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Medicine (Baltimore) ; 100(9): e24556, 2021 Mar 05.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33655922

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT: Previous studies from various countries have reported anti-dense fine speckled pattern (DFS)70 antibody prevalence but few studies have been from Asia. We investigated the prevalence of anti-DFS70 autoantibodies in a Japanese cohort of healthy individuals (HI) and patients with antinuclear antibody-associated autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AARD).Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and indirect immunofluorescence were performed using samples from 250 HI and 276 AARD patients.The overall anti-DFS70 antibody prevalence in HI was 16.4%, with 12.8% for males and 20.0% for females (sex difference; P = .12). In AARD patients, the anti-DFS70 antibody prevalence in systemic lupus erythematosus, mixed connective tissue disease, systemic sclerosis, dermatomyositis and polymyositis (DM/PM), Sjögren syndrome, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was 22.1%, 14.3%, 14.3%, 3.0%, 21.3%, and 18.1%, respectively (no significant difference between AARD patients except DM/PM and HI). The prevalence of isolated anti-DFS70 antibody in HI and all AARD patients excluding RA was 14.8% (37/250) and 4.4% (9/204), respectively (P  < .01 vs HI). Among anti-DFS70 antibody-positive cases, 63.4% (26/41) were DFS pattern by IIF and 23.5% (8/34) were HI and AARD patients excluding RA, respectively.The anti-DFS70 antibody prevalence in HI and AARD patients in Japan was similar. Furthermore, the anti-DFS70 antibody prevalence in HI and AARD in Japan is higher than in HI and AARD in regions other than Asia. This makes AARD differential diagnosis by antinuclear antibody screening difficult.


Subject(s)
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/immunology , Antibodies, Antinuclear/blood , Autoantibodies/blood , Autoimmune Diseases/blood , Rheumatic Diseases/blood , Transcription Factors/immunology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Antibodies, Antinuclear/immunology , Asian People/statistics & numerical data , Autoantibodies/immunology , Autoimmune Diseases/immunology , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Female , Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect , Humans , Japan/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Rheumatic Diseases/immunology , Young Adult
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Med Mol Morphol ; 49(2): 83-8, 2016 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26553652

ABSTRACT

Elastofibroma is a rare tumour that occurs in the subscapular space, and it typically presents in middle-aged and older individuals. The aetiology of elastofibroma remains unknown. Recent, sporadic reports have shown, immunohistologically, that fibroblasts in elastofibroma may produce abnormal elastic and collagen fibres through the action of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-ß), a factor that promotes fibroblast proliferation. However, that finding lacked quantitative measurements and controls. Therefore, in this study, we performed quantitative, immunohistochemical analyses of TGF-ß1 and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in three elastofibromas, and we compared them to ten dermatofibromas and keloids, and five normal skin. In elastofibroma specimens, 16-59 % fibroblasts were positive for TGF-ß1 in the cytoplasm, compared to 96 % in dermatofibroma, 93 % in keloid and 2 % in normal dermis specimens. Also, in elastofibroma specimens, 26-67 % of fibroblasts were positive for bFGF in the cytoplasm, compared to 97 % in dermatofibroma, 97 % in keloid, and 22 % in normal dermis specimens. Intriguingly, the tumour size and growth rate were proportional to the percentage of cells positive for bFGF. Finally, greater levels of bFGF expressions in fibroblasts were associated with larger sized elastofibromas. These results suggested that elastofibroma development depended on high expression of TGF-ß1 and bFGF.


Subject(s)
Fibroblast Growth Factor 2/metabolism , Fibroma/metabolism , Transforming Growth Factor beta1/metabolism , Up-Regulation , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Fibroma/pathology , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , Male
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Med Mol Morphol ; 49(2): 89-97, 2016 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26658728

ABSTRACT

Anti-BP180-type mucous membrane pemphigoid (BP180-MMP) is a rare autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease that targets the C terminus of BP180/collagen XVII. Currently, the pathomechanism of BP180-MMP is not well understood. We reported previously that immunoglobulin G (IgG) from patients with bullous pemphigoid (BP) can induce internalization of BP180 via a macropinocytic pathway, which depletes BP180 and weakens epidermal cell-matrix integrity. The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the pathomechanism of BP180-MMP. Immunohistochemistry of biopsy specimens from two patients with BP180-MMP revealed that one patient had BP180 internalization, but the other did not. In live-cell imaging using IgG from patients with BP180-MMP on several keratinocyte cell lines, IgG from only three out of the seven patients was associated with BP180 internalization into the cytoplasm. Our results suggest that IgG from patients with BP180-MMP shows heterogeneity of internalization of BP180. This variability in BP180 internalization in patients with BP or BP180-MMP may lead to differences in clinical presentation.


Subject(s)
Antibodies/metabolism , Autoantigens/immunology , Cytoplasm/metabolism , Endocytosis , Immunoglobulin G/metabolism , Keratinocytes/metabolism , Mucous Membrane/metabolism , Non-Fibrillar Collagens/immunology , Pemphigoid, Bullous/pathology , Biopsy , Cell Line, Tumor , Cell Survival , Female , Humans , Immunohistochemistry , Male , Pemphigoid, Bullous/immunology , Skin/pathology , Collagen Type XVII
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PLoS One ; 10(6): e0128663, 2015.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26068861

ABSTRACT

One of the many functions of skin is to protect the organism against a wide range of pathogens. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) produced by the skin epithelium provide an effective chemical shield against microbial pathogens. However, whereas antibacterial/antifungal activities of AMPs have been extensively characterized, much less is known regarding their wound healing-modulatory properties. By using an in vitro re-epithelialisation assay employing special cell-culture inserts, we detected that a derivative of the frog-skin AMP esculentin-1a, named esculentin-1a(1-21)NH2, significantly stimulates migration of immortalized human keratinocytes (HaCaT cells) over a wide range of peptide concentrations (0.025-4 µM), and this notably more efficiently than human cathelicidin (LL-37). This activity is preserved in primary human epidermal keratinocytes. By using appropriate inhibitors and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay we found that the peptide-induced cell migration involves activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor and STAT3 protein. These results suggest that esculentin-1a(1-21)NH2 now deserves to be tested in standard wound healing assays as a novel candidate promoter of skin re-epithelialisation. The established ability of esculentin-1a(1-21)NH2 to kill microbes without harming mammalian cells, namely its high anti-Pseudomonal activity, makes this AMP a particularly attractive candidate wound healing promoter, especially in the management of chronic, often Pseudomonas-infected, skin ulcers.


Subject(s)
Amphibian Proteins/pharmacology , Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides/pharmacology , ErbB Receptors/metabolism , Keratinocytes/metabolism , Skin/metabolism , Wound Healing/drug effects , Animals , Anura , Cell Line , Humans , Keratinocytes/pathology , Pseudomonas Infections/drug therapy , Pseudomonas Infections/metabolism , Pseudomonas Infections/pathology , STAT3 Transcription Factor/metabolism , Skin/pathology , Skin Diseases, Bacterial/drug therapy , Skin Diseases, Bacterial/metabolism , Skin Diseases, Bacterial/pathology , Skin Ulcer/drug therapy , Skin Ulcer/metabolism , Skin Ulcer/pathology , Cathelicidins
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J Dermatol ; 42(4): 394-7, 2015 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25708520

ABSTRACT

Both anti-laminin γ1 pemphigoid and bullous pemphigoid are autoimmune subepidermal blistering diseases. The former is rare and characterized by autoantibodies to laminin γ1, a 200-kDa dermal protein, while the latter is common among the elderly and characterized by autoantibodies to BP180 and BP230, both of which are hemidesmosomal proteins. We experienced a 69-year-old Japanese male patient with blister formation secondary to erythrodermic psoriasis, which was successfully treated with cyclosporin. The histopathology of erythema corresponded with psoriasis and that of a blistering lesion showed infiltration of neutrophils and eosinophils in and around the subepidermal blisters. Patient immunoglobulin G antibodies labeled both the epidermal and dermal sides of 1 mol/L NaCl-split human skin by indirect immunofluorescent microscopy and recognized laminin γ1, BP180 and BP230 by immunoblotting. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of coexistence of psoriasis and atypical pemphigoid with these three autoantibodies.


Subject(s)
Cyclosporine/therapeutic use , Pemphigoid, Bullous/drug therapy , Psoriasis/drug therapy , Aged , Autoantibodies/metabolism , Autoantigens/immunology , Dystonin/immunology , Humans , Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use , Laminin/immunology , Male , Non-Fibrillar Collagens/immunology , Pemphigoid, Bullous/immunology , Pemphigoid, Bullous/pathology , Psoriasis/immunology , Psoriasis/pathology , Collagen Type XVII
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