title: The effect of Psoroptes ovis infestation on ovine epidermal barrier function.
abstract: Sheep scab is an intensively pruritic, exudative and allergic dermatitis of sheep caused by the ectoparasitic mite Psoroptes ovis. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of P. ovis infestation on different components of the ovine epidermal barrier within the first 24 hours post-infestation (hpi). To achieve this, the expression of epidermal differentiation complex (EDC) genes and epidermal barrier proteins, the nature and severity of epidermal pathology and transepidermal water loss (TEWL) were evaluated.By 1 hpi a significant dermal polymorphonuclear infiltrate and a significant increase in TEWL with maximal mean TEWL (598.67 g/m2h) were observed. Epidermal pathology involving intra-epidermal pustulation, loss of epidermal architecture and damage to the basement membrane was seen by 3 hpi. Filaggrin and loricrin protein levels in the stratum corneum declined significantly in the first 24 hpi and qPCR validation confirmed the decrease in expression of the key EDC genes involucrin, filaggrin and loricrin observed by microarray analysis, with 5.8-fold, 4.5-fold and 80-fold decreases, respectively by 24 hpi.The present study has demonstrated that early P. ovis infestation disrupts the ovine epidermal barrier causing significant alterations in the expression of critical barrier components, epidermal pathology, and TEWL. Many of these features have also been documented in human and canine atopic dermatitis suggesting that sheep scab may provide a model for the elucidation of events occurring in the early phases of atopic sensitisation.
authors: Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, EH26 0PZ, United Kingdom. stewart.burgess@moredun.ac.uk.
authors: Miriam R
authors: MR
authors: Stoeckli
authors: Tom N
authors: TN
authors: McNeilly
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Frew
authors: Edward J
authors: EJ
authors: Marr
authors: Alasdair J
authors: AJ
authors: Nisbet
authors: Adri H M
authors: AH
authors: van den Broek
authors: Stewart T G
authors: ST
authors: Burgess
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004817:Epidermis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D000091344:Filaggrin Proteins; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000662:veterinary; D040042:Psoroptidae / Q000502:physiology*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D013997:Time Factors
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