despite intense efforts to elucidate the conditions that permit NP penetration, there remains a lack of translatable results from animal models to human skin. The objectives of this study are to investigate the impact of common skin lotions on NP penetration and to quantify penetration differences of quantum dot (QD) NPs between freshly excised human and mouse skin. QDs were mixed in 7 different vehicles, including 5 commercial skin lotions. These were topically applied to skin using two exposure methods; a petri dish protocol and a Franz diffusion cell protocol. QD presence in the skin was quantified using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy. Results show that the commercial vehicles can significantly impact QD penetration in both mouse and human skin. Lotions that contain alpha hydroxyl acids (AHA) facilitated NP penetration. Lower QD signal was observed in skin studied using a Franz cell. Freshly excised human skin was also studied immediately after the sub-cutaneous fat removal process, then after 24 hours rest ex vivo. Resting human skin 24 hours prior to QD exposure significantly reduced epidermal presence. This study exemplifies how application vehicles, skin processing and the exposure protocol can affect QD penetration results and the conclusions that maybe drawn between skin models.
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- Samreen Jatana
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14642
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642; Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642
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Jatana S, Callahan LM, Pentland AP, DeLouise LA. Impact of Cosmetic Lotions on Nanoparticle Penetration through ex vivo C57BL/6 Hairless Mouse and Human Skin: A Comparison Study. COSMETICS 2016; 3. [PMID: 27453793 DOI: 10.3390/cosmetics3010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Understanding the interactions of nanoparticles (NPs) with skin is important from a consumer and occupational health and safety perspective, as well as for the design of effective NP-based transdermal therapeutics. Despite intense efforts to elucidate the conditions that permit NP penetration, there remains a lack of translatable results from animal models to human skin. The objectives of this study are to investigate the impact of common skin lotions on NP penetration and to quantify penetration differences of quantum dot (QD) NPs between freshly excised human and mouse skin. QDs were mixed in 7 different vehicles, including 5 commercial skin lotions. These were topically applied to skin using two exposure methods; a petri dish protocol and a Franz diffusion cell protocol. QD presence in the skin was quantified using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy. Results show that the commercial vehicles can significantly impact QD penetration in both mouse and human skin. Lotions that contain alpha hydroxyl acids (AHA) facilitated NP penetration. Lower QD signal was observed in skin studied using a Franz cell. Freshly excised human skin was also studied immediately after the sub-cutaneous fat removal process, then after 24 hours rest ex vivo. Resting human skin 24 hours prior to QD exposure significantly reduced epidermal presence. This study exemplifies how application vehicles, skin processing and the exposure protocol can affect QD penetration results and the conclusions that maybe drawn between skin models.
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- Samreen Jatana
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14642
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642; Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642
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Ravid A, Shenker O, Buchner-Maman E, Rotem C, Koren R. Vitamin D Induces Cyclooxygenase 2 Dependent Prostaglandin E2 Synthesis in HaCaT Keratinocytes. J Cell Physiol 2015; 231:837-43. [PMID: 26280673 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The active metabolite of vitamin D calcitriol and its analogs are well-known for their anti-inflammatory action in the skin, while their main side effect associated with topical treatment of inflammatory disorders is irritant contact dermatitis. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2 ) is pro-inflammatory at the onset of inflammation and anti-inflammatory at its resolution. We hypothesized that induction of PGE2 synthesis by calcitriol in epidermal keratinocytes may contribute both to its pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory effects on the skin. Treatment of human immortalized HaCaT keratinocytes with calcitriol (3-100 nM, 2-24 h) increased PGE2 production due to increased mRNA and protein expression of COX-2, but not to increase of COX-1 or release of arachidonic acid. The effect of calcitriol on COX-2 mRNA was observed also in primary human keratinocytes. The increase in COX-2 mRNA is associated with COX-2 transcript stabilization. Calcitriol exerts this effect by a rapid (2 h) and protein synthesis independent mode of action that is dependent on PKC and Src kinase activities. Treatment with a COX-2 inhibitor partially prevented the attenuation of the keratinocyte inflammatory response by calcitriol. We conclude that upregulation of COX-2 expression with the consequent increase in PGE2 synthesis may be one of the mechanisms explaining the Janus face of calcitriol as both a promoter and attenuator of cutaneous inflammation. J. Cell. Physiol. 231: 837-843, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Amiram Ravid
- The Basil and Gerald Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Basil and Gerald Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Basil and Gerald Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Basil and Gerald Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- The Basil and Gerald Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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The discipline that investigates the biologic effects of ultraviolet radiation on the immune system is called photoimmunology. Photoimmunology evolved from an interest in understanding the role of the immune system in skin cancer development and why immunosuppressed organ transplant recipients are at a greatly increased risk for cutaneous neoplasms. In addition to contributing to an understanding of the pathogenesis of nonmelanoma skin cancer, the knowledge acquired about the immunologic effects of ultraviolet radiation exposure has provided an understanding of its role in the pathogenesis of other photodermatologic diseases.
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- Craig A Elmets
- Department of Dermatology, UAB Skin Diseases Research Center, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham VA Medical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, EFH 414, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0009, USA.
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, EFH 414, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0009, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, UAB Skin Diseases Research Center, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, Birmingham VA Medical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, EFH 414, 1720 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0009, USA
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Scott NM, Ng RLX, Gorman S, Norval M, Waithman J, Hart PH. Prostaglandin E2
imprints a long-lasting effect on dendritic cell progenitors in the bone marrow. J Leukoc Biol 2013; 95:225-32. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0513294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Quyen BT, Choi HK, Kang KW. Pin1 is required for ultraviolet A-stimulated cyclooxygenase-2 induction in mouse epidermal cells. Cancer Lett 2013; 335:31-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2013.01.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Revised: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 01/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Yamaji K, Kawasaki Y, Yoshitome K, Matsunaga H, Sendo T. Quantitation and human monocyte cytotoxicity of the polymerization agent 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone (Irgacure 184) from three brands of aqueous injection solution. Biol Pharm Bull 2013; 35:1821-5. [PMID: 23037171 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b12-00210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this study, levels of the photoinitiator 1-hydroxycyclohexyl phenyl ketone (1-HCHPK) in aqueous injection solutions were analyzed by GC-MS. In our previous studies, photoinitiators such as 2-methyl-4'-(methylthio)-2-morpholinopropiophenone (MTMP) were detected in intravenous (i.v.) injection bag solution, and they were found to be cytotoxic to human monocytes. Therefore, we hypothesized that 1-HCHPK might display similarly cytotoxicity. The purpose of this study was to quantitate the amount of contaminants from plastic containers such as those used for peripheral parenteral nutrition and to determine the cytotoxicity of such extracts on human monocytes. The sample extraction procedure for GC-MS analysis involved a liquid-phase extraction. The solvent was evaporated under a stream of nitrogen at 50°C to yield a residue, which was dissolved in n-hexane and injected into a GC-MS. Normal human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), isolated from the buffy coat by centrifugation, were suspended in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 10% (v/v) heat-inactivated fetal calf serum. In the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) cell viability assay, cells (1×10(4)) were treated with 1-HCHPK for 24 h or 48 h at 37°C. From the GC-MS analysis, 6.13-8.32 µg/mL of 1-HCHPK was found in 20 mL vials of water for injection solution. In the MTT assay, 1-HCHPK decreased cell viability for both the 24 h and 48 h incubation periods. In conclusion, our findings suggest that 1-HCHPK could promote adverse events in patients. Future studies will clarify the possible health risks of photoinitiator accumulation in human cells.
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- Kazuhiko Yamaji
- Department of Pharmacy, Okayama University Hospital, 2–5–1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700–8558, Japan
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- J. Regan Thomas
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Kim JY, Shin JY, Kim MR, Hann SK, Oh SH. siRNA-mediated knock-down of COX-2 in melanocytes suppresses melanogenesis. Exp Dermatol 2012; 21:420-5. [PMID: 22506937 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2012.01483.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is an enzyme induced in response to multiple mitogenic and inflammatory stimuli, including UV light. UV-induced COX-2 expression induces production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in keratinocytes, which mediates inflammation and cell proliferation. Until recently, studies regarding COX-2 and PGE2 in the skin have focused on keratinocytes and skin cancer and the effect of PGs produced by keratinocytes on melanocytes. However, the effects of COX-2 itself or COX-2 inhibitors on melanogenesis are not well known. Therefore, to establish the role of COX-2 in melanogenesis, we investigated the effects of knock-down of COX-2 in melanocytes on melanin production and the expression of melanogenic molecules through silencing of COX-2 expression with COX-2 short interfering RNA (siRNA). COX-2 knock-down in melanocytes decreased the expressions of tyrosinase, TRP-1, TRP-2, gp100 and MITF and also reduced tyrosinase enzyme activity. Furthermore, COX-2 siRNA-transfected melanocytes showed markedly reduced alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH)-induced melanin production. In addition, α-MSH-induced COX-2 expression in both scrambled siRNA-transfected and COX-2 siRNA-transfected melanocytes was greater than α-MSH-untreated cells. Our results suggest that COX-2 might be a candidate target for the development of anti-melanogenic agents and α-MSH-induced pigmentation could be closely associated with COX-2 expression. COX-2 inhibitors might therefore be of particular use in whitening cosmetics for hyperpigmentation disorders such as melasma, postinflammatory hyperpigmentation and solar lentigo.
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- Ji Y Kim
- Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Cyclooxygenase-dependent signaling is causally linked to non-melanoma skin carcinogenesis: pharmacological, genetic, and clinical evidence. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2011; 30:343-61. [DOI: 10.1007/s10555-011-9306-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nishizaka T, Nomura T, Sano T, Higuchi K, Nagatomo F, Ishihara A. Hyperbaric oxygen improves ultraviolet B irradiation-induced melanin pigmentation and diminishes senile spot size. Skin Res Technol 2011; 17:332-8. [PMID: 21507067 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00502.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The effects of exposure to hyperbaric oxygen on ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation-induced melanin pigmentations of skins and on senile spot sizes of faces were investigated. METHODS In the first experiment, male subjects were irradiated with UVB on their upper arms for inducing erythema and the subsequent melanin pigmentation. They were exposed to a hyperbaric environment at 1.25 atmospheres absolute (ATA) with 32% oxygen for 1 h/day, three times per week. In the second experiment, female subjects were exposed to a hyperbaric environment at 1.25 ATA with 32% oxygen for 1 h/day, two times per week. RESULTS In the first experiment, melanin pigmentations lightened after 4 weeks of exposure to hyperbaric oxygen. In the second experiment, senile spot sizes became small after 12 weeks of exposure to hyperbaric oxygen. CONCLUSION We concluded that exposure to hyperbaric oxygen used in this study accelerates both the fading in melanin pigmentation and the decrease in senile spot size.
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Starner RJ, McClelland L, Abdel-Malek Z, Fricke A, Scott G. PGE(2) is a UVR-inducible autocrine factor for human melanocytes that stimulates tyrosinase activation. Exp Dermatol 2010; 19:682-4. [PMID: 20500768 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01074.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Prostaglandins activate signalling pathways involved in growth, differentiation and apoptosis. Prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) is released by keratinocytes following ultraviolet irradiation (UVR) and stimulates the formation of dendrites in melanocytes. We show that multiple irradiations of human melanocytes with UVR-activated cPLA(2), the rate-limiting enzyme in eicosanoid synthesis and stimulated PGE(2) secretion. PGE(2) increased cAMP production, tyrosinase activity and proliferation in melanocytes. PGE(2) binds to four distinct G-protein coupled receptors (EP(1-4)). We show that PGE(2) stimulates EP(4) receptor signalling in melanocytes, resulting in cAMP production. Conversely, PGE(2) also stimulated the EP(3) receptor in melanocytes, resulting in lowered basal cAMP levels. These data suggest that relative levels or activity of these receptors controls effects of PGE(2) on cAMP in melanocytes. The data are the first to identify PGE(2) as an UVR-inducible autocrine factor for melanocytes. These data also show that PGE(2) activates EP(3) and EP(4) receptor signalling, resulting in opposing effects on cAMP production, a critical signalling pathway that regulates proliferation and melanogenesis in melanocytes.
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Larrosa M, Lodovici M, Morbidelli L, Dolara P. Hydrocaffeic and p-coumaric acids, natural phenolic compounds, inhibit UV-B damage in WKD human conjunctival cells in vitro and rabbit eye in vivo. Free Radic Res 2008; 42:903-10. [PMID: 18985489 DOI: 10.1080/10715760802510077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This paper studied the effect on UV-B ocular damage of 10microM hydrocaffeic acid (HCAF) alone and as a mixture (MIX) (5 microM HCAF+5 microM p-coumaric acid). Since ocular UV-B damage is mediated by reactive oxygen species, the aim was to test if HCAF and MIX could reduce oxidation damage in human conjunctival cells (WKD) in vitro and in cornea and sclera of rabbits in vivo. After UVB irradiation (44 J/m(2)) of WKD cells, 8-oxodG levels in DNA were markedly increased and this effect was attenuated by HCAF and MIX. Rabbit eyes were treated by application of HCAF and MIX drops before UV-B exposure (79 J/m(2)). Corneal and scleral DNA oxidation damage, xanthine-oxidase (XO) activity and malondialdehyde levels (MDA) in corneal tissue and prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) in the aqueous humour were reduced by HCAF alone and in combination with p-coumaric acid, showing their potential as a topical treatment against UV-B damage.
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- Mar Larrosa
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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Mortensen L, Oberdörster G, Pentland AP, DeLouise LA. In vivo skin penetration of quantum dot nanoparticles in the murine model: the effect of UVR. NANO LETTERS 2008; 8:2779-87. [PMID: 18687009 PMCID: PMC4111258 DOI: 10.1021/nl801323y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) has widespread effects on the biology and integrity of the skin barrier. Research on the mechanisms that drive these changes, as well as their effect on skin barrier function, has been ongoing since the 1980s. However, no studies have examined the impact of UVR on nanoparticle skin penetration. Nanoparticles (NP) are commonly used in sunscreens and other cosmetics, and since consumer use of sunscreen is often applied to sun damaged skin, the effect of UVR on NP skin penetration is a concern due to potential toxicity. In this study, we investigate NP skin penetration by employing an in vivo semiconductor quantum dot nanoparticle (QD) model system. This model system improves NP imaging capabilities and provides additional primary interest due to widespread and expanding use of QD in research applications and manufacturing. In our experiments, carboxylated QD were applied to the skin of SKH-1 mice in a glycerol vehicle with and without UVR exposure. The skin collection and penetration patterns were evaluated 8 and 24 h after QD application using tissue histology, confocal microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with EDAX analysis. Low levels of penetration were seen in both the non-UVR exposed mice and the UVR exposed mice. Qualitatively higher levels of penetration were observable in the UVR exposed mice. These results are the first for in vivo QD skin penetration, and provide important insight into the ability of QD to penetrate intact and UVR compromised skin barrier. Our findings raise concern that NP of similar size and surface chemistry, such as metal oxide NP found in sunscreens, may also penetrate UV damaged skin.
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- Luke Mortensen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, 14642 United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, 14642 United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, 14642 United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, 14642 United States of America
- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, 14642 United States of America
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Scott G, Fricke A, Fender A, McClelland L, Jacobs S. Prostaglandin E2 regulates melanocyte dendrite formation through activation of PKCzeta. Exp Cell Res 2007; 313:3840-50. [PMID: 17850789 PMCID: PMC2330264 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.07.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2007] [Revised: 07/05/2007] [Accepted: 07/30/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Prostaglandins are lipid signaling intermediates released by keratinocytes in response to ultraviolet irradiation (UVR) in the skin. The main prostaglandin released following UVR is PGE(2), a ligand for 4 related G-protein-coupled receptors (EP(1), EP(2), EP(3) and EP(4)). Our previous work established that PGE(2) stimulates melanocyte dendrite formation through activation of the EP(1) and EP(3) receptors. The purpose of the present report is to define the signaling intermediates involved in EP(1)- and EP(3)-dependent dendrite formation in human melanocytes. We recently showed that activation of the atypical PKCzeta isoform stimulates melanocyte dendricity in response to treatment with lysophosphatidylcholine. We therefore examined the potential contribution of PKCzeta activation on EP(1)- and EP(3)-dependent dendrite formation in melanocytes. Stimulation of the EP(1) and EP(3) receptors by selective agonists activated PKCzeta, and inhibition of PKCzeta activation abrogated EP(1)- and EP(3)-receptor-mediated melanocyte dendricity. Because of the importance of Rho-GTP binding proteins in the regulation of melanocyte dendricity, we also examined the effect of EP(1) and EP(3) receptor activation on Rac and Rho activity. Neither Rac nor Rho was activated upon treatment with EP(1,3)-receptor agonists. We show that melanocytes express only the EP(3A1) isoform, but not the EP(3B) receptor isoform, previously associated with Rho activation, consistent with a lack of Rho stimulation by EP(3) agonists. Our data suggest that PKCzeta activation plays a predominant role in regulation of PGE(2)-dependent melanocyte dendricity.
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- Glynis Scott
- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Brouxhon S, Kyrkanides S, O'Banion MK, Johnson R, Pearce DA, Centola GM, Miller JNH, McGrath KH, Erdle B, Scott G, Schneider S, VanBuskirk J, Pentland AP. Sequential Down-regulation of E-Cadherin with Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression: Loss of E-Cadherin via a Prostaglandin E2-EP2–Dependent Posttranslational Mechanism. Cancer Res 2007; 67:7654-64. [PMID: 17699770 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-4415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The incidence of skin cancer is on the rise, with over 1 million new cases yearly. Although it is known that squamous cell cancers (SCC) are caused by UV light, the mechanism(s) involved remains poorly understood. In vitro studies with epithelial cells or reports examining malignant skin lesions suggest that loss of E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell contacts may contribute to SCCs. Other studies show a pivotal role for cyclooxygenase-dependent prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) synthesis in this process. Using chronically UV-irradiated SKH-1 mice, we show a sequential loss of E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell contacts as lesions progress from dysplasia to SCCs. This E-cadherin down-regulation was also evident after acute UV exposure in vivo. In both chronic and acute UV injury, E-cadherin levels declined at a time when epidermal PGE2 synthesis was enhanced. Inhibition of PGE2 synthesis by indomethacin in vitro, targeted deletion of EP2 in primary mouse keratinocyte (PMK) cultures or deletion of the EP2 receptor in vivo abrogated this UV-induced E-cadherin down-regulation. In contrast, addition of PGE2 or the EP2 receptor agonist butaprost to PMK produced a dose- and time-dependent decrease in E-cadherin. We also show that UV irradiation, via the PGE2-EP2 signaling pathway, may initiate tumorigenesis in keratinocytes by down-regulating E-cadherin-mediated cell-cell contacts through its mobilization away from the cell membrane, internalization into the cytoplasm, and shuttling through the lysosome and proteasome degradation pathways. Further understanding of how UV-PGE2-EP2 down-regulates E-cadherin may lead to novel chemopreventative strategies for the treatment of skin and other epithelial cancers.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Cadherins/biosynthesis
- Cadherins/deficiency
- Cadherins/genetics
- Cadherins/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/etiology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/genetics
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology
- Cell Growth Processes/physiology
- Dinoprostone/biosynthesis
- Dinoprostone/metabolism
- Disease Progression
- Down-Regulation
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Lysosomes/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Hairless
- Mice, Knockout
- Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex/metabolism
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E/metabolism
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP2 Subtype
- Skin Neoplasms/etiology
- Skin Neoplasms/genetics
- Skin Neoplasms/metabolism
- Skin Neoplasms/pathology
- Ultraviolet Rays
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- Sabine Brouxhon
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
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Narbutt J, Lesiak A, Sysa-Jedrzejowska A, Wozniacka A, Cierniewska-Cieslak A, Boncela J, Jochymski C, Kozlowski W, Zalewska A, Skibinska M, Norval M. Repeated low-dose ultraviolet (UV) B exposures of humans induce limited photoprotection against the immune effects of erythemal UVB radiation. Br J Dermatol 2007; 156:539-47. [PMID: 17300245 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07670.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Exposure of human subjects to ultraviolet (UV) B radiation causes immunosuppression. Most experiments to date have not tested the effects of low daily doses of UVB radiation. OBJECTIVES To ascertain whether photoprotection against several UV-induced immune effects might develop following repeated exposure. METHODS Groups of approximately 30 healthy individuals were given whole-body UVB irradiation on each of 10 consecutive days with 0.7 minimal erythema dose, or whole-body irradiation as before followed by a single erythemal UVB dose on a small body area, or irradiated only with a single erythemal UVB dose on a small body area, or were not irradiated. They were sensitized with diphenylcyclopropenone (DPCP) 24 h after the final dose, and skin biopsies collected to assess cytokine mRNA expression and the number of cells with thymine dimers and expression cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 and COX-2. RESULTS The contact hypersensitivity (CHS) response to DPCP was significantly lower in the three irradiated groups compared with the unirradiated controls, while cutaneous interleukin (IL)-1beta, IL-6, IL-10 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha mRNAs, COX-1 and COX-2 and thymine dimers were all significantly higher. When the single erythemal UVB dose was given following the repeated low exposures, a slight downregulation in cytokine expression and thymine dimer formation was indicated. CONCLUSIONS The repeated low doses of UVB protected to a limited extent against the effects of an erythemal UVB dose on cytokine expression and thymine dimer formation, but not on CHS or COX enzymes.
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- J Narbutt
- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Lodz, Krzemieniecka 5, 94-017 Lodz, Poland.
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Widyarini S, Spinks N, Husband AJ, Reeve VE. Isoflavonoid Compounds from Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) Protect from Inflammation and Immune Suppression Induced by UV Radiation¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)0740465icfrct2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sime S, Reeve VE. Protection from Inflammation, Immunosuppression and Carcinogenesis Induced by UV Radiation in Mice by Topical Pycnogenol®¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2004.tb00009.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Chun KS, Akunda JK, Langenbach R. Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibits UVB-induced apoptosis in mouse skin by activating the prostaglandin E2 receptors, EP2 and EP4. Cancer Res 2007; 67:2015-21. [PMID: 17332329 PMCID: PMC2083120 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-3617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is induced by UVB light and reduces UVB-induced epidermal apoptosis; however, the mechanism is unclear. Therefore, wild-type (WT) and COX-2-/- mice were acutely treated with UVB (5 kJ/m(2)), and apoptotic signaling pathways were compared. Following exposure, apoptosis was 2.5-fold higher in COX-2-/- compared with WT mice. Because prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) is the major UV-induced prostaglandin and manifests its activity via four receptors, EP1 to EP4, possible differences in EP signaling were investigated in WT and COX-2-/- mice. Following UVB exposure, protein levels of EP1, EP2, and EP4 were elevated in WT mice, but EP2 and EP4 levels were 50% lower in COX-2-/- mice. Activated cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and Akt are downstream in EP2 and EP4 signaling, and their levels were reduced in UVB-exposed COX-2-/- mice. Furthermore, p-Bad (Ser(136) and Ser(155)), antiapoptotic products of activated Akt and PKA, respectively, were significantly reduced in UVB-exposed COX-2-/- mice. To further study the roles of EP2 and EP4, UVB-exposed CD-1 mice were topically treated with indomethacin to block endogenous PGE(2) production, and PGE(2), the EP2 agonist (butaprost) or EP4 agonist (PGE(1) alcohol), was applied. Indomethacin reduced PKA and Akt activation by approximately 60%, but PGE(2) and the agonists restored their activities. Furthermore, both agonists decreased apoptosis in COX-2-/- mice by 50%. The data suggest that COX-2-generated PGE(2) has antiapoptotic roles in UVB-exposed mouse skin that involves EP2- and EP4-mediated signaling.
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- Kyung-Soo Chun
- Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Wiswedel I, Grundmann JU, Boschmann M, Krautheim A, Böckelmann R, Peter DS, Holzapfel I, Götz S, Müller-Goymann C, Bonnekoh B, Gollnick HPM. Effects of UVB irradiation and diclofenac on F2-isoprostane/prostaglandin concentrations in keratinocytes and microdialysates of human skin. J Invest Dermatol 2007; 127:1794-7. [PMID: 17330133 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Reefman E, de Jong MCJM, Kuiper H, Jonkman MF, Limburg PC, Kallenberg CGM, Bijl M. Is disturbed clearance of apoptotic keratinocytes responsible for UVB-induced inflammatory skin lesions in systemic lupus erythematosus? Arthritis Res Ther 2007; 8:R156. [PMID: 17014704 PMCID: PMC1794497 DOI: 10.1186/ar2051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2006] [Accepted: 10/02/2006] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Apoptotic cells are thought to play an essential role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We hypothesise that delayed or altered clearance of apoptotic cells after UV irradiation will lead to inflammation in the skin of SLE patients. Fifteen SLE patients and 13 controls were irradiated with two minimal erythemal doses (MEDs) of ultraviolet B light (UVB). Subsequently, skin biopsies were analysed (immuno)histologically, over 10 days, for numbers of apoptotic cells, T cells, macrophages, and deposition of immunoglobulin and complement. Additionally, to compare results with cutaneous lesions of SLE patients, 20 biopsies of lupus erythematosus (LE) skin lesions were analysed morphologically for apoptotic cells and infiltrate. Clearance rate of apoptotic cells after irradiation did not differ between patients and controls. Influx of macrophages in dermal and epidermal layers was significantly increased in patients compared with controls. Five out of 15 patients developed a dermal infiltrate that was associated with increased epidermal influx of T cells and macrophages but not with numbers of apoptotic cells or epidermal deposition of immunoglobulins. Macrophages were ingesting multiple apoptotic bodies. Inflammatory lesions in these patients were localised near accumulations of apoptotic keratinocytes similar as was seen in the majority of LE skin lesions. In vivo clearance rate of apoptotic cells is comparable between SLE patients and controls. However, the presence of inflammatory lesions in the vicinity of apoptotic cells, as observed both in UVB-induced and in LE skin lesions in SLE patients, suggests that these lesions result from an inflammatory clearance of apoptotic cells.
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- Esther Reefman
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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All organisms, from simple invertebrates to complex human beings, exist in different colors and patterns, which arise from the unique distribution of pigments throughout the body. Pigmentation is highly heritable, being regulated by genetic, environmental, and endocrine factors that modulate the amount, type, and distribution of melanins in the skin, hair, and eyes. In addition to its roles in camouflage, heat regulation, and cosmetic variation, melanin protects against UV radiation and thus is an important defense system in human skin against harmful factors. Being the largest organ of the body that is always under the influence of internal and external factors, the skin often reacts to those agents by modifying the constitutive pigmentation pattern. The focus of this review is to provide an updated overview of important physiological and biological factors that increase pigmentation and the mechanisms by which they do so. We consider endocrine factors that induce temporary (e.g., during pregnancy) or permanent (e.g., during aging) changes in skin color, environmental factors (e.g., UV), certain drugs, and chemical compounds, etc. Understanding the mechanisms by which different factors and compounds induce melanogenesis is of great interest pharmaceutically (as therapy for pigmentary diseases) and cosmeceutically (e.g., to design tanning products with potential to reduce skin cancer risk).
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- Gertrude-E Costin
- Avon Products, Inc., New Technology Department, 1 Avon Pl., Suffern, NY 10901, USA.
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Kabashima K, Nagamachi M, Honda T, Nishigori C, Miyachi Y, Tokura Y, Narumiya S. Prostaglandin E2 is required for ultraviolet B-induced skin inflammation via EP2 and EP4 receptors. J Transl Med 2007; 87:49-55. [PMID: 17075575 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Keratinocytes are the major target of sunlight, and they produce prostaglandin (PG) E(2) upon ultraviolet (UV) exposure. Although indomethacin, one of cyclooxygenase inhibitors, is known to suppress UV-induced acute skin inflammation, it remains uncertain whether endogenous PGE(2) is responsible for UV-induced skin inflammation, and which subtype of PGE(2) receptors mediates this process. UV-induced skin inflammation was investigated by using genetically and pharmacologically PGE(2) receptor-deficient mice. We applied UV-induced skin inflammation model to genetical and pharmacological PGE(2) receptor-deficient mice. We exposed UVB on these mice at 5 kJ/m(2), and examined the ear swelling and the histological findings. We also measured the blood flow using a laser doppler device to assess the intensity of UVB-induced inflammatory change. The UV-induced ear swelling at 48 h after exposure was significantly reduced in EP2(-/-), EP4(-/-) or wild-type mice treated with the EP4 antagonist compared to control mice. Consistently, inflammatory cell infiltration into the local skin, and local blood flow after UV exposure were significantly reduced by EP2 or EP4 signaling blockade. These data suggest that PGE(2)-EP2/EP4 signaling is mandatory in UV-induced acute skin inflammation, presumably by enhancing blood flow in the microenvironment.
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- Kenji Kabashima
- Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan.
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Inoue K, Hosoi J, Denda M. Extracellular ATP has stimulatory effects on the expression and release of IL-6 via purinergic receptors in normal human epidermal keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol 2006; 127:362-71. [PMID: 16946718 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Extracellular ATP regulates proliferation and differentiation, functioning as an important messenger via purinergic (P2) receptors in keratinocytes. In this study, we investigated the effects of ATP on cytokine production in cultured normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEKs). Adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (ATPgammaS), adenosine 5'-O-2-(thio)diphosphate (ADPbetaS), ADP, ATP, and 2', 3'-O-(4-benzoyl-benzoyl) ATP (BzATP) significantly increased the release of IL-6. The P2 antagonists, suramin-, reactive blue 2-, and periodate-oxidized ATP, inhibited ATP-induced IL-6 release, whereas pyridoxal-phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid, adenosine 3'-phosphate 5'-phosphate, 1-[N,O-bis(1,5-isoquinolinesulfonyl)-N-methyl-L-tyrosyl]-4-phenylpiperazine, and pertussis toxin did not. SQ22563, an adenylate cyclase inhibitor, inhibited ATP-induced IL-6 release. ATPgammaS, ADPbetaS, ATP, and BzATP significantly increased the intracellular cAMP content. Reverse transcription-PCR showed expression of P2Y1, P2Y2, P2Y4, P2Y11, P2Y12, P2Y13, P2X1, P2X4, P2X5, P2X6, and P2X7 receptor subtypes. Additionally, UVB radiation evoked the release of ATP from NHEKs. The release of IL-6 and the expression of IL-6 mRNA were increased after UVB radiation, and these increases were also inhibited by P2 receptor antagonists. These results suggest that cAMP-generating P2Y receptors are likely functional in ATP-induced IL-6 production in NHEKs. Furthermore, in UVB-radiated cells, we note the possibility that P2 receptor antagonists may reduce skin inflammation.
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- Kaori Inoue
- Shiseido Research Center, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
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Kim DJ, Prabhu KS, Gonzalez FJ, Peters JM. Inhibition of chemically induced skin carcinogenesis by sulindac is independent of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-beta/delta (PPARbeta/delta). Carcinogenesis 2006; 27:1105-12. [PMID: 16418176 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgi346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) is known to suppress skin carcinogenesis. It was further suggested that inhibition of COX2-derived prostaglandins by NSAIDs could reduce levels of putative endogenous ligands of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-beta (PPARbeta), and these ligands could potentiate tumorigenesis. However, it is currently unclear whether ligand activation of PPARbeta either inhibits or potentiates carcinogenesis. The present studies were designed to examine the mechanism of NSAID-mediated chemoprevention in skin, and, in particular, to determine the role of PPARbeta in this process. A two-stage skin carcinogenicity bioassay was performed using wild-type and PPARbeta-null mice that were fed either a control diet or one containing 0.32 g sulindac/kg diet. Significant inhibition of chemically induced skin carcinogenesis was observed in both wild-type and PPARbeta-null mice, and this was associated with a marked decrease in the concentration of skin prostaglandins including PGE(2) and PGI(2). Results from these studies demonstrate that inhibition of COX2 by dietary sulindac in mouse skin can effectively inhibit chemically induced skin carcinogenesis, and suggest that the mechanism underlying this chemopreventive effect is independent of PPARbeta. Additionally, results from these studies do not support the hypothesis that ligand activation of PPARbeta by COX-derived metabolites potentiates chemically induced skin carcinogenesis.
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- Dae J Kim
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences and The Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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Kobayashi H, Yoshida R, Kanada Y, Fukuda Y, Yagyu T, Inagaki K, Kondo T, Kurita N, Yamada Y, Sado T, Kitanaka T, Suzuki M, Kanayama N, Terao T. A soybean Kunitz trypsin inhibitor reduces tumor necrosis factor-alpha production in ultraviolet-exposed primary human keratinocytes. Exp Dermatol 2005; 14:765-74. [PMID: 16176285 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2005.00359.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cytokines are produced as a consequence of photo-damaged DNA and oxidative stress in ultraviolet (UV)-exposed keratinocytes. A soybean Kunitz trypsin inhibitor (KTI) down-regulates the expression of proinflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in tumor cells and inflammatory cells. AIM The effect of KTI on TNF-alpha production in UV-exposed primary human keratinocytes was analyzed. RESULTS We show (i) UV induced up-regulation of TNF-alpha mRNA and protein expression in keratinocytes; (ii) cells treated with KTI before UV irradiation showed a significantly lower accumulation of TNF-alpha protein in a dose-dependent manner and a reduced UV-induced up-regulation of TNF-alpha mRNA expression; (iii) KTI inhibited the induction of TNF-alpha target molecules interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and IL-6 proteins; (iv) UV irradiation transiently activated c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and Akt signaling but only weakly activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and p38; (v) KTI specifically inhibited UV-induced activation of ERK, JNK, and p38, but not Akt; (vi) treatment of cells with SP600125, a pharmacological inhibitor of JNK, predominantly suppressed UV-induced up-regulation of TNF-alpha expression; and (vii) KTI did not enhance suppression of UV-induced JNK phosphorylation by SP600125. CONCLUSIONS KTI specifically inhibited UV-induced up-regulation of cytokine expression predominantly through suppression of JNK signaling pathway.
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- Hiroshi Kobayashi
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handayama, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
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Guhl S, Stefaniak R, Strathmann M, Babina M, Piazena H, Henz BM, Zuberbier T. Bivalent effect of UV light on human skin mast cells-low-level mediator release at baseline but potent suppression upon mast cell triggering. J Invest Dermatol 2005; 124:453-6. [PMID: 15675967 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2004.23523.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is an established treatment for inflammatory skin diseases, although the precise mode of action is still unclear. Activating and suppressive effects on mast cell (MC) mediator release have been described. The aim of this study was to investigate systematically the effects of UVB, UVA-1, and psoralen plus UVA-1 at therapeutic doses on skin-derived human MC. Baseline and stimulated release of histamine, tryptase, and of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were examined. In resting MC, UV light induced a slight, yet significant histamine release corresponding to enhanced surface levels of lysosome-associated membrane proteins (LAMP). In contrast, UV pre-treatment caused a marked suppression of the anti-IgE-induced histamine release, accompanied by a diminished, anti-IgE-mediated increase in LAMP expression. The secretion of IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-alpha was inhibited in resting and activated MC, suggesting a different mode of action. Regarding the importance of MC in a variety of allergic and inflammatory processes, our data show a high susceptibility of this cell type towards UV light, which seems to partially depend on the state of cellular activation. Immunosuppressive effects predominate in activated MC, thus corresponding with the beneficial effects in inflammatory diseases, whereas in resting MC, both stimulatory and inhibitory effects are observed.
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- Sven Guhl
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité Campus Mitte, Schumannstr. 20/21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Scott G, Jacobs S, Leopardi S, Anthony FA, Learn D, Malaviya R, Pentland A. Effects of PGF2alpha on human melanocytes and regulation of the FP receptor by ultraviolet radiation. Exp Cell Res 2004; 304:407-16. [PMID: 15748887 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2004] [Revised: 11/16/2004] [Accepted: 11/16/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Prostaglandins are potent lipid hormones that activate multiple signaling pathways resulting in regulation of cellular growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. In the skin, prostaglandins are rapidly released by keratinocytes following ultraviolet radiation and are chronically present in inflammatory skin lesions. We have shown previously that melanocytes, which provide photoprotection to keratinocytes through the production of melanin, express several receptors for prostaglandins, including the PGE2 receptors EP1 and EP3 and the PGF2alpha receptor FP, and that PGF2alpha stimulates melanocyte dendricity. We now show that PGF2alpha stimulates the activity and expression of tyrosinase, the rate-limiting enzyme in melanin synthesis. Analysis of FP receptor regulation showed that the FP receptor is regulated by ultraviolet radiation in melanocytes in vitro and in human skin in vivo. We also show that ultraviolet irradiation stimulates production of PGF2alpha by melanocytes. These results show that PGF2alpha binding to the FP receptor activates signals that stimulate a differentiated phenotype (dendricity and pigmentation) in melanocytes. The regulation of the FP receptor and the stimulation of production of PGF2alpha in melanocytes in response to ultraviolet radiation suggest that PGF2alpha could act as an autocrine factor for melanocyte differentiation.
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- Glynis Scott
- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Box 697, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Pentland AP, Scott G, VanBuskirk J, Tanck C, LaRossa G, Brouxhon S. Cyclooxygenase-1 deletion enhances apoptosis but does not protect against ultraviolet light-induced tumors. Cancer Res 2004; 64:5587-91. [PMID: 15313895 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-1045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Inhibition or deletion of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 has been demonstrated to protect against squamous cell cancer in many studies. Although much effort has focused on COX-2 inhibition, recent work indicates that COX-1 deletion may be nearly as protective. In this study, we used SKH-1 hairless mice in which COX-1 was selectively deleted to examine the role of COX-1 in photocarcinogenesis. After UV exposure, 40-60% less prostaglandin E2 was detected in COX-1-/- animals compared with wild-type (WT) controls. A 4-fold induction of keratinocyte apoptosis was observed in knockouts relative to WT animals, as documented by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick end labeling and caspase-3 staining. Proliferation was not significantly different in COX-1+/+, COX-1+/-, and COX-1-/- animals. When susceptibility to UV-induced tumor formation was studied, tumor number, average tumor size, and time of tumor onset in COX-1-/- animals were identical to WT controls. Thus, enhanced apoptosis did not alter UV-induced skin carcinogenesis, suggesting other effects are key to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug chemoprevention. These results contrast sharply with data obtained using the classic 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate cancer model in which a prominent protective effect of COX-1-/- is present. The lack of protection observed here confirms cancer mechanisms are distinct in UV- and tumor promotor-induced cancer models and indicates that chemoprevention strategies must specifically address cancer causes to be effective.
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- Alice P Pentland
- Departments of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
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Scott G, Leopardi S, Printup S, Malhi N, Seiberg M, Lapoint R. Proteinase-activated receptor-2 stimulates prostaglandin production in keratinocytes: analysis of prostaglandin receptors on human melanocytes and effects of PGE2 and PGF2alpha on melanocyte dendricity. J Invest Dermatol 2004; 122:1214-24. [PMID: 15140225 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2004.22516.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Prostaglandins (PG) are key mediators of diverse functions in the skin and several reports suggest that PG mediate post-inflammatory pigmentary changes through modulation of melanocyte dendricity and melanin synthesis. The proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR-2) is important for skin pigmentation because activation of keratinocyte PAR-2 stimulates uptake of melanosomes through phagocytosis in a Rho-dependent manner. In this report, we show that activation of keratinocyte PAR-2 stimulates release of PGE(2) and PGF(2alpha) and that PGE(2) and PGF(2alpha) act as paracrine factors that stimulate melanocyte dendricity. We characterized the expression of the EP and FP receptors in human melanocytes and show that human melanocytes express EP1 and EP3, and the FP receptor, but not EP2 and EP4. Treatment of melanocytes with EP1 and EP3 receptor agonists resulted in increased melanocyte dendricity, indicating that both EP1 and EP3 receptor signaling contribute to PGE(2)-mediated melanocyte dendricity. Certain EP3 receptor subtypes have been shown to increase adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) through coupling to Gs, whereas EP1 is known to couple to Gq to activate phospholipase C with elevation in Ca(2+). The cAMP/protein kinase A system is known to modulate melanocyte dendrite formation through modulation of Rac and Rho activity. Neither PGF(2alpha) or PGE(2) elevated cAMP in human melanocytes showing that dendricity observed in response to PGE(2) and PGF(2alpha) is cAMP-independent. Our data suggest that PAR-2 mediates cutaneous pigmentation both through increased uptake of melanosomes by keratinocytes, as well as by release of PGE(2) and PGF(2alpha) that stimulate melanocyte dendricity through EP1, EP3, and FP receptors.
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MESH Headings
- Cell Size/drug effects
- Cell Size/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cyclic AMP/metabolism
- Dinoprost/metabolism
- Dinoprost/pharmacology
- Dinoprostone/analogs & derivatives
- Dinoprostone/metabolism
- Dinoprostone/pharmacology
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Keratinocytes/cytology
- Keratinocytes/drug effects
- Keratinocytes/metabolism
- Melanocytes/cytology
- Melanocytes/drug effects
- Melanocytes/metabolism
- Misoprostol/pharmacology
- Oxytocics/pharmacology
- Paracrine Communication/physiology
- Receptor, PAR-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Prostaglandin/genetics
- Receptors, Prostaglandin/metabolism
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E/agonists
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E/genetics
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E/metabolism
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP1 Subtype
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP2 Subtype
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP3 Subtype
- Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP4 Subtype
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- Glynis Scott
- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
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Sime S, Reeve VE. Protection from inflammation, immunosuppression and carcinogenesis induced by UV radiation in mice by topical Pycnogenol. Photochem Photobiol 2004; 79:193-8. [PMID: 15068032 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2004)079<0193:pfiiac>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pycnogenol is a standardized extract of the bark of the French maritime pine, Pinus pinaster Ait., that has multiple biological effects, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticarcinogenic properties. This study describes the effect of topical application of lotions containing Pycnogenol to Skh:hr hairless mice undergoing minimally inflammatory daily exposures to solar-simulated UV radiation (SSUV). We report that concentrations of Pycnogenol of 0.05-0.2% applied to the irradiated dorsal skin immediately after exposure resulted in dose-dependent reduction of the inflammatory sunburn reaction, measured as its edema component. When mice received three consecutive daily exposures of minimally edematous SSUV, their ability to raise a contact hypersensitivity (CHS) reaction was suppressed by 54%. Pycnogenol lotions applied postirradiation reduced this immunosuppression to 22% (0.05% Pycnogenol) and 13% (0.1% Pycnogenol). Furthermore, when CHS was suppressed by 71% with exogenous treatment with cis-urocanic acid, the putative epidermal mediator of photoimmunosuppression, 0.2% Pycnogenol lotion reduced the immunosuppression to 18%. Chronic exposure to SSUV on 5 days/week for 10 weeks induced skin tumors from 11 weeks in both control mice and in mice receiving daily applications of 0.05% Pycnogenol, but tumor appearance was significantly delayed until 20 weeks in mice receiving 0.2% Pycnogenol. Furthermore, whereas 100% of control mice had at least one tumor by 30 weeks, and mice treated with 0.05% Pycnogenol by 33 weeks, the maximum tumor prevalence in mice treated with 0.2% Pycnogenol was significantly reduced to 85%, with some mice remaining tumor free. Average tumor multiplicity was also significantly reduced by 0.2% Pycnogenol, from 5.2 in control mice to 3.5 at 35 weeks. Thus, topical Pycnogenol offered significant and dose-dependent protection from SSUV-induced acute inflammation, immunosuppression and carcinogenesis, when applied to the skin after daily irradiation. Pycnogenol, therefore, in addition to its recognized health benefits in other organs, appears to have potential in providing photoprotection for humans in a complementary role with sunscreens, having demonstrable activity when applied to the skin after, rather than before, UV exposure.
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- Suzann Sime
- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Reeve VE, Ley RD. Animal models of ultraviolet radiation-induced skin cancer. CANCER PREVENTION — CANCER CAUSES 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-0511-0_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Tripp CS, Blomme EAG, Chinn KS, Hardy MM, LaCelle P, Pentland AP. Epidermal COX-2 Induction Following Ultraviolet Irradiation: Suggested Mechanism for the Role of COX-2 Inhibition in Photoprotection. J Invest Dermatol 2003; 121:853-61. [PMID: 14632205 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12495.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The cyclooxygenase isoforms, COX-1 and COX-2, are involved in the biosynthesis of prostaglandin E2, a major prostaglandin involved in epidermal homeostasis and repair. Cancer originating in the epidermis can develop when keratinocyte proliferation and apoptosis become dysregulated, resulting in sustained epidermal hyperplasia. COX-2 inhibitors, which demonstrate significant in vivo selectivity relative to COX-1, suppress both ultraviolet-induced epidermal tumor development and progression, suggesting that prostaglandin regulation of keratinocyte biology is involved in the pathogenesis of epidermal neoplasia. In this study, we characterized the expression of COX-1 and COX-2, as well as keratinocyte proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis, following acute ultraviolet irradiation in the hairless SKH-1 mouse. Following acute ultraviolet exposure, COX-2 expression was predominantly induced in the basal keratinocyte layer coincident with an increase in keratinocyte proliferation and apoptosis. The role of COX-2 was further evaluated using a selective COX-2 inhibitor, SC-791, as well as the traditional nonsteroidal COX inhibitor, indomethacin. Following acute ultraviolet irradiation, inhibition of COX-2 with either inhibitor decreased epidermal keratinocyte proliferation. Likewise, keratinocyte apoptosis was increased with COX-2 inhibition, particularly in the proliferating basal keratinocyte layer. There was also a modest inhibition of keratinocyte differentiation. These data suggest that COX-2 expression is probably necessary for keratinocyte survival and proliferation occurring after acute ultraviolet irradiation. We hypothesize that selective COX-2 inhibition, as described herein, may lead to enhanced removal of ultraviolet-damaged keratinocytes, thereby decreasing malignant transformation in the epidermis.
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- Catherine S Tripp
- Department of Arthritis and Inflammation Pharmacology, Pharmacia Corporation, St Louis, Missouri, USA
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Chung MK, Lee H, Caterina MJ. Warm temperatures activate TRPV4 in mouse 308 keratinocytes. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:32037-46. [PMID: 12783886 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m303251200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mammalian survival requires constant monitoring of environmental and body temperature. Recently, several members of the transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) subfamily of ion channels have been identified that can be gated by increases in temperature into the warm (TRPV3 and TRPV4) or painfully hot (TRPV1 and TRPV2) range. In rodents, TRPV3 and TRPV4 proteins have not been detected in sensory neurons but are highly expressed in skin epidermal keratinocytes. Here, we show that in response to warm temperatures (>32 degrees C), the mouse 308 keratinocyte cell line exhibits nonselective transmembrane cationic currents and Ca2+ influx. Both TRPV3 and TRPV4 are expressed in 308 cells. However, the warmth-evoked responses we observe most closely resemble those mediated by recombinant TRPV4 on the basis of their electrophysiological properties and sensitivity to osmolarity and the phorbol ester, 4alpha-phorbol-12,13-didecanoate. Together, these data support the notion that keratinocytes are capable of detecting modest temperature elevations, strongly suggest that TRPV4 participates in these responses, and define a system for the cell biological analysis of warmth transduction.
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- Man-Kyo Chung
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Hardy MM, Blomme EAG, Lisowski A, Chinn KS, Jones A, Harmon JM, Opsahl A, Ornberg RL, Tripp CS. Selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition does not alter keratinocyte wound responses in the mouse epidermis after abrasion. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2003; 304:959-67. [PMID: 12604670 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.044545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The cyclooxygenase isoforms, COX-1 and COX-2, are the rate limiting enzymes in the biosynthesis of prostaglandin E(2), a major prostaglandin involved in epidermal homeostasis and repair. Epidermal injury results in transient hyperplasia and induction of COX-2 expression. The role of COX-2 in this hyperplasia is unknown, however. In this study, we characterized the epidermal expression of COX isozymes following wounding by abrasion in SKH-1 mice using immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, and Western analysis. In addition, we evaluated pivotal keratinocyte functions necessary for the reparative hyperplasia, including proliferation by 5-bromo-2'deoxy-uridine labeling and differentiation by the expression of involucrin, keratin 1, and keratin 6. Although COX-1 expression in keratinocytes remained unchanged during wound healing, COX-2 expression was induced coincidentally with keratinocyte proliferation and keratin 6 expression, suggesting a role for COX-2 in epidermal repair. The role of COX-2 was also evaluated using the selective COX-2 inhibitor SC-791 and the traditional COX inhibitors indomethacin and diclofenac. Neither inhibitor altered keratinocyte proliferation or differentiation following abrasion, in contrast to dexamethasone, which delayed these responses. Our results indicated that, although COX-2 expression was coincident with transient epidermal hyperplasia and keratinocyte proliferation/differentiation during the healing of epidermal injury, it does not play a pivotal role in this repair process.
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- Medora M Hardy
- Department of Arthritis and Inflammation Pharmacology, Pharmacia Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri 63198, USA.
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Kippenberger S, Loitsch SM, Grundmann-Kollmann M, Simon S, Dang TA, Hardt-Weinelt K, Kaufmann R, Bernd A. Activators of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors protect human skin from ultraviolet-B-light-induced inflammation. J Invest Dermatol 2001; 117:1430-6. [PMID: 11886504 DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01537.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPAR) are members of a nuclear receptor superfamily, which were initially described in the context of fatty acid degradation and adipocyte differentiation. In this study we tested the hypothesis that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor activation also controls inflammation. In an in vitro model with human keratinocytes inflammation was mimicked by irradiation with ultraviolet B light (150 mJ per cm(2)). Activators for PPAR-alpha (WY-14,643, clofibrate) were shown to reverse ultraviolet-B-light-mediated expression of inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-6, interleukin-8). An activator preferentially for PPAR-beta (bezafibrate) did not show prominent effects on interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 expression. The anti-inflammatory action of WY-14,643 on skin cells was further demonstrated by in vivo testings in which topically applied WY-14,643 markedly increased the minimal erythema dose in ultraviolet-B-irradiated skin. Additionally, it was shown that ultraviolet B irradiation led to a decrease of all three peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor subsets at the mRNA level. Also transactivation of peroxisome proliferator response element was attenuated by ultraviolet B irradiation. The downregulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors by ultraviolet B irradiation provides a possible mechanism that leads to exaggerated and prolonged inflammation. This work suggests the possibility of PPAR-alpha activators as novel nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the topical treatment of common inflammatory skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and photodermatitis.
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- S Kippenberger
- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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Widyarini S, Spinks N, Husband AJ, Reeve VE. Isoflavonoid compounds from red clover (Trifolium pratense) protect from inflammation and immune suppression induced by UV radiation. Photochem Photobiol 2001; 74:465-70. [PMID: 11594062 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2001)074<0465:icfrct>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Isoflavones derived from many edible plants have been reported to possess significant antioxidant, estrogenic and tyrosine kinase inhibitory activity. Genistein has been found previously to provide protection from oxidative damage induced by UV radiation both in vitro and following dietary administration. We have therefore examined the potential of a number of isoflavones from red clover (Trifolium pratense) and some metabolically related compounds to offer protection from UV irradiation in hairless mice by topical application after UV exposure. We show that whereas the primary isoflavones, daidzein, biochanin A and formononetin, were inactive, 20 microM lotions of genistein and the metabolites equol, isoequol and the related derivative dehydroequol had powerful potential to reduce the inflammatory edema reaction and the suppression of contact hypersensitivity induced by moderate doses of solar-simulated UV radiation. For equol the protection was concentration dependent and 5 microM equol markedly reduced the UV-induced inflammation but abrogated the UV-induced immunosuppression. Equol protected similarly from immunosuppression induced by the putative epidermal mediator, cis-urocanic acid (UCA), indicating a potential mechanism of action involving inactivation of this UV-photoproduct. Since immunosuppression induced by both UV radiation and by cis-UCA appears to be an oxidant-dependent response our observations support the actions of these topically applied isoflavones and their metabolites as antioxidants. They also indicate that lotions containing equol, unlike topical UV sunscreens, more readily protect the immune system from photosuppression than from the inflammation of the sunburn reaction, even when applied after exposure, and thus such compounds may have a future role as sun-protective cosmetic ingredients.
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- S Widyarini
- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Ashida Y, Denda M, Hirao T. Histamine H1 and H2 receptor antagonists accelerate skin barrier repair and prevent epidermal hyperplasia induced by barrier disruption in a dry environment. J Invest Dermatol 2001; 116:261-5. [PMID: 11180002 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2001.01238.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Keratinocytes have histamine H1 and H2 receptors, but their functions are poorly understood. To clarify the role of histamine receptors in the epidermis, we examined the effects of histamine receptor antagonists and agonists applied epicutaneously on the recovery of skin barrier function disrupted by tape stripping in hairless mice. Histamine H2 receptor antagonists famotidine and cimetidine accelerated the recovery of skin barrier function, but histamine and histamine H2 receptor agonist dimaprit delayed the barrier repair. Application of compound 48/80, a histamine releaser, also delayed the recovery. Imidazole, an analog of histamine, had no effect. The histamine H1 receptor antagonists diphenhydramine and tripelennamine accelerated the recovery. Histamine H3 receptor agonist Nalpha-methylhistamine and antagonist thioperamide had no effect. In addition, topical application of famotidine or diphenhydramine prevented epidermal hyperplasia in mice with skin barrier disrupted by acetone treatment in a dry environment (humidity < 10%) for 4 d. In conclusion, both the histamine H1 and H2 receptors in the epidermis are involved in skin barrier function and the cutaneous condition of epidermal hyperplasia.
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- Y Ashida
- Skin Biology Research Laboratories, Life Science Research Center, Shiseido Research Center, 2-12-1 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-8643, Japan.
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Hart PH, Grimbaldeston MA, Finlay-Jones JJ. Sunlight, immunosuppression and skin cancer: role of histamine and mast cells. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2001; 28:1-8. [PMID: 11153522 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2001.03392.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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1. The development into tumours of skin cells transformed by ultraviolet (UV) B radiation of wavelengths 290-320 nm is enhanced by the ability of UVB to suppress an immune response that would otherwise destroy them. Ultraviolet B-induced immunomodulation may be by multiple mechanisms, but generally manifests in an antigen-presenting cell defect and an altered cytokine environment in the draining lymph nodes. 2. Immune responses to microbial or self-antigens may be dysfunctional by similar mechanisms following UVB exposure. 3. Earliest-acting intermediates in the initiation of UVB-induced immunosuppression are the UVB absorbers (photoreceptors) of the skin, notably DNA resulting in immunoregulatory cytokine production, and trans-urocanic acid (UCA), which, upon isomerization to its cis isomer, signals downstream immunosuppressive events. 4. In mice, dermal mast cells are critical to UVB-induced systemic immunomodulation. In mice, there is a functional link as well as a linear relationship between the prevalence of histamine-staining dermal mast cells and the log of the dose of UVB required for 50% immunosuppression. Studies with histamine receptor antagonists support histamine as the main' product of mast cells involved. Histamine acts in large part via a prostanoid-dependent pathway. 5. Approximately 50% of humans and greater than 90% of patients with non-melanoma skin cancer are UVB susceptible for suppression of a contact hypersensitivity response. Neither cytokine polymorphisms nor UVB-induced levels of cis-UCA in irradiated skin have been linked to UVB susceptibility. Patients with basal cell carcinomas (BCC) have an increased dermal mast cell prevalence in non-sun-exposed buttock skin. We propose that mast cells function in humans, as in mice, by initiating immunosuppression and, thereby, allowing a permissive environment for BCC development.
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- P H Hart
- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Schmitt DA, Walterscheid JP, Ullrich SE. Reversal of ultraviolet radiation-induced immune suppression by recombinant interleukin-12: suppression of cytokine production. Immunology 2000; 101:90-6. [PMID: 11012758 PMCID: PMC2327062 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2000.00084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, a complete carcinogen, suppresses the immune response. Data from a number of laboratories have indicated that one consequence of UV exposure is suppressed T helper type 1 (Th1) cell function with normal Th2 cell activation, resulting in a shift to a Th2-like phenotype. The reversal of UV-induced immune suppression and tolerance induction by recombinant interleukin-12 (rIL-12) supports this observation. The focus of this study was to determine the mechanism(s) by which rIL-12 reverses UV-induced immune suppression. Two possibilities were considered: up-regulation of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) secretion by rIL-12 and suppression of UV-induced cytokine secretion by rIL-12. To our surprise we found that the ability of rIL-12 to overcome UV-induced immune suppression was independent of its ability to up-regulate IFN-gamma secretion. Rather, rIL-12 suppressed the production of cytokines that are known to be important in UV-induced immune suppression. Injecting UV-irradiated mice with rIL-12, or adding rIL-12 to UV-irradiated keratinocyte cultures suppressed IL-10 secretion, in part by affecting the transcription of the IL-10 gene. Furthermore, we found that rIL-12 suppressed UV-induced tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production. Because IL-10 is involved in the UV-induced suppression of delayed-type hypersensitivity and TNF-alpha in the UV-induced suppression of contact allergy, these findings provide a mechanism to explain how rIL-12 overcomes UV-induced immune suppression in these related but different immune reactions. In addition, they suggest a novel mechanism by which rIL-12 alters immune reactivity, direct suppression of cytokine secretion induced by UV radiation.
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- D A Schmitt
- Department of Immunology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and the Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Countryman NB, Pei Y, Yi Q, Spandau DF, Travers JB. Evidence for involvement of the epidermal platelet-activating factor receptor in ultraviolet-B-radiation-induced interleukin-8 production. J Invest Dermatol 2000; 115:267-72. [PMID: 10951245 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00058.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ultraviolet B radiation has been shown to generate cutaneous inflammation in part through inducing oxidative stress and cytokine production in human keratinocytes. Amongst the proinflammatory cytokines synthesized in response to ultraviolet B radiation is the potent chemoattractant interleukin-8. Though the lipid mediator platelet-activating factor (PAF) is synthesized in response to oxidative stress, and keratinocytes express PAF receptors linked to cytokine biosynthesis, it is not known whether PAF is involved in ultraviolet-B-induced epidermal cell cytokine production. These studies examined the role of the PAF system in ultraviolet-B-induced epidermal cell interleukin-8 biosynthesis using a novel model system created by retroviral-mediated transduction of the PAF-receptor-negative human epidermal cell line KB with the human PAF receptor. Treatment of PAF-receptor-expressing KB cells with the metabolically stable PAF receptor agonist carbamoyl-PAF resulted in increased interleukin-8 mRNA and protein, indicating that activation of the epidermal PAF receptor was linked to interleukin-8 production. Ultraviolet B irradiation of PAF-receptor-expressing KB cells resulted in significant increases in both interleukin-8 mRNA and protein in comparison to ultraviolet-B-treated control KB cells. Pretreatment with PAF receptor antagonists inhibited both carbamoyl-PAF-induced and ultraviolet-B-induced interleukin-8 production in the PAF-receptor-positive cells, but not in control KB cells. Similarly, treatment of the PAF-receptor-expressing primary cultures of human keratinocytes or the human epidermal cell line A-431 with carbamoyl-PAF or ultraviolet B radiation resulted in interleukin-8 production that was partially inhibited by PAF receptor antagonists. These studies suggest that the epidermal PAF receptor may be a pharmacologic target for ultraviolet B radiation in skin and thus may act to augment ultraviolet-B-mediated production of cytokines such as interleukin-8.
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- N B Countryman
- Departments of Dermatology, the H.B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Hart PH, Grimbaldeston MA, Finlay-Jones JJ. Mast cells in UV-B-induced immunosuppression. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2000; 55:81-7. [PMID: 10942071 DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(00)00032-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Degranulating dermal mast cells in UV-B-irradiated skin have been implicated for many years in the mechanisms of irradiation erythema. There is now considerable evidence that dermal mast cells are important to the processes by which both UV-B radiation and cis-urocanic acid (cis-UCA) suppress immune responses to sensitizing antigens applied to non-irradiated/non-cis-UCA-exposed sites. Mast-cell-depleted mice are resistant to the immunosuppressive effects of UV-B radiation and cis-UCA for 'systemic' immunomodulation. However, these mice gain responsiveness if the dorsal skin is reconstituted six weeks prior to irradiation or cis-UCA administration at that site with cultured bone-marrow-derived mast cells from +/+ mice. The molecular triggers for initiating mast-cell degranulation are being actively sought. Evidence suggests that histamine, and not tumour necrosis factor alpha, is the major mast-cell product that signals altered immune responses to sensitizing antigens applied to non-irradiated, non-cis-UCA-exposed sites. Histamine may have multiple roles, but experiments with indomethacin administered to mice have shown that one process involves induction of prostanoid production.
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- P H Hart
- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
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