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Suppressive effect of recombinant human thioredoxin on ultraviolet light‐induced inflammation and apoptosis in murine skin
Author(s) -
ONO Ryusuke,
MASAKI Taro,
DIEN Siphora,
YU Xijun,
FUKUNAGA Atsushi,
YODOI Junji,
NISHIGORI Chikako
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2012.01566.x
Subject(s) - apoptosis , recombinant dna , tunel assay , thioredoxin , terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase , reactive oxygen species , p38 mitogen activated protein kinases , microbiology and biotechnology , inflammation , kinase , phosphorylation , blot , oxidative stress , photoaging , mapk/erk pathway , biology , chemistry , immunology , biochemistry , gene , genetics
Thioredoxin (TRX) is a small ubiquitous protein, which regulates cellular redox status and scavenges reactive oxygen species. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of TRX on ultraviolet (UV)‐B‐mediated inflammatory and apoptotic responses. Ear swelling after UV‐B irradiation was significantly reduced in TRX‐transgenic mice compared to wild‐type mice. Administration i.p. of recombinant human TRX also reduced acute skin inflammatory reaction, such as skin erythema and swelling. Histologically, numbers of inflammatory cells including neutrophils and lymphocytes were significantly reduced and the average size of the caliber of blood vessels were also reduced in recombinant human TRX‐injected mice. The number of apoptotic keratinocytes, in terms of sunburn cells, activated‐caspase‐3‐positive cells and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling‐positive cells were all significantly reduced in recombinant human TRX‐injected mice. Immunohistochemical intensity of 8‐hydroxy‐2′‐deoxyguanosine was strikingly reduced in recombinant human TRX‐injected mouse. Western blotting showed that administration of recombinant human TRX attenuated duration of phosphorylation of p38 mitogen‐activated protein kinases and intensity of phosphorylation of c‐Jun N‐terminal kinase in the early phase, which play important roles in inflammatory and apoptotic signaling. Collectively, these findings indicated that recombinant human TRX attenuated inflammatory and apoptotic responses caused by UV‐B. Possible mechanisms for this might be via redox regulation of stress signaling and reduction of reactive oxygen species.