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Increased mass levels of certain serine proteases in the stratum corneum in acute eczematous atopic skin
Author(s) -
Voegeli R.,
Doppler S.,
Joller P.,
Breternitz M.,
Fluhr J. W.,
Rawlings A. V.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of cosmetic science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1468-2494
pISSN - 0142-5463
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2494.2011.00671.x
Subject(s) - atopic dermatitis , stratum corneum , proteases , kallikrein , urokinase , serine protease , plasmin , chemistry , protease , dermatology , elastase , immunology , medicine , enzyme , biochemistry , pathology
Synopsis Acute eczematous atopic dermatitis (AD) is associated with increases in stratum corneum (SC) serine protease activity. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the increased SC protease activities in acute eczematous atopic dermatitis were associated with increased mass levels of SC proteases. Six subjects with healthy skin and six patients with AD each with non‐lesional skin or lesional acute eczematous skin had the mass levels of their extractable SC kallikreins (KLK), plasmin and urokinase quantified using Luminex multiplex bead‐based assays from SC tape strippings. The mass levels of KLK5 and KLK14 together with urokinase were not elevated in the SC in atopic skin. However, the mass levels of KLK7 and KLK11 together with plasmin were greatly elevated compared with the extracts from the non‐lesional and the healthy skin and correlated with the corresponding enzymatic activities.