title: Prevention of UVB radiation-induced epidermal damage by expression of heat shock protein 70.
abstract: Irradiation with UV light, especially UVB, causes epidermal damage via the induction of apoptosis, inflammatory responses, and DNA damage. Various stressors, including UV light, induce heat shock proteins (HSPs) and the induction, particularly that of HSP70, provides cellular resistance to such stressors. The anti-inflammatory activity of HSP70, such as its inhibition of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB), was recently revealed. These in vitro results suggest that HSP70 protects against UVB-induced epidermal damage. Here we tested this idea by using transgenic mice expressing HSP70 and cultured keratinocytes. Irradiation of wild-type mice with UVB caused epidermal damage such as induction of apoptosis, which was suppressed in transgenic mice expressing HSP70. UVB-induced apoptosis in cultured keratinocytes was suppressed by overexpression of HSP70. Irradiation of wild-type mice with UVB decreased the cutaneous level of IkappaB-alpha (an inhibitor of NF-kappaB) and increased the infiltration of leukocytes and levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in the epidermis. These inflammatory responses were suppressed in transgenic mice expressing HSP70. In vitro, the overexpression of HSP70 suppressed the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines and increased the level of IkappaB-alpha in keratinocytes irradiated with UVB. UVB induced an increase in cutaneous levels of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine, both of which were suppressed in transgenic mice expressing HSP70. This study provides genetic evidence that HSP70 protects the epidermis from UVB-induced radiation damage. The findings here also suggest that the protective action of HSP70 is mediated by anti-apoptotic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-DNA damage effects.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan.
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Ken-ichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maji
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Gen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sobue
authors.forename: Hironobu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ihn
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Funasaka
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizushima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D002460:Cell Line; D018925:Chemokines / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004817:Epidermis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000378:metabolism; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D018925:Chemokines; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D020672:I-kappa B Proteins; D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers