title: Profiling the response of human hair follicles to ultraviolet radiation.
abstract: Excessive UVR ranks among the most harmful environmental influences on human skin. However, the direct impact of UVR on human skin appendages remains to be systematically investigated. Organ-cultured human anagen hair follicles in vitro were irradiated, and reduction of hair shaft elongation, premature catagen entry, and reduced hair matrix keratinocyte proliferation were observed upon irradiation with UVB (20/50 mJ cm(-2)). At 20 mJ cm(-2), apoptotic cell death prevailed (casp-3/p53 activation), whereas at 50 mJ cm(-2), necrotic cell death was predominant (lactate dehydrogenase increase). Mitochondrial common deletion and oxidatively damaged genomic DNA (8-OH-dG) was mainly observed at 20 mJ cm(-2). Follicular melanogenesis and ACTH immunoreactivity drastically declined, but alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone remained unchanged, whereas transforming growth factor-beta(2) expression shifted from the outer toward the inner root sheath. Both the number of Giemsa+ mast cells and the degree of mast-cell degranulation increased in the connective tissue sheath (CTS), and CD117 immunoreactivity of CTS cells and matrix keratinocytes was upregulated. Thus, UVR differentially modifies hair growth and cycle, promotes cell death, and induces complex regulatory events in human hair follicles in vitro. The leads from this human organ model, which is a living and human tissue interaction system under physiologically relevant in situ conditions, may encourage its use for general investigation of UV-induced effects as well as for testing possible agents for their UV-protective potency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Zhongfa
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Tobias W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Sybille
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hasse
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: York
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamenisch
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krengel
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Funk
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berneburg
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paus
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000528:radiation effects; D015550:Cell Degranulation / Q000528:radiation effects; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000528:radiation effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000528:radiation effects; D053938:DNA Fragmentation / Q000528:radiation effects; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D008543:Melanins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000528:radiation effects; D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2 / Q000378:metabolism; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000521:alpha-MSH / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008543:Melanins; D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2; D000521:alpha-MSH; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone