title: Characteristics of the immunosuppression induced by cutaneous photodynamic therapy: persistence, antigen specificity and cell type involved.
abstract: Relatively little is known about the immunosuppression induced in mice which have received cutaneous photodynamic therapy (PDT). Consequently, experiments were undertaken using mice which received dorsal PDT using Photofrin as the photosensitizer in an attempt to characterize the overall nature of the immunosuppression. Photoirradiation of mice at various times after injection indicated there was no correlation between photosensitivity and immunosuppression. The suppression was found to be adoptively transferable and antigen specific suggesting the generation of suppressor cells. Selective cell depletions prior to adoptive transfer indicated a CD4+ T cell to be responsible for the immunosuppression. Interestingly, using allogeneic spleen cells, no effect on the delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response was found. The results indicate that the suppression induced by cutaneous PDT, with the exception of the lack of DTH suppression, is similar to that induced by UVB irradiation but unlike that reported using laser PDT of the peritoneal cavity. This suggests that not only the type of photoirradiation but also the site of photoirradiation might determine the character of the induced immunosuppression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA. david.musser@roswellpark.org
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Musser
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Oseroff
mesh_terms: D019264:Adoptive Transfer; D000818:Animals; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000528:radiation effects; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether