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Yuan L, Duan X, Zhang R, Zhang Y, Qu M. Aloe polysaccharide protects skin cells from UVB irradiation through Keap1/Nrf2/ARE signal pathway. J DERMATOL TREAT 2019; 31:300-308. [PMID: 30897007 DOI: 10.1080/09546634.2019.1591579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate if aloe polysaccharide (AP) has the repairing effect on ultraviolet b (UVB) injured nerve cells. The study applied BALB/c female mice as animal model, and NFG-activated PC12 cells as cell model of skin nerve. The cell viability was detected by MTT assay, and cell apoptosis was detected by TUNEL (TdT-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling) and Annexin-V/PI assay, and cell-cycle status in different groups were observed via flow cytometry (FCM). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was applied to analyze oxidative stress and anti-oxidative ability in each group. Real-time PCR and western blot were used to detect the expression levels of Bax, Bcl-2, Caspase-3, Cyclin D1, Keap1, Nrf2, GCLC, and GSTP1. The results showed obvious inhibition of cell viability and cell-cycle progression and promotion of cell apoptosis by UVB irradiation through inducing oxidative stress. In AP treated groups, cell viability and proliferation could be markedly improved and cell apoptosis inhibited with higher anti-oxidative capability and up-regulated expression of Keap1, Nrf2, GCLC, and GSTP1. It suggested that AP was able to repair UVB induced injury on NGF activated skin neural cell PC12, probably through Keap1/Nrf2/ARE signal pathway.
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- Lingling Yuan
- Department of Dermatology, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anorectal Surgery, Guang'anmen Hospital of Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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Guthrie OW. Functional consequences of inducible genetic elements from the p53 SOS response in a mammalian organ system. Exp Cell Res 2017; 359:50-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Revised: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Hormesis: Decoding Two Sides of the Same Coin. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2015; 8:865-83. [PMID: 26694419 PMCID: PMC4695814 DOI: 10.3390/ph8040865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Revised: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In the paradigm of drug administration, determining the correct dosage of a therapeutic is often a challenge. Several drugs have been noted to demonstrate contradictory effects per se at high and low doses. This duality in function of a drug at different concentrations is known as hormesis. Therefore, it becomes necessary to study these biphasic functions in order to understand the mechanistic basis of their effects. In this article, we focus on different molecules and pathways associated with diseases that possess a duality in their function and thus prove to be the seat of hormesis. In particular, we have highlighted the pathways and factors involved in the progression of cancer and how the biphasic behavior of the molecules involved can alter the manifestations of cancer. Because of the pragmatic role that it exhibits, the imminent need is to draw attention to the concept of hormesis. Herein, we also discuss different stressors that trigger hormesis and how stress-mediated responses increase the overall adaptive response of an individual to stress stimulus. We talk about common pathways through which cancer progresses (such as nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2-Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (Nrf2-Keap1), sirtuin-forkhead box O (SIRT-FOXO) and others), analyzing how diverse molecules associated with these pathways conform to hormesis.
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- Barbara A Gilchrest
- Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Selective accumulation of rare earth metal and heavy metal ions by a DNA-inorganic hybrid material. Polym J 2014. [DOI: 10.1038/pj.2014.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Raza A, Ericson ME, Nugent JS, Dreis CD, Vince R. A bio-mimetic approach to DNA photoprotection. J Invest Dermatol 2013; 134:559-562. [PMID: 23938461 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Abbas Raza
- Center for Drug Design, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Drug Design, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Drug Design, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Drug Design, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Drug Design, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Yamada M, Kanamori Y, Yamada T. Immobilization of double-stranded DNA onto glass beads by psolaren. Int J Biol Macromol 2013; 60:39-44. [PMID: 23707751 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2013.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2013] [Revised: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We demonstrated the immobilization of double-stranded DNA onto the glass beads by psoralen, one of the DNA-intercalators in nature. As a result, DNA-immobilized glass beads (DNA-P-beads) were prepared by the intercalation of psoralen, which was immobilized onto the glass surface, onto the double-stranded DNA. These DNA-P-beads formed covalent bondings between psoralen and the nucleic acid base by 365 nm UV irradiation. The amount of immobilized-DNA was 0.24 mg per gram of glass beads. These DNA-P-beads were stable in water, and the DNA on the bead surface maintained its double-stranded structure. These DNA-P-beads selectively removed the planar-structure containing harmful compounds, such as dioxin and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) derivatives, from an aqueous multi-component solution. Additionally, a DNA-P-bead column effectively removed harmful compounds. Furthermore, the DNA-P-bead column could be reused by the addition of common organic solvents, such as ethanol.
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- Masanori Yamada
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, Ridaicho, Kita-Ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan.
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Goukassian DA, Sharov A, Rhodes J, Coleman C, Eller MS, Sharova T, Bhawan J, Gilchrest BA. Topical application of thymidine dinucleotide to newborn mice reduces and delays development of UV-induced melanomas. J Invest Dermatol 2012; 132:2664-6. [PMID: 22696052 PMCID: PMC3443549 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2012.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Yamada M, Okumoto A, Yamada T. Preparation of DNA-polyintercalator conjugate and its functional property. Int J Biol Macromol 2012; 51:215-20. [PMID: 22634491 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2012.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 04/30/2012] [Accepted: 05/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Psoralen immobilized polyvinyl alcohol (PVA-P) was synthesized from chloromethylmethoxypsoralen and polyvinyl alcohol. The psoralen part of PVA-P intercalated into the double-stranded DNA and formed covalent bonding between the psoralen and nucleic acid base after 365 nm UV irradiation. As a result, DNA and PVA-P produced a water-insoluble conjugate. This DNA-PVA-P conjugate maintained the double-stranded structure of DNA and possessed the DNA's property, such as intercalation. Therefore, the DNA-PVA-P conjugate selectively accumulated the planar-structure containing chemical compounds, such as biphenyl and dibenzofuran, from an aqueous multi-component solution. These DNA-PVA-P conjugates may have the potential to be utilized as a separation material for the selective removal of harmful compounds.
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- Masanori Yamada
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, Ridaicho, Kita-Ku, Okayama 700-0005, Japan.
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Fang YP. Topical delivery of DNA oligonucleotide to induce p53 generation in the skin via thymidine dinucleotide (pTT)-encapsulated liposomal carrier. Int J Nanomedicine 2011; 6:3373-81. [PMID: 22267922 PMCID: PMC3260031 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s27538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Transcription factor p53 has a powerful tumor suppressing function that is associated with many cancers. Since the molecular weight of p53 is 53 kDa, it is difficult to transport across cell membranes. Thymidine dinucleotide (pTT) is an oligonucleotide that can activate the p53 transcription factor and trigger the signal transduction cascade. However, the negative charge and high water solubility of pTT limit its transport through cellular membranes, thereby preventing it from reaching its target in the nucleus. A suitable delivery carrier for pTT is currently not available. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to employ a nanoscale liposomal carrier to resolve the delivery problem, and increase the bioavailability and efficiency of pTT. METHODOLOGY The approach was to employ liposomes to deliver pTT and then evaluate the particle size and zeta potential by laser light scattering (LLS), and permeation properties of pTT in vitro in a Franz diffusion assembly, and in vivo in a murine model using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). RESULTS We found that dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE) combined with cholesterol 3 sulfate (C3S) were the best ingredients to achieve an average desired vehicle size of 133.6 ± 2.8 nm, a polydispersity index (PDI, representing the distribution of particle sizes) of 0.437, and a zeta potential of -93.3 ± 1.88. An in vitro penetration study showed that the liposomal carrier was superior to the free form of pTT at 2-24 hours. CLSM study observed that the penetration depth of pTT reached the upper epidermis and potential of penetration maintained up to 24 hours. CONCLUSION These preliminary data demonstrate that nanosized DOPE/C3S liposomes can be exploited as a potential carrier of drugs for topical use in treating skin diseases.
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- Yi-Ping Fang
- Department of Biotechnology, Yuanpei University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
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- Barbara A Gilchrest
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Skobowiat C, Dowdy JC, Sayre RM, Tuckey RC, Slominski A. Cutaneous hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis homolog: regulation by ultraviolet radiation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2011; 301:E484-93. [PMID: 21673307 PMCID: PMC3174533 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00217.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis maintains basal and stress-related homeostasis in vertebrates. Skin expresses all elements of the HPA axis including corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), proopiomelanocortin (POMC), ACTH, β-endorphin (β-END) with corresponding receptors, the glucocorticoidogenic pathway, and the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). To test the hypothesis that cutaneous responses to environmental stressors follow the organizational structure of the central response to stress, the activity of the "cutaneous HPA" axis homolog was investigated after exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) wavelengths of UVA (320-400 nm), UVB (280-320 nm), and UVC (100-280 nm) in human skin organ culture and in co-cultured keratinocytes/melanocytes. The level of stimulation of CRH, POMC, MC1R, MC2R, CYP11A1, and CYP11B1 genes was dependent on UV wavelengths and doses, with the highest effects observed for highly energetic UVC and UVB. ELISA and Western assays showed significant production of CRH, POMC, ACTH, and CYP11A1 proteins and of cortisol, with a decrease in GR expression only after UVB and UVC. However, β-END expression was also stimulated by UVA. Immunocytochemistry localized the deposition of the aforesaid antigens predominantly to the epidermis with additional accumulation of CRH, β-END, and ACTH in the dermis. UVR-stimulated CYP11A1 expression was seen in the basal layer of the epidermis and cells of adjacent dermis. Thus, the capacity to activate or change the spatial distribution of the cutaneous HPA axis elements is dependent on highly energetic wavelengths (UVC and UVB), implying a dependence of a local stress response on their noxious activity with overlapping or alternative mechanisms activated by UVA.
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- Cezary Skobowiat
- Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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Fishelevich R, Zhao Y, Tuchina P, Liu H, Nakazono A, Tammaro A, Meng TC, Lee J, Gaspari AA. Imiquimod-induced TLR7 signaling enhances repair of DNA damage induced by ultraviolet light in bone marrow-derived cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2011; 187:1664-73. [PMID: 21765012 PMCID: PMC3150393 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Imiquimod is a TLR7/8 agonist that has anticancer therapeutic efficacy in the treatment of precancerous skin lesions and certain nonmelanoma skin cancers. To test our hypothesis that imiquimod enhances DNA repair as a mechanism for its anticancer activity, the nucleotide excision repair genes were studied in bone marrow-derived cells. Imiquimod enhanced the expression of xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) A and other DNA repair genes (quantitative real-time PCR analysis) and resulted in an increased nuclear localization of the DNA repair enzyme XPA. This was dependent on MyD88, as bone marrow-derived cells from MyD88(-/-) mice did not increase XPA gene expression and did not enhance the survival of MyD88(-/-)-derived bone marrow-derived cells after UV B exposure as was observed in bone marrow-derived cells from MyD88(+/+) mice. Imiquimod also enhanced DNA repair of UV light (UVL)-irradiated gene expression constructs and accelerated the resolution of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers after UVL exposures in P388 and XS52. Lastly, topical treatment of mouse skin with 5% imiquimod cream prior to UVL irradiation resulted in a decrease in the number of cyclobutane pyridimine dimer-positive APC that were found in local lymph nodes 24 h after UVL irradiation in both wild-type and IL-12 gene-targeted mice. In total, these data support the idea that TLR7 agonists such as imiquimod enhance DNA repair in bone marrow-derived cells. This property is likely to be an important mechanism for its anticancer effects because it protects cutaneous APC from the deleterious effects of UVL.
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- Graceway Pharmaceutical Company, Exton, PA
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- Department of Dermatology, Exton, PA
- Department of Microbiology/Immunology, University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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So PL, Tang JY, Epstein EH. Novel investigational drugs for basal cell carcinoma. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2011; 19:1099-112. [PMID: 20662553 DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2010.504714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD In the United States, the annual incidence of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is close to 1 million. Ultraviolet radiation exposure is the main risk factor; however, the availability of ever more potent sunscreens and education have not prevented the rise in BCC incidence. Therefore, concerted effects to identify novel preventive and therapeutic strategies are necessary. AREAS COVERED IN THIS REVIEW This article summarizes our current understanding of the etiology and molecular mechanisms of BCC tumorigenesis and discusses the preclinical and clinical studies to identify agents with anti-BCC efficacy. WHAT THE READER WILL GAIN The discovery that hyperactive Hh pathway signaling causes several cancers, including BCC, has spawned the development of many pharmacologic inhibitors of Hh signaling. Early clinical testing of the most advanced, GDC-0449, demonstrated impressive efficacy in patients with advanced BCC. Other promising anti-BCC chemopreventive strategies include drugs that are already FDA-approved for treating other diseases. TAKE HOME MESSAGE Preclinical and clinical trials with pre-existing FDA-approved drugs suggest novel uses for BCC chemoprevention and treatment. Also, new chemical entities that inhibit the Hh pathway show promise, and in combination with other drugs may provide a nonsurgical cure for this most common cancer.
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- Po-Lin So
- Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Cancer Division, 5700 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, CA 94609, USA.
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Schwarz T, Schwarz A. Molecular mechanisms of ultraviolet radiation-induced immunosuppression. Eur J Cell Biol 2010; 90:560-4. [PMID: 21035896 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2010.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Revised: 09/03/2010] [Accepted: 09/20/2010] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is well known for its immunosuppressive properties. UVR can suppress immune reactions both in a local and a systemic fashion. One of the major molecular mediators of photoimmunosuppression is UVR-induced DNA damage. In contrast to immunosuppressive drugs, UVR does not act in a general but antigen-specific fashion. This is due to the induction of regulatory T cells. Epidermal Langerhans cells harboring UVR-induced DNA damage appear to be essentially involved in the induction of these cells. Cytokines including interleukin (IL)-12, -18 and -23 exert the capacity to reduce UVR-induced DNA damage via induction of DNA repair. Accordingly, these cytokines prevent UVR-mediated immunosuppression. In contrast to IL-18, IL-12 and IL-23 can also inhibit the suppressive activity of regulatory T cells by a mechanism which still needs to be determined. Clarification of the molecular mechanisms underlying UVR-induced immunosuppression will help to develop new immunosuppressive therapeutic strategies by utilizing UVR-induced regulatory T cells for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases. In addition, these insights will contribute to a better understanding of photocarcinogenesis since suppression of the immune system by UVR essentially contributes to the induction of skin cancer.
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- Thomas Schwarz
- Department of Dermatology, University Kiel, Schittenhelmstrasse 7, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
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Mimetics of hormetic agents offer a novel approach to adjust dose to minimize the risk of toxic response, and maximize the benefit of induction of at least partial physiological conditioning. Nature selected and preserved those organisms and triggers that promote tolerance to stress. The induced tolerance can serve to resist that challenge and can repair previous age, disease, and trauma damage as well to provide a more youthful response to other stresses. The associated physiological conditioning may include youthful restoration of DNA repair, resistance to oxidizing pollutants, protein structure and function repair, improved immunity, tissue remodeling, adjustments in central and peripheral nervous systems, and altered metabolism. By elucidating common pathways activated by hormetic agent's mimetics, new strategies for intervention in aging, disease, and trauma emerge. Intervention potential in cancer, diabetes, age-related diseases, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and Alzheimer's disease are possible. Some hormetic mimetics exist in pathways in primitive organisms and are active or latent in humans. Peptides, oligonucleotides, and hormones are among the mimetics that activate latent resistance to radiation, physical endurance, strength, and immunity to physiological condition tolerance to stress. Co-activators may be required for expression of the desired physiological conditioning health and rejuvenation benefits.
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- Joan Smith Sonneborn
- Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, USA
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Lee MS, Yaar M, Eller MS, Rünger TM, Gao Y, Gilchrest BA. Telomeric DNA induces p53-dependent reactive oxygen species and protects against oxidative damage. J Dermatol Sci 2009; 56:154-62. [PMID: 19906512 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2009.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2009] [Revised: 07/20/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated by cellular metabolism as well as by exogenous agents. While ROS can promote cellular senescence, they can also act as signaling molecules for processes that do not lead to senescence. Telomere homolog oligonucleotides (T-oligos) induce adaptive DNA damage responses including increased DNA repair capacity and these effects are mediated, at least in part, through p53. OBJECTIVE Studies were undertaken to determine whether such p53-mediated protective responses include enhanced antioxidant defenses. METHODS Normal human fibroblasts as well as R2F fibroblasts expressing wild type or dominant negative p53 were treated with an 11-base T-oligo, a complementary control oligo or diluents alone and then examined by western blot analysis, immunofluorescence microscopy and various biochemical assays. RESULTS We now report that T-oligo increases the level of the antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase 1 and 2 and protects cells from oxidative damage; and that telomere-based gammaH2AX (DNA damage) foci that form in response to T-oligos contain phosphorylated ATM and Chk2, proteins known to activate p53 and to mediate cell cycle arrest in response to oxidative stress. Further, T-oligo increases cellular ROS levels via a p53-dependent pathway, and these increases are abrogated by the NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitor diphenyliodonium chloride. CONCLUSION These results suggest the existence of innate telomere-based protective responses that act to reduce oxidative damage to cells. T-oligo treatment induces the same responses and offers a new model for studying intracellular ROS signaling and the relationships between DNA damage, ROS, oxidative stress, and cellular defense mechanisms.
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- Margaret S Lee
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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UV-induced melanogenesis (tanning) and "premature aging" or photoaging result in large part from DNA damage. This article reviews data tying both phenomena to telomere-based DNA damage signaling and develops a conceptual framework in which both responses may be understood as cancer-avoidance protective mechanisms.Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings (2009) 14, 25-31; doi:10.1038/jidsymp.2009.9.
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As sunscreens do not provide complete protection against solar/UV radiation, alternative protective strategies are necessary to cope with the increasing incidence of skin cancer. These strategies include the reduction of UVR-induced DNA damage by the topical application of bacterial DNA repair enzymes. Recent evidence suggests that nucleotide excision repair, the physiological repair system that is mostly responsible for the removal of UVR-mediated DNA damage, can be modulated by cytokines, including IL-12, IL-18, and alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone. The mechanisms involved and the biological as well as the potential therapeutic implications of these findings are discussed.Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings (2009) 14, 63-66; doi:10.1038/jidsymp.2009.3.
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The ability of cells to respond to and to mitigate environmental stress is crucial for their survival. Constitutive and facultative pigmentation have evolved in order for human skin to contend with high levels of terrestrial ultraviolet radiation (UVR). When this melanin 'shield' is compromised, individuals are exposed to increased skin cancer risk. The purpose of this review is to discuss new insights into the genetic basis of phenotypic risk factors for skin cancer, their connection to pigmentation and tanning, the precise molecular connections linking UVR to the tanning response, and potential methods of modulating pigmentation that avoid genotoxic damage. Highly translational implications of this research include a scientific basis on which to counsel patients regarding the carcinogenicity of UVR exposure related to tanning and potential new tanning agents that may actually protect against skin cancer by circumventing the need for UVR exposure.
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- A J Miller
- Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Zattra E, Coleman C, Arad S, Helms E, Levine D, Bord E, Guillaume A, El-Hajahmad M, Zwart E, van Steeg H, Gonzalez S, Kishore R, Goukassian DA. Polypodium leucotomos extract decreases UV-induced Cox-2 expression and inflammation, enhances DNA repair, and decreases mutagenesis in hairless mice. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2009; 175:1952-61. [PMID: 19808641 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.090351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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UV-irradiated skin and UV-induced tumors overexpress the inducible isoform of cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2), and Cox-2 inhibition reduces photocarcinogenesis. To evaluate photoprotective effects of Polypodium leucotomos extract (PL), hairless Xpc(+/-) mice were fed for 10 days with PL (300 mg/kg) or vehicle then UV-irradiated, once. By 24 hours, UV-induced Cox-2 levels were increased in vehicle-fed and PL-fed mice, whereas by 48 and 72 hours, Cox-2 levels were four- to fivefold lower in PL-fed mice (P < 0.05). p53 expression/activity was increased in PL-fed versus vehicle-fed then UV-irradiated mice. UV-induced inflammation was decreased in PL-fed mice, as shown by approximately 60% decrease (P < 0.001) in neutrophil infiltration at 24 hours, and macrophages by approximately 50% (<0.02) at 24 and 48 hours. By 72 hours, 54 +/- 5% cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers remained in vehicle-fed versus 31 +/- 5% in PL-fed skin (P < 0.003). The number of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine-positive cells were decreased before UV irradiation by approximately 36% (P < 0.01), suggesting that PL reduces constitutive oxidative DNA damage. By 6 and 24 hours, the number of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine-positive cells were approximately 59% (P < 0.01) and approximately 79% (P < 0.03) lower in PL-fed versus vehicle-fed mice. Finally, UV-induced mutations in PL-fed-mice were decreased by approximately 25% when assessed 2 weeks after the single UV exposure. These data demonstrate that PL extract supplementation affords the following photoprotective effects: p53 activation and reduction of acute inflammation via Cox-2 enzyme inhibition, increased cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer removal, and reduction of oxidative DNA damage.
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- Edoardo Zattra
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118, USA
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Selective accumulation of harmful compounds by the DNA-inorganic hybrid-immobilized glass bead. Anal Chim Acta 2009; 647:249-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2009.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2009] [Revised: 06/05/2009] [Accepted: 06/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wuepping M, Kenner O, Hegele H, Schwandt S, Kaufmann D. Higher efficiency of thymine-adenine clamp-modified single-stranded oligonucleotides in targeted nucleotide sequence correction is not correlated with lower intracellular degradation. Hum Gene Ther 2009; 20:283-7. [PMID: 19061415 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2008.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Specific single-stranded oligonucleotides can induce targeted nucleotide sequence correction in eukaryotic genes in vitro and in vivo. Our model for investigating the reasons for the low correction rates achieved by this method is the correction of a point mutation in the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase gene (hprt) in the cell line V79-151. Using single-stranded phosphorothioate-modified oligonucleotides, the correction rates of this hprt mutation were low but always reproducible. One reason for low exchange rates may be fast intracellular degradation of the oligonucleotides. Therefore we compared the exchange rates of different 3' and 5' end-modified oligonucleotides with their degradation rates. Thymine-adenine (TA) repeat (clamp)-modified oligonucleotides showed higher correction rates than those with a guanine-cytosine (GC) clamp and 5' clamps induced higher correction rates than clamps at the 3' end. Experiments on the stability of the most effective 5'-TA and 3'-TA clamp-modified oligonucleotide indicated rapid cleavage and the occurrence of shortened oligonucleotides in the presence of cytoplasmic and nuclear extracts. The phosphorothioate-modified oligonucleotides were more stable, but their correction rates were lower. We suggest that there is no direct correlation between the biological stability of the full-length oligonucleotides and the exchange rates achieved.
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- M Wuepping
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Ulm, Germany
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Lawrence NJ, Song L, Doig J, Ritchie AM, Brownstein DG, Melton DW. Topical thymidine dinucleotide application protects against UVB-induced skin cancer in mice with DNA repair gene (Ercc1)-deficient skin. DNA Repair (Amst) 2009; 8:664-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2009.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2008] [Revised: 12/22/2008] [Accepted: 01/25/2009] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Longe HO, Romesser PB, Rankin AM, Faller DV, Eller MS, Gilchrest BA, Denis GV. Telomere homolog oligonucleotides induce apoptosis in malignant but not in normal lymphoid cells: mechanism and therapeutic potential. Int J Cancer 2009; 124:473-82. [PMID: 19003960 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Human B- or T-cell lymphoma lines and primary murine lymphomas were treated with DNA oligonucleotides homologous to the telomere (TTAGGG repeat; "T-oligo"), either alone or in combination with standard, widely-used anticancer chemotherapeutic agents. T-oligo induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in cultured human or murine B or T-lymphoma cell lines and primary tumor cells, but exerts no detectable toxicity on normal human or murine primary lymphocytes. Exposure to T-oligo is hypothesized to mimic exposure of the 3' telomere repeat sequence, activating the ataxia telangiectasia mutated kinase, which phosphorylates downstream effectors such as p53, but effects are not dependent solely on functional p53. T-oligo causes early S-phase arrest and cooperates well with G(2)- or M-phase-specific anticancer agents; when combined at 1/10th of the conventional dose, vincristine and T-oligo produce greater-than-additive killing of human or murine lymphoma cells (78% of cells undergoing apoptosis after 6 hr vs. 5% of control cells). In mice, 1/10th of the conventional dose of a standard combination of cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine and prednisone is twice as effective when used in combination with low dose T-oligo. Thus, T-oligo sensitizes tumors to traditional anticancer agents and represents a potentially important new addition to the therapeutic arsenal for aggressive lymphomas.
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- Harold O Longe
- Department of Medicine, Cancer Research Center, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Rattan SI. Principles and practice of hormetic treatment of aging and age-related diseases. Hum Exp Toxicol 2008; 27:151-4. [PMID: 18480141 DOI: 10.1177/0960327107083409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aging is characterized by stochastic accumulation of molecular damage, progressive failure of maintenance and repair, and consequent onset of age-related diseases. Applying hormesis in aging research and therapy is based on the principle of stimulation of maintenance and repair pathways by repeated exposure to mild stress. Studies on the beneficial biological effects of repeated mild heat shock on human cells in culture, and other studies on the anti-aging and life-prolonging effects of proxidants, hypergravity, irradiation and ethanol on cells and organisms suggest that hormesis as an antiaging and gerontomodulatory approach has a promising future. Its clinical applications include prevention and treatment of diabetes, cataract, osteoporosis, dementia and some cancers.
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- Suresh Is Rattan
- Laboratory of Cellular Ageing, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus-C, Denmark.
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Arad S, Zattra E, Hebert J, Epstein EH, Goukassian DA, Gilchrest BA. Topical thymidine dinucleotide treatment reduces development of ultraviolet-induced basal cell carcinoma in Ptch-1+/- mice. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2008; 172:1248-55. [PMID: 18403589 DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.071117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Treatment with thymidine dinucleotide (pTT) has well documented DNA-protective effects and reduces development of squamous cell carcinoma in UV-irradiated mice. The preventive effect of pTT on basal cell carcinoma (BCC) was evaluated in UV-irradiated Ptch-1(+/-) mice, a model of the human disease Gorlin syndrome. Topical pTT treatment significantly reduced the number and size (P < 0.001) of BCCs in murine skin after 7 months of chronic irradiation. Skin biopsies collected 24 hours after the final UV exposure showed that pTT reduced the number of nuclei positive for cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers by 40% (P < 0.0002) and for 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine by 61% (P < 0.01 compared with vehicle control). Immunostaining with an antibody specific for mutated p53 revealed 63% fewer positive patches in BCCs of pTT-treated mice compared with controls (P < 0.01), and the number of Ki-67-positive cells was decreased by 56% (P < 0.01) in pTT-treated tumor-free epidermis and by 76% (P < 0.001) in BCC tumor nests (P < 0.001). Terminal dUTP nick-end labeling staining revealed a 213% increase (P < 0.04) in the number of apoptotic cells in BCCs of pTT-treated mice. Cox-2 immunostaining was decreased by 80% in tumor-free epidermis of pTT-treated mice compared with controls (P < 0.01). We conclude that topical pTT treatment during a prolonged period of intermittent UV exposure decreases the number and size of UV-induced BCCs through several anti-cancer mechanisms.
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- Simin Arad
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 609 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Eller MS, Asarch A, Gilchrest BA. Photoprotection in human skin--a multifaceted SOS response. Photochem Photobiol 2008; 84:339-49. [PMID: 18179622 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00264.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Human skin has developed elaborate defense mechanisms for combating a wide variety of potentially damaging environmental factors; principal among these is UV light. Despite these defenses, short-term damage may include painful sunburn and long-term UV damage results in both accelerated skin aging and skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and even malignant melanoma. While UV radiation damages many cellular constituents, its most lasting effects involve DNA alteration. The following sections briefly review UV-inducible protective responses in bacteria and in skin, thymidine dinucleotides (pTT) as a powerful probe of DNA damage responses, and potential means of harnessing these inducible responses therapeutically to reduce the now enormous burden of cutaneous photodamage in our society.
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- Mark S Eller
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Schwarz A, Maeda A, Gan D, Mammone T, Matsui MS, Schwarz T. Green tea phenol extracts reduce UVB-induced DNA damage in human cells via interleukin-12. Photochem Photobiol 2008; 84:350-5. [PMID: 18179621 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00265.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Green tea chemoprevention has been a focus of recent research, as a polyphenolic fraction from green tea (GTP) has been suggested to prevent UV radiation-induced skin cancer. Recently, it was demonstrated that GTP reduced the risk for skin cancer in a murine photocarcinogenesis model. This was accompanied by a reduction in UV-induced DNA damage. These effects appeared to be mediated via interleukin (IL)-12, which was previously shown to induce DNA repair. Therefore, we studied whether GTP induction of IL-12 and DNA repair could also be observed in human cells. KB cells and normal human keratinocytes were exposed to GTP 5 h before and after UVB. UVB-induced apoptosis was reduced in UVB-exposed cells treated with GTP. GTP induced the secretion of IL-12 in keratinocytes. The reduction in UV-induced cell death by GTP was almost completely reversed upon addition of an anti-IL-12-antibody, indicating that the reduction of UV-induced cell death by GTP is mediated via IL-12. The ability of IL-12 to reduce DNA damage and sunburn cells was confirmed in "human living skin equivalent" models. Hence the previously reported UV-protective effects of GTP appear to be mediated in human cells via IL-12, most likely through induction of DNA repair.
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- Agatha Schwarz
- Department of Dermatology, University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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Hormesis in aging is represented by mild stress-induced stimulation of protective mechanisms in cells and organisms resulting in biologically beneficial effects. Single or multiple exposure to low doses of otherwise harmful agents, such as irradiation, food limitation, heat stress, hypergravity, reactive oxygen species and other free radicals have a variety of anti-aging and longevity-extending hormetic effects. Detailed molecular mechanisms that bring about the hormetic effects are being increasingly understood, and comprise a cascade of stress response and other pathways of maintenance and repair. Although the extent of immediate hormetic effects after exposure to a particular stress may only be moderate, the chain of events following initial hormesis leads to biologically amplified effects that are much larger, synergistic and pleiotropic. A consequence of hormetic amplification is an increase in the homeodynamic space of a living system in terms of increased defence capacity and reduced load of damaged macromolecules. Hormetic strengthening of the homeodynamic space provides wider margins for metabolic fluctuation, stress tolerance, adaptation and survival. Hormesis thus counter-balances the progressive shrinkage of the homeodynamic space, which is the ultimate cause of aging, diseases and death. Healthy aging may be achieved by hormesis through mild and periodic, but not severe or chronic, physical and mental challenges, and by the use of nutritional hormesis incorporating mild stress-inducing molecules called hormetins. The established scientific foundations of hormesis are ready to pave the way for new and effective approaches in aging research and intervention.
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- Suresh I S Rattan
- Laboratory of Cellular Ageing, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus-C, Denmark.
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Smith K, Hamza S, Germain M, Skelton H. Does imiquimod histologically rejuvenate ultraviolet radiation-damaged skin? Dermatol Surg 2007; 33:1419-28; discussion 1428-9. [PMID: 18076606 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33311.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Imiquimod (IMI) 5% is believed by some to result in an improved cosmetic appearance of chronically ultraviolet radiation (UV)-damaged skin. OBJECTIVE The objective was to determine what histologic and immunohistologic changes were present in actinically damaged skin after treatment with IMI. METHODS AND MATERIALS Pre- and posttherapy biopsies of 12 patients with histories of actinic keratoses were evaluated with routine histology and immunohistochemical stains including p53, p63, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), c-kit, and Factor XIIIa. RESULTS After IMI therapy there was less compact hyperkeratosis, a more uniform rete ridge pattern with a more ordered proliferation of the epidermis, and a decrease in sun-damaged melanocytes. The papillary dermis showed a more uniform cellularity, and there was increased cellularity within the area of solar elastosis. After therapy, staining for p53, p63, and PCNA was decreased within the epidermis; staining for c-kit was decreased but more uniform in the basal cell; and Factor XIIIa expression was increased within the papillary dermis with a more ordered pattern of staining. CONCLUSION These morphologic and immunohistochemical patterns may explain some of the improvement in overall skin appearance after IMI therapy and may be related to the spectrum of signaling pathways induced by the imidazoquinolines.
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- Kathleen Smith
- Dermatopathology, Quest Diagnostics, Tucker, Georgia 30084, USA
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SMITH KATHLEEN, HAMZA SATE, GERMAIN MARGUERITE, SKELTON HENRY. Does Imiquimod Histologically Rejuvenate Ultraviolet Radiation–Damaged Skin? Dermatol Surg 2007. [DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200712000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Arad S, Konnikov N, Goukassian DA, Gilchrest BA. Quantification of Inducible SOS-Like Photoprotective Responses in Human Skin. J Invest Dermatol 2007; 127:2629-36. [PMID: 17522706 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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To document and quantify inducible photoprotective effects in human skin, explant cultures were treated once with thymidine dinucleotide (pTT) or diluent alone or UV-irradiated. Both pTT and UV increased the melanogenic protein levels on days 1-5 and comparably increased melanocyte dendricity and epidermal melanin content. Explants treated with pTT or UV but not with diluent alone showed initial inhibition of epidermal proliferation followed by mild reactive hyperplasia; melanocyte proliferation was minimal. To determine whether pTT and UV provide comparable protection against subsequent UV-induced DNA damage, explants were pTT- or diluent-treated or UV-irradiated. All explants were then irradiated with the same UV dose 72 hours later. Compared to diluent alone, pTT or UV pretreatment decreased the number of epidermal cells positive for cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) 50% immediately post-irradiation. In pTT- and UV- versus diluent-pretreated explants, the rate of CPD removal was also more rapid, approximately 80 vs 45% of the initial burden within 72 hours. These data confirm and quantify comparable SOS-like responses in human skin after pTT or UV irradiation, attributable to both increased epidermal melanin and increased DNA repair rate, in the case of pTT in the absence of initial damage.
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- Simin Arad
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Atoyan RY, Sharov AA, Eller MS, Sargsyan A, Botchkarev VA, Gilchrest BA. Oligonucleotide treatment increases eumelanogenesis, hair pigmentation and melanocortin-1 receptor expression in the hair follicle. Exp Dermatol 2007; 16:671-7. [PMID: 17620094 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00582.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It was previously reported that telomere homologue oligonucleotides (T-oligos) can induce a variety of cellular responses in skin including increased melanogenesis. To assess the effects of T-oligos on hair pigmentation, we administered thymidine dinucleotide (pTT), one-third of the TTAGGG telomere repeat sequence, intradermally at distinct time points of the depilation-induced hair cycle in C3H/HeJ mice. Penetration of T-oligos into the hair follicle (HF) was monitored by using FITC-labelled pTT and confocal microscopy. pTT treatment on days 1-5 after depilation, during early anagen, did not significantly alter the number and proliferation of melanocytes (Trp-2-positive cells), compared with vehicle-treated controls. However, pTT treatment on days 5-12 after depilation, during mid- to late anagen, resulted in the formation of darker hairs, that showed a significantly increased eumelanin/total melanin ratio in their sub-apical agouti band region, compared with vehicle-treated controls (P < 0.05). By RT-PCR and western blot, full thickness skin of pTT-treated mice showed increases in Trp-1, Trp-2 and tyrosinase mRNA and protein levels, compared with control mice. Western blot analyses of two receptors that positively regulate eumelanogenesis, melanocortin type 1 receptor (MC-1R) and kit, showed increased expression of MC-1R protein in pTT-treated versus control skin, while the levels of c-kit receptor remained unchanged. These data demonstrate that pTT treatment increases eumelanogenesis in HFs, associated with increased tyrosinase, TRP-1 and MC-1R expression. These data also raise the possibility of using T-oligos to modulate hair pigmentation.
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- Ruzanna Y Atoyan
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Shariftabrizi A, Eller MS. Telomere homolog oligonucleotides and the skin: current status and future perspectives. Exp Dermatol 2007; 16:627-33. [PMID: 17620088 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00580.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Ahmad Shariftabrizi
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Yaar M, Eller MS, Panova I, Kubera J, Wee LH, Cowan KH, Gilchrest BA. Telomeric DNA induces apoptosis and senescence of human breast carcinoma cells. Breast Cancer Res 2007; 9:R13. [PMID: 17257427 PMCID: PMC1851376 DOI: 10.1186/bcr1646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2006] [Revised: 11/22/2006] [Accepted: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Cancer is a leading cause of death in Americans. We have identified an inducible cancer avoidance mechanism in cells that reduces mutation rate, reduces and delays carcinogenesis after carcinogen exposure, and induces apoptosis and/or senescence of already transformed cells by simultaneously activating multiple overlapping and redundant DNA damage response pathways. METHODS The human breast carcinoma cell line MCF-7, the adriamycin-resistant MCF-7 (Adr/MCF-7) cell line, as well as normal human mammary epithelial (NME) cells were treated with DNA oligonucleotides homologous to the telomere 3' overhang (T-oligos). SCID mice received intravenous injections of MCF-7 cells followed by intravenous administration of T-oligos. RESULTS Acting through ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) and its downstream effectors, T-oligos induced apoptosis and senescence of MCF-7 cells but not NME cells, in which these signaling pathways were induced to a far lesser extent. In MCF-7 cells, experimental telomere loop disruption caused identical responses, consistent with the hypothesis that T-oligos act by mimicking telomere overhang exposure. In vivo, T-oligos greatly prolonged survival of SCID mice following intravenous injection of human breast carcinoma cells. CONCLUSION By inducing DNA damage-like responses in MCF-7 cells, T-oligos provide insight into innate cancer avoidance mechanisms and may offer a novel approach to treatment of breast cancer and other malignancies.
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- Mina Yaar
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Albany Street Boston, MA 02118-2394, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118-2394, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Albany Street Boston, MA 02118-2394, USA
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118-2394, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Albany Street Boston, MA 02118-2394, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Albany Street Boston, MA 02118-2394, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Albany Street Boston, MA 02118-2394, USA
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- Cancer Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118-2394, USA
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-6805, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Albany Street Boston, MA 02118-2394, USA
- Cancer Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118-2394, USA
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Aoki H, Iwado E, Eller MS, Kondo Y, Fujiwara K, Li GZ, Hess KR, Siwak DR, Sawaya R, Mills GB, Gilchrest BA, Kondo S. Telomere 3' overhang-specific DNA oligonucleotides induce autophagy in malignant glioma cells. FASEB J 2007; 21:2918-30. [PMID: 17449721 DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6941com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Telomere 3' overhang-specific DNA oligonucleotides (T-oligos) induce cell death in cancer cells, presumably by mimicking telomere loop disruption. Therefore, T-oligos are considered an exciting new therapeutic strategy. The purpose of this study was to elucidate how T-oligos exert antitumor effects on human malignant glioma cells in vitro and in vivo. We demonstrated that T-oligos inhibited the proliferation of malignant glioma cells through induction of nonapoptotic cell death and mitochondria hyperpolarization, whereas normal astrocytes were resistant to T-oligos. Tumor cells treated with T-oligos developed features compatible with autophagy, with development of autophagic vacuoles and conversion of an autophagy-related protein, microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 from type I (cytoplasmic form) to type II (membrane form of autophagic vacuoles). A reverse-phase protein microarray analysis and Western blotting revealed that treatment with T-oligos inhibited the mammalian target of the rapamycin (mTOR) and the signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3). Moreover, pretreatment with T-oligos significantly prolonged the survival time of mice inoculated intracranially with malignant glioma cells compared with that of untreated mice and those treated with control oligonucleotides (P=0.0065 and P=0.043, respectively). These results indicate that T-oligos stimulate the induction of nonapoptotic autophagic also known as type II programmed cell death and are thus promising in the treatment of malignant glioma.
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- Hiroshi Aoki
- Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Ohashi N, Yaar M, Eller MS, Truzzi F, Gilchrest BA. Features that determine telomere homolog oligonucleotide-induced therapeutic DNA damage-like responses in cancer cells. J Cell Physiol 2007; 210:582-95. [PMID: 17133364 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the USA, with metastatic disease proving a particular management challenge. Treatment modalities for patients with metastatic disease are limited, and survival beyond 5 years is uncommon. We have reported that an 11-base DNA oligonucleotide 100% homologous to the telomere 3' overhang can induce apoptosis, senescence and/or differentiation of several types of malignant cells in vitro and in vivo, while having minimal effect on normal cells. We now report that 22 oligonucleotides, 9-20 bases in length, with or without a 5' phosphate group and with varying homology (40-100%) to the 3' overhang, inhibit growth and induce apoptosis of human cell lines derived from breast cancers, pancreatic and ovarian carcinomas, and malignant melanoma, lines that lack p53 and/or p16 and harbor a variety of other abnormalities in key regulatory signaling pathways. Cytosine (C) content adversely affected oligonucleotide efficacy, decreasing their effect on cellular apoptosis by > or =80%. These data confirm and expand our earlier work suggesting that such telomere homolog oligonucleotides (T-oligos) target an innate anti-cancer defense system in human cells and may provide an effective treatment for cancers of multiple different cellular origins and genetic profile.
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- Norio Ohashi
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118-2394, USA
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Burger K, Kieser N, Gallinat S, Mielke H, Knott S, Bergemann J. The influence of folic acid depletion on the Nucleotide Excision Repair capacity of human dermal fibroblasts measured by a modified Host Cell Reactivation Assay. Biofactors 2007; 31:181-90. [PMID: 18997281 DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520310305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Animal and human studies have shown that low levels of folic acid are associated with an impaired DNA Repair Capacity (DRC) and an increased cancer risk. However, the molecular evidence that folic acid enhances the DRC of cultured human cells is still limited because of a paucity of in vitro studies. We investigated the effect of folic acid depletion in vitro on the DRC of human dermal fibroblasts derived from 17 donors of different ages. To assess the cellular Nucleotide Excision DRC, we used a modified Host Cell-Reactivation Assay (HCRA), adapted to the Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting (FACS)-technology, which is highly sensitive in comparison to luminometer-technology and allows single cell based analysis. We used DsRed as a reporter (irradiated with UVC light) and pEGFP to control the performance of the transformations. Folic acid had a statistically significant effect on the DRC in all of the 17 donors, however, the levels varied considerably between individuals (2.0-19.6%). When the effect of folic acid substituted on the DRC was compared to donor age, we observed that there was less DNA repair in old donors compared to the younger donors, although this was only significant at lower levels.
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- Katharina Burger
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Sigmaringen, Germany
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Kim DW, Hwang IK, Kim DW, Yoo KY, Won CK, Moon WK, Won MH. Coenzyme Q_{10} effects on manganese superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in the hairless mouse skin induced by ultraviolet B irradiation. Biofactors 2007; 30:139-47. [PMID: 18525108 DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520300301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Coenzyme Q_{10} (CoQ_{10}) is a naturally occurring antioxidant and a prominent component of mitochondrial electron transport chain. In the present study, we investigated the effect of CoQ_{10} nanoparticle against photoaging using immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis in the hairless mouse skin induced by ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation (300 mJ/cm;{2}, 3 min/day for 21 days). In the UVB-irradiated distilled water (DW)-treated group, manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD2) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) immunoreactivity and their protein levels in the skin were significantly lower than those in the control group. However, SOD2 and GPx immunoreactivity and their protein levels in the skin of the UVB-irradiated CoQ_{10}-treated group were higher than those in the UVB-irradiated DW-treated group. GPx activity in the skin in the UVB-irradiated DW-treated group significantly decreased compared to that in the control group; whereas GPx activity in the UVB-irradiated CoQ_{10}-treated group was similar to that in the control group. These results suggest that CoQ_{10} strongly inhibits oxidative stress in the skin induced by UVB via increasing SOD2 and GPx.
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- Dong-Woo Kim
- Research Center, Natural F&P Co., Ltd, Chuncheon, South Korea
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Eller MS, Liao X, Liu S, Hanna K, Bäckvall H, Opresko PL, Bohr VA, Gilchrest BA. A role for WRN in telomere-based DNA damage responses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:15073-8. [PMID: 17015833 PMCID: PMC1586178 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607332103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2006] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Telomeres cap the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes and prevent them from being recognized as DNA breaks. We have shown that certain DNA damage responses induced during senescence and, at times of telomere uncapping, also can be induced by treatment of cells with small DNA oligonucleotides homologous to the telomere 3' single-strand overhang (T-oligos), implicating this overhang in generation of these telomere-based damage responses. Here, we show that T-oligo-treated fibroblasts contain gammaH2AX foci and that these foci colocalize with telomeres. T-oligos with nuclease-resistant 3' ends are inactive, suggesting that a nuclease initiates T-oligo responses. We therefore examined WRN, a 3'-->5' exonuclease and helicase mutated in Werner syndrome, a disorder characterized by aberrant telomere maintenance, premature aging, chromosomal rearrangements, and predisposition to malignancy. Normal fibroblasts and U20S osteosarcoma cells rendered deficient in WRN showed reduced phosphorylation of p53 and histone H2AX in response to T-oligo treatment. Together, these data demonstrate a role for WRN in processing of telomeric DNA and subsequent activation of DNA damage responses. The T-oligo model helps define the role of WRN in telomere maintenance and initiation of DNA damage responses after telomere disruption.
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- Mark S. Eller
- *Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 609 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
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- *Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 609 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
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- *Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 609 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
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- *Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 609 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
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- *Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 609 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, 100 Technology Drive, Cellomics Building, Suite 350, Pittsburgh, PA 15219; and
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224-6825
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- *Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 609 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118
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Arad S, Konnikov N, Goukassian DA, Gilchrest BA. T-oligos augment UV-induced protective responses in human skin. FASEB J 2006; 20:1895-7. [PMID: 16877521 DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-5964fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We have shown that DNA oligonucleotides substantially homologous to the telomere 3-prime overhang sequence (T-oligos) increase DNA repair capacity (DRC) in cultured human cells and decrease UV-induced mutation rate and photocarcinogenesis in mouse skin. To investigate the protective effects of T-oligos in intact human skin, paired skin explants obtained from adult donors were treated with T-oligos or diluent alone for 24 h, then UVB- or sham-irradiated, and processed after 6, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h for histological analysis. After UV irradiation apoptotic epidermal cells were comparable in diluent- and T-oligo-treated skin. Proliferating (Ki67+) cells were sparse in sham-irradiated skin and for 24 h after UV in both diluent- and T-oligo-treated specimens. However, compared to diluent controls, at 48 and 72 h T-oligos significantly inhibited UV-induced rebound hyperproliferation. Maximum and comparable cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) were detected immediately after UV irradiation in diluent- and T-oligo-treated skin, but CPDs were strikingly reduced in T-oligo- vs. diluent-treated skin at 24, 48, and 72 h. Total and activated p53 protein was increased in T-oligo- vs. diluent-pretreated skin at the time of irradiation, and up to 3-fold increases persisted for 24 h post-UV. Over 5 days, UV irradiation and T-oligo comparably increased expression of melanogenic proteins and each increased epidermal melanin content 3- to 5-fold, with distinct nuclear capping in many keratinocytes. In combination, these findings predict that T-oligo treatment will increase melanogenesis, prolong epidermal arrest, and increase DNA repair rate after UV irradiation, thus decreasing the severity of acute and chronic photodamage in human skin. Moreover, the data document an inducible SOS-like response consisting of increased melanogenesis and increased DNA repair capacity in human skin following UV-induced damage that is also produced by T-oligos in the absence of initial damage.
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- Simin Arad
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, 609 Albany St., Boston, MA 02118, USA
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A review of recent journal highlights. Clin Exp Dermatol 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02152.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ogawa F, Sander CS, Hansel A, Oehrl W, Kasperczyk H, Elsner P, Shimizu K, Heinemann SH, Thiele JJ. The repair enzyme peptide methionine-S-sulfoxide reductase is expressed in human epidermis and upregulated by UVA radiation. J Invest Dermatol 2006; 126:1128-34. [PMID: 16514415 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Recently, we reported that photoaging correlates well with the amount of oxidized protein accumulated in the upper dermis, while protein oxidation levels in the viable epidermis are very low. We hypothesized that this might be due to epidermal expression of the repair enzymes methionine sulfoxide reductases (MSRs). The expression of human methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MSRA) was investigated in HaCaT cells, primary human keratinocytes, and in human skin. High MSRA mRNA and protein levels as well as MSR activity were found in cultured human keratinocytes. MSRA was expressed in human epidermis, as shown by immunohistochemistry in healthy human skin. Repetitive in vivo exposure of human skin to solar-simulated light on 10 consecutive days (n=10 subjects) significantly increased epidermal MSRA expression. To further assess the functional relevance of the enzyme, its expression in response to UVB, UVA, and H(2)O(2) was investigated in HaCaT cells. While UVB lowered protein expression of MSRA, an upregulation was observed in response to low doses of UVA and H(2)O(2). In summary, MSRA represents the only enzyme so far identified in human skin that is capable of repairing oxidative protein damage. In addition to melanogenesis and DNA repair systems, a wavelength-specific activation of epidermal MSRA may be involved in epidermal photoprotection.
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- Fumihide Ogawa
- Department of Dermatology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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Maeda A, Schneider SW, Kojima M, Beissert S, Schwarz T, Schwarz A. Enhanced photocarcinogenesis in interleukin-12-deficient mice. Cancer Res 2006; 66:2962-9. [PMID: 16540644 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-3614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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UV-induced DNA damage is the basis for the development of UV-mediated skin cancer because reduction of DNA damage lowers the risk for photocarcinogenesis. The cytokine interleukin (IL)-12 was shown to exhibit the capacity to reduce UV-induced DNA damage presumably via induction of nucleotide excision repair. Because IL-12 is also produced in the skin, we wondered whether endogenous IL-12 protects from photocarcinogenesis. Therefore, we used knockout mice that lack the IL-12p40 chain and thus do not secrete biologically active IL-12. IL-12p40 knockout (IL-12p40-/-) and wild-type (wt) mice were exposed thrice weekly to UV. Skin biopsies obtained after 6 weeks revealed significantly increased numbers of sunburn cells in IL-12p40-/- mice. Additionally, a higher load of UV-induced pyrimidine dimers could be detected in the skin of UV-exposed IL-12p40-/- mice. Staining of epidermal sheets with an antibody against the tumor suppressor gene p53 revealed a higher number of p53 patches in the skin of IL-12p40-/- mice. After approximately 200 days, first skin tumors developed. Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated a significantly increased probability of tumor development in the IL-12p40-/- mice. In addition, the number of tumors developing in the individual mice was significantly higher in IL-12p40-/- mice than in wt mice. Tumors obtained in IL-12p40-/- mice grew faster than those obtained from wt mice on inoculation into nu/nu mice. This was confirmed in an electrophysiologic assay evaluating the intrinsic invasive potency of tumor cells. Together, these data indicate that IL-12 deficiency is associated with an increased risk to develop UV-induced skin cancer, implying that endogenous IL-12 may protect from photocarcinogenesis.
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- Akira Maeda
- Department of Dermatology, University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- L Meunier
- Service de Dermatologie, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Carémeau, Avenue du Professeur Robert Debré, 30900 Nîmes.
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Halliday GM. Activation of molecular adaptation to sunlight--a new approach to photoprotection. J Invest Dermatol 2006; 125:xviii-xix. [PMID: 16297180 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2005.23940.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Gary M Halliday
- Discipline of Medicine (Dermatology), Melanoma and Skin Cancer Research Institute, Sydney Cancer Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital at the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Gilchrest BA, Eller MS. The tale of the telomere: implications for prevention and treatment of skin cancers. J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc 2005; 10:124-30. [PMID: 16363064 DOI: 10.1111/j.1087-0024.2005.200406.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Work in many laboratories over the past decade has established a central role for the telomere in maintaining genomic integrity. Available data may be interpreted to indicate that telomere disruption, whether due to acute DNA damage or progressive telomere shortening, is the initial event that triggers multiple DNA damage responses. The specific initiating event is likely exposure of the otherwise concealed single-stranded 3' overhang, tandem repeats of TTAGGG, a signal that can be provided to cells in the absence of DNA damage by exogenously provided T-oligos. The ability of T-oligo treatment to trigger SOS-like responses and/or to cause selective apoptosis of already malignantly transformed cells may provide an important new means of cancer prevention and treatment.
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- Barbara A Gilchrest
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
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Ogawa F, Sander CS, Hansel A, Oehrl W, Kasperczyk H, Elsner P, Shimizu K, Heinemann SH, Thiele JJ. The Repair Enzyme Peptide Methionine-S-Sulfoxide Reductase Is Expressed in Human Epidermis and Upregulated by Ultraviolet A Radiation. J Invest Dermatol 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2005.23944.x] [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]
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