The effect of chronic treatment of mice with urocanic acid isomers

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 866-872

  El Ghorr, Ali A ^a   Norval, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031149962     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb01936.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Baden, H. P. and M. A. Pathak (1967) The metabolism and function of urocanic acid in skin. J. Invest. Dermatol. 48, 11-17.
2. Anglin, J. H., A. T. Bever, M. A. Everett and J. H. Lamb (1961) Ultraviolet-light induced alterations in urocanic acid in vivo. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 53, 408-409.
3. Noonan, F. P. and E. C. De Fabo (1992) Immunosuppression by ultraviolet B radiation: initiation by urocanic acid. Immunol. Today 13, 250-254.
4. Norval, M., N. K. Gibbs and J. Gilmour (1995) The role of urocanic acid in UV-induced immunosuppression: recent advances (1992-1994). Photochem. Photobiol. 62, 209-217.
5. Norval, M., T. J. Simpson, E. Bardshiri and S. E. M. Howie (1989) Urocanic acid analogues and the suppression of delayed type hypersensitivity response to Herpes simplex virus. Photochem. Photobiol. 49, 633-639.
6. Norval, M., J. W. Gilmour and T. J. Simpson (1990) The effect of histamine receptor antagonists on immunosuppression induced by the cis-isomer of urocanic acid. Photodermatology 7, 243-248.
7. El-Ghorr, A. A. and M. Norval (1995) A monoclonal antibody to cis-urocanic acid prevents the UV-induced changes in Langerhans cells and delayed hypersensitivity responses in mice, while not preventing dendritic cell accumulation in lymph nodes draining the site of irradiation and contact hypersensitivity responses. J. Invest. Dermatol. 105, 264-268.
8. Kurimoto, I. and J. W. Streilein (1992) Cis-urocanic acid suppression of contact hypersensitivity induction is mediated via tumor necrosis factor-α. J. Immunol. 148, 3072-3078.
9. Van Strein G. A. and M. J. Korstanje (1995) Treatment of contact hypersensitivity with urocanic acid. Arch. Dermatol. Res. 287, 564-566.
10. Krien, P. M. and D. Moyal (1994) Sunscreens with broad-spectrum absorption decrease the trans to cis photoisomerization of urocanic acid in the human stratum corneum after multiple UV light exposures. Photochem. Photobiol. 60, 280-287.
11. Norval, M., C. R. McIntyre, T. J. Simpson, S. E. M. Howie and E. Bardshiri (1988) Quantification of urocanic acid isomers in murine skin during development and after irradiation with UVB light. Photodermatology 5, 179-186.
12. Kammeyer, A., M. B. M. Teunissen, M. A. de Rie and J. D. Bos (1994) Retention of increased cis-urocanic levels in human body upon UVB exposure. Photochem. Photobiol. 59, 27S.
13. Moodycliffe, A. M., M. Norval, I. Kimber and T. J. Simpson (1993) Characterization of a monoclonal antibody to cis-urocanic acid: detection of cis-urocanic acid in the serum of irradiated mice by immunoassay. Immunology 79, 667-672.
14. Moodycliffe, A. M., I. Kimber and M. Norval (1994) Role of tumour necrosis factor-α in ultraviolet B light-induced dendritic cell migration and suppression of contact hypersensitivity. Immunology 81, 79-84.
15. Reeve, V. E., G. E. Greenoak, P. J. Canfield, C. Boehm-Wilcox and C. H. Gallagher (1989) Topical urocanic acid enhances UV-induced tumour yield and malignancy in the hairless mouse. Photochem. Photobiol., 49, 459-464
16. Goettsch, W. (1995) Effects of UVB irradiation on the resistance to infectious diseases. Ph.D. thesis, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
17. Moodycliffe, A. M., I. Kimber and M. Norval (1992) The effect of ultraviolet B irradiation and urocanic acid isomers on dendritic cell migration. Immunology 77, 394-399.
18. El-Ghorr, A. A. and M. Norval (1996) The effect of UV-B irradiation on secondary epidermal infection of mice with herpes simplex virus type 1. J. Gen. Virol. 77, 485-491.
19. El-Ghorr, A. A., F. Pierik and M. Norval (1994) Comparative potency of different UV sources in reducing the density and antigen-presenting capacity of Langerhans cells in C3H mice. Photochem. Photobiol. 60, 256-261.
20. Rivas, J. M. and S. E. Ullrich (1993) Systemic suppression of delayed-type hypersensitivity by supernatants from UV-irradiated keratinocytes. An essential role for keratinocyte derived IL-10. J. Immunol. 149, 3865-3871.
21. Laurema, A. I., A. Aioi and H. I. Maibach (1995) Topical cis-urocanic acid suppresses both induction and elicitation of contact hypersensitivity in BALB/c mice. Acta Dermato-Venereol. 75, 272-275.
22. Moodycliffe, A. M. (1993) Mechanism of immunosuppression induced by ultraviolet-B light irradiation. Ph.D. thesis, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
23. El-Ghorr, A. A., M. Norval, M. B. Lappin and J. C. Crosby (1995) The effect of chronic low-dose UVB radiation on Langerhans cells, sunburn cells, urocanic acid isomers, contact hypersensitivity and serum immunoglobulins in mice. Photochem. Photobiol. 62, 326-332.
24. Gilmour, J. W., J. P. Vestey and M. Norval (1993) The effect of UV therapy on immune function in patients with psoriasis. Br. J. Dermatol. 129, 28-38.