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Leiferman KM, Peters MS. Eosinophil-Related Disease and the Skin. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE 2018; 6:1462-1482.e6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2018.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bystrom J, Amin K, Bishop-Bailey D. Analysing the eosinophil cationic protein--a clue to the function of the eosinophil granulocyte. Respir Res 2011; 12:10. [PMID: 21235798 PMCID: PMC3030543 DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-12-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Eosinophil granulocytes reside in respiratory mucosa including lungs, in the gastro-intestinal tract, and in lymphocyte associated organs, the thymus, lymph nodes and the spleen. In parasitic infections, atopic diseases such as atopic dermatitis and asthma, the numbers of the circulating eosinophils are frequently elevated. In conditions such as Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (HES) circulating eosinophil levels are even further raised. Although, eosinophils were identified more than hundred years ago, their roles in homeostasis and in disease still remain unclear. The most prominent feature of the eosinophils are their large secondary granules, each containing four basic proteins, the best known being the eosinophil cationic protein (ECP). This protein has been developed as a marker for eosinophilic disease and quantified in biological fluids including serum, bronchoalveolar lavage and nasal secretions. Elevated ECP levels are found in T helper lymphocyte type 2 (atopic) diseases such as allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis but also occasionally in other diseases such as bacterial sinusitis. ECP is a ribonuclease which has been attributed with cytotoxic, neurotoxic, fibrosis promoting and immune-regulatory functions. ECP regulates mucosal and immune cells and may directly act against helminth, bacterial and viral infections. The levels of ECP measured in disease in combination with the catalogue of known functions of the protein and its polymorphisms presented here will build a foundation for further speculations of the role of ECP, and ultimately the role of the eosinophil.
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- Jonas Bystrom
- Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, William Harvey Research Institute, Bart's and the London, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Medical Science, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
- College of Medicine, Sulaimani University, Sulaimani, Iraq
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- Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, William Harvey Research Institute, Bart's and the London, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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Leiferman KM, Gleich GJ, Peters MS. Dermatologic Manifestations of the Hypereosinophilic Syndromes. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 2007; 27:415-41. [PMID: 17868857 DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2007.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Skin is a commonly affected organ in hypereosinophilic syndromes (HES). Cutaneous lesions may be an important presenting sign, may be extremely debilitating, and often reflect disease activity in HES. Recognition of dermatologic manifestations is important in approaching diagnosis and treatment of HES. This article reviews cutaneous involvement in HES and other eosinophil-associated skin diseases.
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- Kristin M Leiferman
- Department of Dermatology, 4B454 School of Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, University of Utah, 30 North 1900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84132-2409, USA.
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Prescott VE, Forbes E, Foster PS, Matthaei K, Hogan SP. Mechanistic analysis of experimental food allergen-induced cutaneous reactions. J Leukoc Biol 2006; 80:258-66. [PMID: 16861616 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1105637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Individuals with food allergy often present with uritcaria and atopic dermatitis. Indeed, susceptibility to food allergy may predispose to the development of these cutaneous allergic disorders. Recently, we developed a model of food allergy, whereby oral consumption of food [pea Pisum sativum L.; expressing alpha-amylase inhibitor-1 (alphaAI) from the common bean Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv Tendergreen (pea-alphaAI)] promotes a T helper cell type 2 (Th2) inflammatory response and predisposes to cutaneous allergic reactions following subsequent food allergen (alphaAI) exposure. To delineate the kinetics of food allergen-induced cutaneous reactions and examine the inflammatory mechanisms involved in this allergic reaction, we used interleukin (IL)-13-, IL-4 receptor alpha-, and eotaxin-1-deficient mice and performed serum transfer and CD4+ T cell depletion studies. We demonstrate that consumption of pea-alphaAI promotes an alphaAI-specific immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) and IgE antibody response. Furthermore, we show that subsequent food allergen (alphaAI) challenge in the skin induced an early (3 h)- and late-phase (24 h) cutaneous allergic reaction. The early-phase response was associated with mast cell degranulation and the presence of Ig, whereas the late-phase response was characterized by a lymphoid and eosinophilic infiltrate, which was critically regulated by CD4+ T cells, IL-13, and eotaxin-1. Collectively, these studies demonstrate that food allergy can predispose to cutaneous inflammatory reactions, and these processes are critically regulated by Th2 immune factors.
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- Vanessa E Prescott
- Allergy and Inflammation Research Group, Division of Molecular Bioscience, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Davis MDP, Plager DA, George TJ, Weiss EA, Gleich GJ, Leiferman KM. Interactions of eosinophil granule proteins with skin: limits of detection, persistence, and vasopermeabilization. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003; 112:988-94. [PMID: 14610493 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Eosinophil granule proteins, including eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN), eosinophil peroxidase (EPO), and major basic protein (MBP), are prominently deposited in skin in several cutaneous disorders and likely contribute to disease pathology. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine the limit of detection, persistence, and vasopermeabilization activity of the eosinophil granule proteins in skin. METHODS The eosinophil granule proteins were injected intradermally. Their minimum detectable concentrations in human surgical waste skin and their persistence in guinea pig skin were determined by indirect immunofluorescence. Vasopermeabilization activity in the guinea pig without and with H1 antihistamine (pyrilamine maleate) pretreatment was assessed by extrusion of Evans blue dye-treated plasma. RESULTS The lowest detectable cutaneous concentrations were 0.05 micromol/L EPO, 0.1 micromol/L MBP, 0.25 micromol/L ECP, and 1 micromol/L EDN. Granule proteins persisted in guinea pig skin in vivo for 1 week (EPO), 2 weeks (ECP), 2.5 weeks (EDN), and 6 weeks (MBP). Each of the eosinophil granule proteins increased cutaneous vasopermeability in a concentration-dependent manner. The potency of vasopermeabilization induced by each granule protein was comparable with that of histamine. Pyrilamine maleate pretreatment of guinea pigs did not alter increased vasopermeability induced by ECP and EDN but significantly inhibited that induced by EPO and MBP. CONCLUSIONS Micromolar concentrations of eosinophil granule proteins are often deposited in skin in eosinophil-associated cutaneous disorders such as atopic dermatitis. These pathophysiologically relevant concentrations of eosinophil granule proteins cause increased cutaneous vasopermeability (both by means of histamine-independent and histamine-dependent mechanisms) and might alter cutaneous function for days to weeks.
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- Mark D P Davis
- Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn, USA
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Sugimoto Y, Ogawa M, Tai N, Kamei C. Inhibitory effects of glucocorticoids on rat eosinophil superoxide generation and chemotaxis. Int Immunopharmacol 2003; 3:845-52. [PMID: 12781701 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5769(03)00055-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Eosinophil infiltration into inflammatory tissues and the subsequent release of inflammatory mediators are the hallmarks of several inflammatory allergic diseases. Although there have been a considerable number of publications on anti-inflammatory effects of glucocorticoids, little is known about whether glucocorticoids affect the activation of eosinophils directly. We studied the effects of three glucocorticoids, mometasone furoate, dexamethasone and beclomethasone dipropionate, on superoxide generation and the chemotaxis of rat eosinophils. Highly purified rat eosinophils were treated for 6 h with mometasone furoate, dexamethasone or beclomethasone dipropionate. Eosinophils were stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) for superoxide generation, while for induction of chemotaxis, platelet-activating factor (PAF) or leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) was used. None of the glucocorticoids used in the present study caused significant suppressive effects on superoxide generation induced by PMA. On the other hand, both PAF- and LTB(4)-induced migration of rat eosinophils were inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner by glucocorticoids. Mometasone furoate showed a significant effect at concentrations higher than 10(-11) M. Dexamethasone and beclomethasone dipropionate also caused a significant inhibition at concentrations higher than 10(-8) and 10(-7) M, respectively. These results indicated that the anti-inflammatory effects of glucocorticoids were mediated by direct inhibition of eosinophil migration. Furthermore, mometasone furoate was suggested to be more useful than the other drugs in the treatment of allergic diseases responsible for eosinophil chemotaxis.
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- Yukio Sugimoto
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, 700-8530, Okayama, Japan
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Drage LA, Davis MDP, De Castro F, Van Keulen V, Weiss EA, Gleich GJ, Leiferman KM. Evidence for pathogenic involvementof eosinophils and neutrophilsin Churg-Strauss syndrome. J Am Acad Dermatol 2002; 47:209-16. [PMID: 12140466 DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.124600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a multi-organ disease with tissue and blood eosinophilia. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to study eosinophil and neutrophil involvement in CSS. METHODS Eight lesional skin biopsy specimens from 6 patients with CSS and serum and blister fluid from one patient were tested for eosinophil and neutrophil activity. Indirect immunofluorescence on skin specimens used antibodies to eosinophil granule major basic protein (MBP), eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN), and neutrophil elastase (NE). Serum and blister fluid specimens were analyzed for granule protein levels and for eosinophil-activating cytokines. RESULTS Indirect immunofluorescence showed prominent cellular and extracellular staining for EDN in skin biopsy specimens; MBP staining was less extensive. Five biopsy specimens showed marked cellular NE staining; 4 showed prominent extracellular NE. Serum and blister fluid specimens contained elevated MBP, EDN, and interleukin 5 levels and enhanced eosinophil survival in culture. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interleukin 5 were detected in blister fluid. Blister fluid contained more NE than normal serum. CONCLUSIONS Both eosinophils and neutrophils likely participate in skin lesion development in CSS.
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- Lisa A Drage
- Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic/Mayo Foundation, Rochester, USA
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Borrego L, Peterson EA, Diez LI, de Pablo Martin P, Wagner JM, Gleich GJ, Leiferman KM. Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy and herpes gestationis: comparison of granulated cell proteins in tissue and serum. Clin Exp Dermatol 1999; 24:213-25. [PMID: 10354184 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.1999.00459.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (PEP) and herpes gestationis (HG) are pregnancy-related dermatoses of unknown aetiology with eosinophil infiltration which, at early stages, may show similar clinical and histopathological features. To determine the relative contributions of eosinophils, neutrophils and mast cells to the pathogenesis of PEP and HG through deposition of granule proteins, we studied tissue and serum from 15 patients with PEP and 10 with HG. Using indirect immunofluorescence with antibodies to human eosinophil granule major basic protein (MBP), eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN), eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), neutrophil elastase and mast cell tryptase, we determined and compared cellular and extracellular staining patterns in lesional skin biopsy specimens and, using immunoassay, measured MBP, EDN, and ECP in patients' sera. Eosinophil infiltration and extracellular protein deposition of all three eosinophil granule proteins were present in both PEP and HG indicating a pathogenic role for eosinophils in both diseases. Staining for eosinophil granule proteins was especially prominent in urticarial lesions and around blisters in HG. EDN and ECP serum levels in PEP and ECP serum levels in HG were significantly increased compared with those in normal pregnant and normal nonpregnant serum. Neutrophils were more prominent in HG specimens than in PEP specimens; extracellular neutrophil elastase was minimally present and similar in both diseases. Mast cell numbers and extracellular tryptase deposition did not differ between the two diseases and did not differ from mast cell counts in skin of normal pregnant women. This study shows that eosinophil granule proteins are deposited extracellularly in tissue and are increased in serum in both PEP and HG. Moreover, eosinophil involvement in the two diseases is more consistent than neutrophil and mast cell involvement. Comparatively, tissue eosinophil infiltration and extracellular protein deposition is more extensive in HG than in PEP, suggesting that eosinophil involvement is greater in the pathogenesis of HG than PEP and similar to that found in bullous pemphigoid.
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- L Borrego
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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Davis MD, Perniciaro C, Dahl PR, Randle HW, McEvoy MT, Leiferman KM. Exaggerated arthropod-bite lesions in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a clinical, histopathologic, and immunopathologic study of eight patients. J Am Acad Dermatol 1998; 39:27-35. [PMID: 9674394 DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70398-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Unusual papulovesicular lesions resembling arthropod bites have been described in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to describe and characterize further the clinical, histopathologic, and immunopathologic features of these lesions. METHODS Eight patients were identified retrospectively who had CLL and characteristic skin lesions. Clinical and histologic features were recorded. Skin biopsy specimens were analyzed immunohistochemically for eosinophil granule major basic protein, eosinophil-derived neurotoxin, neutrophil elastase, and mast cell tryptase. RESULTS The clinical features, including the lesional distribution, suggested arthropod bites, although most patients could not recall having been bitten. Mixed T- and B-cell lymphoid cell infiltrates were present within lesions, along with prominent eosinophil infiltration and eosinophil granule protein deposition. CONCLUSION Exuberant papulovesicular lesions develop in patients with CLL apparently as an exaggerated response to arthropod bites. Prominent eosinophil infiltration and degranulation within these lesions likely contribute to the severity of symptoms.
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- M D Davis
- Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Davis MD, Brown AC, Blackston RD, Gaughf C, Peterson EA, Gleich GJ, Leiferman KM. Familial eosinophilic cellulitis, dysmorphic habitus, and mental retardation. J Am Acad Dermatol 1998; 38:919-28. [PMID: 9631998 DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70588-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Eosinophilic cellulitis is a polymorphous, chronic disease characterized by eosinophil infiltration and granulomatous inflammation. OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to describe the clinical, histologic, and immunohistologic findings in three family members who have had eosinophilic cellulitis since childhood associated with mental retardation and abnormal body habitus. METHODS Family members were evaluated. Multiple skin biopsy specimens were obtained and examined after hematoxylin-and-eosin staining, by immunofluorescence and by electron microscopy. Blood specimens were analyzed by immunoassays for eosinophil granule proteins and eosinophil active cytokines. RESULTS Three short-statured, mentally retarded family members with abnormal body habitus in at least two generations had recurrent eosinophilic cellulitis. Peripheral blood and bone marrow eosinophilia was present. Plasma eosinophil granule major basic protein and eosinophil-derived neurotoxin levels were elevated with normal plasma eosinophil cationic protein levels. Eosinophil survival in culture was increased by patients' plasma and was blocked with monoclonal interleukin-5 antibody. The level of plasma interleukin-5 was elevated. Lesional skin biopsy specimens showed massive staining for three eosinophil granule proteins. Electron microscopy showed eosinophil disruption. CONCLUSION Eosinophilic cellulitis, mental retardation, and abnormal body habitus were likely inherited as a dominant syndrome in this family in which eosinophil involvement was striking.
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- M D Davis
- Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Larson KA, Olson EV, Madden BJ, Gleich GJ, Lee NA, Lee JJ. Two highly homologous ribonuclease genes expressed in mouse eosinophils identify a larger subgroup of the mammalian ribonuclease superfamily. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:12370-5. [PMID: 8901588 PMCID: PMC37998 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.22.12370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Two putative ribonucleases have been isolated from the secondary granules of mouse eosinophils. Degenerate oligonucleotide primers inferred from peptide sequence data were used in reverse transcriptase-PCR reactions of bone marrow-derived cDNA. The resulting PCR product was used to screen a C57BL/6J bone marrow cDNA library, and comparisons of representative clones showed that these genes and encoded proteins are highly homologous (96% identity at the nucleotide level; 92/94% identical/similar at the amino acid level). The mouse proteins are only weakly homologous (approximately 50% amino acid identity) with the human eosinophil-associated ribonucleases (i.e., eosinophil-derived neurotoxin and eosinophil cationic protein) and show no sequence bias toward either human protein. Phylogenetic analyses established that the human and mouse loci shared an ancestral gene, but that independent duplication events have occurred since the divergence of primates and rodents. The duplication event generating the mouse genes was estimated to have occurred < 5 x 10(6) years ago (versus 30 to 40 x 10(6) years ago in primates). The identification of independent duplication events in two extant mammalian orders suggests a selective advantage to having multiple eosinophil granule ribonucleases. Southern blot analyses in the mouse demonstrated the existence of three additional highly homologous genes (i.e., five genes total) as well as several more divergent family members. The potential significance of this observation is the implication of a larger gene subfamily in primates (i.e., humans).
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- K A Larson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA
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McEvoy MT, Peterson EA, Kobza-Black A, English JS, Dover JS, Murphy GM, Bhogal B, Greaves MW, Winkelmann RK, Leiferman KM. Immunohistological comparison of granulated cell proteins in induced immediate urticarial dermographism and delayed pressure urticaria lesions. Br J Dermatol 1995; 133:853-60. [PMID: 8547035 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1995.tb06916.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Urticarial dermographism and delayed pressure urticaria are two forms of physical urticaria which are well defined clinically and histologically. Previous studies have shown eosinophil granule protein deposition in urticarial reactions, including chronic urticaria, solar urticaria and delayed pressure urticaria. To evaluate and compare the involvement of granulated inflammatory cells in urticarial dermographism and delayed pressure urticaria, we studied sequential biopsies of induced lesions of urticarial dermographism and delayed pressure urticaria by indirect immunofluorescence, to detect eosinophil granule major basic protein (MBP) and neutrophil granule elastase. Biopsies from dermographic lesions at time 0, 5 min, 15 min, 2 h and 24 h, showed few infiltrating eosinophils, with minimal extracellular MBP deposition, and a few infiltrating neutrophils, with minimal neutrophil elastase deposition, throughout the evolution of the lesions. Sequential biopsies of delayed pressure urticaria at time 0, 20 min, 6, 12 and 24 h, showed eosinophil infiltration with extensive MBP deposition beginning at 20 min, and neutrophil infiltration with variable elastase deposition beginning at 20 min. Control tissue specimens from normal volunteers showed neutrophil infiltration and slight degranulation, but no eosinophil infiltration or degranulation. Comparison of urticarial dermographism with delayed pressure urticaria showed marked differences in the patterns of infiltration. Delayed pressure urticaria, with eosinophil and neutrophil degranulation, was strikingly similar to the IgE-mediated late phase reaction. In contrast, eosinophil and neutrophil involvement in urticarial dermographism was minimal. Considering the extent of eosinophil granule protein deposition and the biological activities of the eosinophil granule proteins, the findings in delayed pressure urticaria point to an important pathophysiological role of eosinophils in the disease.
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- M T McEvoy
- Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Haas N, Motel K, Czarnetzki BM. Comparative immunoreactivity of the eosinophil constituents MBP and ECP in different types of urticaria. Arch Dermatol Res 1995; 287:180-5. [PMID: 7539247 DOI: 10.1007/bf01262329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In order to elucidate the role of eosinophil constituents in urticaria, we investigated major basic protein expression immunohistologically in comparison with that of eosinophilic cationic protein and the low-affinity IgE receptor in lesional and uninvolved skin of different types of urticaria. Eosinophil activation was studied with the markers EG1 and EG2. Different eosinophil constituents were found in all urticarial lesions except those of urticaria pigmentosa. MBP staining tended to be distributed diffusely throughout the tissue, whereas EG1 and EG2 antibodies were located at or close to individual cells. Staining with the low affinity IgE receptor antibody was rare. In uninvolved skin, major basic protein and particularly eosinophilic cationic protein reactivity was found in chronic recurrent urticaria, delayed pressure urticaria and, to a minor degree, in cholinergic urticaria. No correlation was found between antibody reactivity and eosinophil counts. Reactivity with either of the eosinophil constituents is thus a better marker for eosinophil involvement than routine H&E staining of the cells. The demonstration of eosinophil constituents in non-lesional skin of some urticaria patients suggests generalized eosinophil activation in certain subtypes of the disease.
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- N Haas
- Hautklinik, Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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Daoud MS, Su WP, Leiferman KM, Perniciaro C. Bullous morphea: clinical, pathologic, and immunopathologic evaluation of thirteen cases. J Am Acad Dermatol 1994; 30:937-43. [PMID: 8188883 DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(94)70113-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Bullous morphea is a rare disease. Its pathogenesis is unknown. OBJECTIVE We evaluated bullous morphea clinically, pathologically, and immunopathologically and investigated the role of spirochetes and eosinophils in its pathogenesis. METHODS The clinical and pathologic findings from 13 patients with bullous morphea were reviewed. Tissue sections were studied with the Elias-Bosma stain for spirochetes and indirect immunofluorescence for eosinophil granule major basic protein. RESULTS Bullae were found in all forms of morphea; the lower extremities were the most common sites of involvement. Lymphatic dilatation was found in 77% of the patients. Deposition of major basic protein was found in 60% of cases studied. There was no evidence of spirochetes in any of the specimens examined with the Elias-Bosma stain. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that the pathogenesis of bullous morphea is related to lymphatic dilatation as well as release of major basic protein from eosinophils in some patients. We found no association between spirochetes and bullous morphea.
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- M S Daoud
- Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224
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- L Businco
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy
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Talley NJ, Kephart GM, McGovern TW, Carpenter HA, Gleich GJ. Deposition of eosinophil granule major basic protein in eosinophilic gastroenteritis and celiac disease. Gastroenterology 1992; 103:137-45. [PMID: 1612323 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(92)91106-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Degrees of eosinophil infiltration and eosinophil degranulation, as evidenced by localization of the eosinophil granule major basic protein (MBP), were compared in patients with eosinophilic gastroenteritis, patients with celiac disease, and healthy controls using a specific indirect immunofluorescence technique for the localization of MBP. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded biopsy specimens from the mucosa of the stomach and small intestine of 11 patients with eosinophilic gastroenteritis, from the small intestine of 4 patients with celiac disease, and from the stomach and/or upper small intestine of 18 healthy asymptomatic volunteers were tested. Degrees of eosinophil infiltration and extracellular deposition of MBP were graded by two blinded observers; each section was given a score from 0 (nil) to 4 (marked). In the small bowel biopsy specimens, both eosinophil infiltration and extracellular MBP deposition scores were significantly greater in patients with eosinophilic gastroenteritis and in patients with celiac disease than in controls. In the gastric biopsy specimens, extracellular MBP deposition scores were significantly increased in patients with eosinophilic gastroenteritis compared with controls even though eosinophil infiltration scores did not differ significantly at this site. The results support the hypothesis that the eosinophil, through toxic cationic proteins such as MBP, plays a role in the pathogenesis of these diseases.
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- N J Talley
- Division of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
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The pregnancy-associated major basic protein, a protein elevated in the sera of all pregnant women, is virtually identical to the eosinophil granule major basic protein. To determine whether pregnancy-associated major basic protein is present in amniotic fluid, we examined samples from both early and late gestation by a double antibody radioimmunoassay. A total of 112 amniotic fluids were tested and all but three contained levels of pregnancy-associated major basic protein greater than 400 ng/ml. Amniotic fluid pregnancy-associated major basic protein antigenic activity was immunochemically identical to that of the eosinophil granule major basic protein and also had identical physicochemical properties such as heat stability and the need for reduction and alkylation. Although the majority of amniotic fluid samples (90 of 112) were obtained from healthy women with normal gestations, the remaining 21 amniotic fluid samples were from women with Rh sensitization and from one gestation complicated by intrauterine growth retardation.
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- K K Vernof
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
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Fox RW, Russell DW. Drug Therapy of Chronic Urticaria and Angioedema. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8561(22)00305-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Urticaria. Dermatology 1991. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-00181-3_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Wong KC, Hwang JK, Wong CK. Wells' syndrome (eosinophilic cellulitis)--case report and electron microscopic studies. J Dermatol 1990; 17:750-4. [PMID: 2086620 DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1990.tb03024.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We report a case of Wells' syndrome (eosinophilic cellulitis) with acute cutaneous swelling followed by indolent infiltration. The histopathology is characterized by a dense infiltrate of eosinophils and "flame figures" in the dermis. The electron microscopic findings are peculiar. This case responded well to oral antihistamines. The skin signs and symptoms disappeared completely two weeks later.
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- K C Wong
- Department of Dermatology, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Leiferman KM, Norris PG, Murphy GM, Hawk JL, Winkelmann RK. Evidence for eosinophil degranulation with deposition of granule major basic protein in solar urticaria. J Am Acad Dermatol 1989; 21:75-80. [PMID: 2473098 DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(89)70151-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Multiple sequential biopsy specimens of wheals elicited by a solar simulator in four patients with severe solar urticaria were studied with the use of indirect immunofluorescence for eosinophil granule major basic protein. Examination of control biopsy specimens from normal, unstimulated skin did not show eosinophils or major basic protein deposition. Five minutes after solar simulation, eosinophils were observed in vessels in the dermis, and 2 hours later there was marked tissue eosinophilia. Extracellular major basic protein was extensively deposited in the dermis at 2 and 24 hours, suggesting eosinophil degranulation. Thus evolution of the solar urticaria wheal is accompanied by infiltration of eosinophils and neutrophils and by tissue deposition of the eosinophil major basic protein, suggesting eosinophil degranulation.
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- K M Leiferman
- Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
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A 40-year-old woman had monthly episodes of angioedema, eruption of pruritic papules and plaques and fever. During acute episodes white blood cell counts increased to 31,000/mm3 with 75% eosinophils, body weight increased to 10% of baseline weight, and urine excretion decreased to 40 ml/24 hours. No evidence was found for cardiac or other visceral organ involvement. Extensive diagnostic evaluations revealed no evidence for parasitic infestation, connective tissue disease, or neoplastic disorders. Results of immunologic studies revealed increased serum IgM and IgE levels and showed elevated levels of circulating activated T-helper cells. Biopsy specimens of lesional skin showed dermal infiltration of lymphocytes and eosinophils with deposition of eosinophil granule major basic protein in the extracellular matrix within the dermis. Immunophenotyping of the dermal infiltrate with monoclonal antibodies revealed the predominance of T-helper cells, many of them expressing the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR, suggesting that angioedema with eosinophilia may be a T-helper cell-mediated disease.
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- C Wolf
- Department of Dermatology I, University of Vienna, Medical School, Austria
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This article reviews the recent English language literature on dematopathology, with an emphasis on publications appearing between January 1986 and July 1987. Immunohistochemistry continues to grow in importance as a diagnostic as well as a research technique. The advent of in situ deoxyribonucleic acid hybridization technology has raised diagnostic accuracy to a new level; it has already proved valuable in the diagnosis of certain viral infections. Areas that have received particular attention include phenotypic characteristics of lymphomas and lymphoma-like conditions, congenital melanocytic nevi and malignant melanoma, neuroendocrine carcinoma and other small cell tumors of the skin, sweat gland carcinomas, and eosinophil and its associated diseases, and unusual infectious diseases involving the skin.
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- J W Patterson
- Department of Pathology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23298
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Sampson HA. Jerome Glaser lectureship. The role of food allergy and mediator release in atopic dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1988; 81:635-45. [PMID: 3356844 DOI: 10.1016/0091-6749(88)91033-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- H A Sampson
- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md
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Cox NH, Johnston SR, Marks J, Bates D. Extensive carbamazepine eruption with eosinophilia and pulmonary infiltrate. Postgrad Med J 1988; 64:249. [PMID: 2971936 PMCID: PMC2428823 DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.64.749.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Peters MS, Winkelmann RK, Greaves MW, Kephart GM, Gleich GJ. Extracellular deposition of eosinophil granule major basic protein in pressure urticaria. J Am Acad Dermatol 1987; 16:513-7. [PMID: 3546418 DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(87)70067-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Utilizing affinity chromatography-purified antibody to the eosinophil granule major basic protein and formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissue, we investigated the localization of major basic protein by immunofluorescence in twenty-four skin biopsy specimens from ten patients with pressure urticaria. Fourteen of twenty-four biopsy specimens were obtained from spontaneously occurring urticarial lesions of 4 to 48 hours' duration, and ten of the twenty-four specimens were from dermographometer-induced lesions that had been present from 40 minutes to 24 hours. Twenty-one of twenty-four biopsy specimens showed extracellular fluorescence of eosinophil granule major basic protein within the dermis. The extent and intensity of extracellular staining were not related to the presence or degree of tissue eosinophilia. Serial section controls from each block were stained with protein A purified rabbit IgG and were negative. Previous immunofluorescence studies have demonstrated deposition of major basic protein in lesions of chronic idiopathic urticaria, episodic angioedema, and facial edema. Major basic protein causes release of histamine from human basophils and induces wheal-and-flare reactions on intradermal injection. The present observations add further evidence to support a role for eosinophil mediators, particularly major basic protein, in the pathogenesis of cutaneous disease characterized by edema.
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