TY - JOUR
T1 - Ultraviolet irradiation increases matrix metalloproteinase-8 protein in human skin in vivo
AU - Fisher, Gary J.
AU - Choi, H. C.
AU - Bata-Csorgo, Z.
AU - Shao, Yuan
AU - Datta, Subhash
AU - Wang, Z. Q.
AU - Kang, S.
AU - Voorhees, J. J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by the Babcock Fund for Dermatological Research and a grant from the Johnson & Johnson Corporation. The authors would like to acknowledge Carolyn Petersen and Suzan Rehbine for tissue procurement, Brent Sullenbarger for his technical assistance, Laura VanGoor for graphics preparation, Ted Hamilton for statistical analyses, and Dr. Anne Chapple for editorial assistance.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Humans express three distinct collagenases, MMP-1, MMP-8, and MMP-13, that initiate degradation of fibrillar type I collagen. We have previously reported that ultraviolet irradiation causes increased expression of MMP-1, but not MMP-13, in keratinocytes and fibroblasts in human skin in vivo. We report here that ultraviolet irradiation increases expression of MMP-8 in human skin in vivo. Western analysis revealed that levels of the full-length, 85 kDa pro-enzyme form of MMP-8 increased significantly within 8 h post ultraviolet irradiation (2 minimal erythema doses). Increased full-length MMP-8 protein was associated with infiltration into the skin of neutrophils, which are the major cell type that expresses MMP-8. Immunofluorescence revealed coexpression of MMP-8 and neutrophil elastase, a marker for neutrophils. Immunohistology demonstrated MMP-8 expression in neutrophils in the papillary dermis between 4 and 8 h post ultraviolet irradiation, and in the epidermis at 24 h post radiation. MMP-8 mRNA expression was not detected in nonirradiated or ultraviolet-irradiated human skin, indicating that increased MMP-8 following ultraviolet irradiation resulted from preexisting MMP-8 protein in infiltrating neutrophils. Pretreatment of skin with the glucocorticoid clobetasol, but not all-trans retinoic acid, significantly blocked ultraviolet-induced increases in MMP-8 protein levels, and neutrophil infiltration. In contrast, all-trans retinoic acid and clobetasol were equally effective in blocking ultraviolet induction of MMP-1 and degradation of collagen in human skin in vivo. Taken together, these data demonstrate that ultraviolet irradiation increases MMP-8 protein, which exists predominantly in a latent form within neutrophils, in human skin in vivo. Although ultraviolet irradiation induces both MMP-1 and MMP-8, ultraviolet-induced collagen degradation is initiated primarily by MMP-1, with little, if any, contribution by MMP-8.
AB - Humans express three distinct collagenases, MMP-1, MMP-8, and MMP-13, that initiate degradation of fibrillar type I collagen. We have previously reported that ultraviolet irradiation causes increased expression of MMP-1, but not MMP-13, in keratinocytes and fibroblasts in human skin in vivo. We report here that ultraviolet irradiation increases expression of MMP-8 in human skin in vivo. Western analysis revealed that levels of the full-length, 85 kDa pro-enzyme form of MMP-8 increased significantly within 8 h post ultraviolet irradiation (2 minimal erythema doses). Increased full-length MMP-8 protein was associated with infiltration into the skin of neutrophils, which are the major cell type that expresses MMP-8. Immunofluorescence revealed coexpression of MMP-8 and neutrophil elastase, a marker for neutrophils. Immunohistology demonstrated MMP-8 expression in neutrophils in the papillary dermis between 4 and 8 h post ultraviolet irradiation, and in the epidermis at 24 h post radiation. MMP-8 mRNA expression was not detected in nonirradiated or ultraviolet-irradiated human skin, indicating that increased MMP-8 following ultraviolet irradiation resulted from preexisting MMP-8 protein in infiltrating neutrophils. Pretreatment of skin with the glucocorticoid clobetasol, but not all-trans retinoic acid, significantly blocked ultraviolet-induced increases in MMP-8 protein levels, and neutrophil infiltration. In contrast, all-trans retinoic acid and clobetasol were equally effective in blocking ultraviolet induction of MMP-1 and degradation of collagen in human skin in vivo. Taken together, these data demonstrate that ultraviolet irradiation increases MMP-8 protein, which exists predominantly in a latent form within neutrophils, in human skin in vivo. Although ultraviolet irradiation induces both MMP-1 and MMP-8, ultraviolet-induced collagen degradation is initiated primarily by MMP-1, with little, if any, contribution by MMP-8.
KW - Collagen
KW - Glucocorticoid
KW - Neutrophil collagenase
KW - Retinoid acid
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U2 - 10.1046/j.0022-202X.2001.01432.x
DO - 10.1046/j.0022-202X.2001.01432.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 11511297
AN - SCOPUS:0035722197
SN - 0022-202X
VL - 117
SP - 219
EP - 226
JO - Journal of Investigative Dermatology
JF - Journal of Investigative Dermatology
IS - 2
ER -