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This report defines the influence of ultraviolet light (UV) on Langerhans cells (LC). Human volunteers and hairless mice (Swiss ha/ha) were exposed to various single and/or cumulative doses of either UV-A, UV-B, or UV-A plus small amounts of UV-B (UV-A (+B)). 24 hr after the last irradiation, morphology of the entire epidermis was evaluated by both light and electron microscopy while LC, in addition, were tested for expression of specific histochemical (
ATPase
) and functional immunological markers (Ia antigens). In both men and mice, cumulative doses of either 80-120 J/cm2 UV-A (+B) or 1-2 X 100 J/cm2 UV-A resulted in a dramatic reduction of cells exhibiting
ATPase
and Ia-reactivity. In the UV-B spectrum, single doses of 60-80 mJ/cm2 produced a virtually complete elimination of LC membrane markers. By contrast,
pemphigus
antigens of keratinocytes were unaffected by these energy doses. Electron microscopy revealed cellular damage of some LC after UV-doses which produce a virtually complete abolition of LC membrane markers. At certain dose ranges (15-30 mJ/cm2 UV-B and 1 x 40 to 2 x 100 J/cm2 UV-A) LC were the only epidermal cells to display morphological damage at the ultrastructural level whereas higher doses affected all epidermal cells. The finding that LC surface markers and to a lesser extent the cells themselves are particularly susceptible to UV irradiation has important implications in view of previous findings that LC are potent stimulators of antigen-specific and allogeneic T cell activation. UV-induced alteration of LC plasma membrane integrity may represent a tool to manipulate adverse immune reactions involving the epidermis.
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PMID:Ultraviolet light depletes surface markers of Langerhans cells. 645 5
PMR1, the Ca2+/Mn2+
ATPase
of the secretory pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was the first member of the secretory pathway Ca2+ ATPases (SPCA) to be characterized. In the past few years, pmr1Delta yeast have received more attention due to the recognition that the human homologue of this protein, hSPCA1 is defective in chronic benign
pemphigus
or Hailey-Hailey disease (HHD). Recent publications have described pmr1Delta S. cerevisiae as a useful model organism for studying the molecular pathology of HHD. Some observations indicated that the high Ca2+ sensitive phenotype of PMR1 defective yeast strains may be the most relevant in this respect. Here we show that the total cellular calcium response of a pmr1Delta S. cerevisiae upon extracellular Ca2+ challenge is decreased compared to the wild type strain similarly as observed in keratinocytes. Additionally, the novel magnesium sensitivity of PMR1 defective yeast is revealed, which appears to be a result of competition for uptake between Ca2+ and Mg2+ at the plasma membrane level. Our findings indicate that extracellular Ca2+ and Mg2+ competitively influence the intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis of S. cerevisiae. These observations may further our understanding of HHD.
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PMID:Calcium and magnesium competitively influence the growth of a PMR1 deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain. 1614 64
Hailey-Hailey disease, or chronic benign
pemphigus
(MIM# 169600), is a genodermatosis arising in adult age with recurrent vesicles and erosions primarily in the flexural areas. It is an autosomal dominant skin disorder characterized by abnormal keratinocyte adhesion in the suprabasal layers of the epidermis. ATP2C1, encoding the human secretory pathway Ca(2+)-
ATPase
(hSPCA1), was recently identified as the defective gene in Hailey-Hailey disease. More than 82 different ATP2C1 mutations have been described up to date. In this study, a case of Hailey-Hailey disease is presented where a nucleotide change (1402C > T) in the decoding region of ATP2C1 resulted in a premature stop mutation (R468X). This defect has been reported earlier in a patient of European descent. A brief molecular genetic review of the disorder is also given.
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PMID:[The first genetically supported case of chronic benign pemphigus (Hailey-Hailey disease in Hungary]. 1625 78
Benign familial chronic pemphigus (Hailey-Hailey disease) is an autosomal dominant blistering disease caused by mutations in the ATP2C1 gene encoding a calcium-
ATPase
which is crucial for intercellular epidermal adhesion. We present a 37-year-old woman with erosions and crusts in both axillary areas. Based on clinical and histological findings, she was diagnosed with benign familial chronic
pemphigus
. The lesions healed after ablative carbon dioxide laser therapy; no relapse occurred within a follow-up of two years.
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PMID:[Benign familial chronic pemphigus (Hailey-Hailey disease). Treatment with carbon dioxide laser]. 2039 Feb 42
RhoA is a small guanosine-5'-
triphosphatase
(GTPase) suggested to be essential for cytokinesis, stress fiber formation, and epithelial cell-cell contacts. In skin, loss of RhoA was suggested to underlie
pemphigus
skin blistering. To analyze RhoA function in vivo, we generated mice with a keratinocyte-restricted deletion of the RhoA gene. Despite a severe reduction of cofilin and myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation, these mice showed normal skin development. Primary RhoA-null keratinocytes, however, displayed an increased percentage of multinucleated cells, defective maturation of cell-cell contacts. Furthermore we observed increased cell spreading due to impaired RhoA-ROCK (Rho-associated protein kinase)-MLC phosphatase-MLC-mediated cell contraction, independent of Rac1. Rho-inhibiting toxins further increased multinucleation of RhoA-null cells but had no significant effect on spreading, suggesting that RhoB and RhoC have partially overlapping functions with RhoA. Loss of RhoA decreased directed cell migration in vitro caused by reduced migration speed and directional persistence. These defects were not related to the decreased cell contraction and were independent of ROCK, as ROCK inhibition by Y27632 increased directed migration of both control and RhoA-null keratinocytes. Our data indicate a crucial role for RhoA and contraction in regulating cell spreading and a contraction-independent function of RhoA in keratinocyte migration. In addition, our data show that RhoA is dispensable for skin development.
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PMID:RhoA is dispensable for skin development, but crucial for contraction and directed migration of keratinocytes. 2120 20
Hailey-Hailey disease (HHD), also known as familial benign chronic
pemphigus
, is an autosomal dominant genodermatosis. It is characterized by erosions, blisters and erythematous plaques at sites of friction or intertriginous areas. The pathogenic gene of HHD has been revealed as the
ATPase
secretory pathway Ca
2+
transporting 1 gene ( ATP2C1), which encodes the protein, secretory pathway Ca
2+
/Mn
2+
-
ATPase
1 (SPCA1). ATP2C1 gene mutations are responsible for HHD by resulting in abnormal Ca
2+
homeostasis in the skin and giving rise to acantholysis, a characteristic pathology of HHD. In this study, a four-generation family containing three HHD sufferers was recruited. Direct sequencing of the ATP2C1 gene was performed in the proband and other available family members. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis was conducted to show the potential variant effect on ATP2C1 splicing. A novel heterozygous c.325-2A>G transition at the splice acceptor site of intron 4 in the ATP2C1 gene was identified, and it co-segregated with the disease in this family. The mutation resulted in exon 5 skipping and an in-frame deletion of 12 amino acids (p.Ala109_Gln120del) in SPCA1. This splice-site mutation may be responsible for HHD in this family. This study would further expand the mutation spectrum of the ATP2C1 gene and may be helpful in the genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis of HHD.
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PMID:A novel splice-site mutation in the ATP2C1 gene of a Chinese family with Hailey-Hailey disease. 3065 7
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a potentially lethal mucocutaneous blistering disease characterized by IgG autoantibodies (AuAbs) binding to epidermal keratinocytes and inducing a devastating blistering disease affecting oral and/or esophageal surfaces and, sometimes, also the skin. Anti-keratinocyte AuAbs developed by the desmoglein (Dsg) 1/3 AuAb-negative acute PV patients are pathogenic, as they induced acantholysis and epidermal split in the experimental models of PV in vitro and in vivo. These PV patients have various combinations of AuAbs to keratinocyte muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype M3 (M3AR), the secretory pathway Ca
2+
/Mn
2+
-
ATPase
isoform 1 (SPCA1), and desmocollin 3 whose relative concentrations correlate with the disease activity. In this study, we identified new molecular mechanisms of the synergistic cooperation of AuAbs to M3AR and SPCA1 in inducing acantholysis in the anti-Dsg 1/3 AuAb-negative PV patients. Anti-M3AR AuAb was found to play an important role in determining the level of intraepidermal split just above the basal cells, caspase to mediate early pro-apoptotic events triggered by anti-SPCA1 AuAb, and the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) to contribute to the pathobiological actions of both anti-M3AR and anti-SPCA1 AuAbs. Altogether, these novel results support our original hypothesis that
pemphigus
acantholysis is a complex disease process (also known as apoptolysis) initiated by AuAbs directed against different keratinocyte proteins that play important roles in supporting cell viability and regulating vital cell functions.
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PMID:Mechanisms of synergy of autoantibodies to M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor and secretory pathway Ca
2+
/Mn
2+
-ATPase isoform 1 in patients with non-desmoglein pemphigus vulgaris. 3195 40