A case of xeroderma pigmentosum group D determined by photobiological study.
A case of xeroderma pigmentosum group D in 36-year-old woman (XP85TO) is reported. The patient had severe photosensitivity from age 4, and developed multiple basal cell epitheliomas and solar keratoses but exhibited no apparent neurological defects. A skin phototest by monochromatic ultraviolet light revealed a delayed peak of erythema 48 h after irradiation and lowered minimal erythemal doses. Unscheduled DNA synthesis induced in XP85TO cells was 36.0% in dermal fibroblasts and 32.6% in epidermal keratinocytes compared with normal cells. The XP85TO cells were sensitive to ultraviolet killing (n = 1.0, D0 = 0.80 J/m2). In complementation analysis, XP85TO cells did not complement with xeroderma pigmentosum group D cells. These results indicate that patient XP85TO had xeroderma pigmentosum group D. The Japanese group D patients including XP85TO case showed delayed onset of skin malignant tumors and neurological abnormalities, compared with the group D patients in Europe and the United States. These findings suggest a possible ethnic variation of the clinical phenotype, despite the similar repair defect and ultraviolet hyperssensitivity.
Ishii
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Department of Dermatology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
Nakajima
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H
Kondo
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S
Satoh
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Y
Fujiwara
Y
Y
Shimoda
N
N
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000528:radiation effects; D004260:DNA Repair; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology
D004247:DNA