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2. The Flavonoid Luteolin Increases the Resistance of Normal, but Not Malignant Keratinocytes, Against UVB-Induced Apoptosis
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Katrien Smaers, Charlotte M. Proby, Daniel H. Maes, Sofie Van Kelst, Lien Verschooten, Marjan Garmyn, Patrizia Agostinis, and Lieve Declercq
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Keratinocytes ,Programmed cell death ,Skin Neoplasms ,Cell Survival ,Ultraviolet Rays ,Cell ,Sunburn ,Apoptosis ,Inflammation ,Dermatology ,Biology ,Biochemistry ,Antioxidants ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,INFLAMMATION ,Cell Line, Tumor ,medicine ,Humans ,Luteolin ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,DIETARY FLAVONOIDS ,Molecular Biology ,Carcinogen ,Science & Technology ,integumentary system ,DEATH ,TOPICAL APPLICATION ,EXTRACT ,PHOTOPROTECTION ,Cell Biology ,CANCER ,SUNBURN CELL ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,UVB-induced apoptosis ,PHOTOCARCINOGENESIS ,Cytoprotection ,Immunology ,Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ,Cancer research ,medicine.symptom ,Keratinocyte ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,SKIN - Abstract
Adequate protection of skin against the carcinogenic effects of UVB irradiation is essential. Flavonoids may have a conspicuous role in cancer prevention because of their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and growth-inhibitory effects. Therefore, we tested the effects of the flavone luteolin (LUT) on selected parameters of the sunburn response in normal human keratinocytes, exposed to physiological doses of UVB. LUT attenuated UVB-induced cell death through delay and inhibition of intrinsic apoptotic signaling. Moreover, LUT not only predominantly affected the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway through its antioxidant capacity, but also changed the balance of Bcl2 (B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2)-family members. Furthermore, LUT had inhibitory effects on the UVB-induced release of the inflammatory mediators, IL-1alpha and prostaglandin-E(2). Using different cell lines derived from squamous cell carcinomas, we showed that LUT did not increase the resistance of malignant keratinocytes to UVB. Our data suggest that LUT inhibits different aspects of the sunburn response, which results ultimately in an increased survival of normal keratinocytes, whereas the sensitivity of malignant cells to UVB remain unchanged. Hence, LUT might have value in new photoprotective applications or improve existing ones.Journal of Investigative Dermatology advance online publication, 13 May 2010; doi:10.1038/jid.2010.124. ispartof: Journal of Investigative Dermatology vol:130 issue:9 pages:2277-2285 ispartof: location:United States status: published
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- 2010
3. p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Regulates a Novel, Caspase-independent Pathway for the Mitochondrial Cytochromec Release in Ultraviolet B Radiation-induced Apoptosis
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Peter Vandenabeele, Zerihun Assefa, Roger Bouillon, Jackie R. Vandenheede, Annelies Vantieghem, Marjan Garmyn, Wim Declercq, Wilfried Merlevede, and Patrizia Agostinis
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Keratinocytes ,MAPK/ERK pathway ,Ultraviolet Rays ,p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases ,Apoptosis ,Cytochrome c Group ,Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors ,p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ,Biochemistry ,Mitochondrial apoptosis-induced channel ,Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones ,Cell Line ,Humans ,Protein kinase A ,Molecular Biology ,Caspase ,integumentary system ,biology ,Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ,Cytochrome c ,Imidazoles ,Cell Biology ,Caspase Inhibitors ,Molecular biology ,Cell biology ,Kinetics ,HaCaT ,Caspases ,biology.protein ,Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ,Cell Division - Abstract
The mechanisms of UVB-induced apoptosis and the role of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) were investigated in HaCaT cells. UVB doses that induced apoptosis also produced a sustained activation of p38 MAPK and mitochondrial cytochrome c release, leading to pro-caspase-3 activation. Late into the apoptotic process, UVB also induced a caspase-mediated cleavage of Bid. Caspase inhibitors benzyloxycarbonyl-Val-Ala-Asp-fluoromethylketone and benzyloxycarbonyl-Asp-Glu-Val-Asp-fluoromethylketone substantially blocked the UVB-induced apoptosis without preventing the release of mitochondrial cytochrome c and the p38 MAPK activation. The inhibition of p38 MAPK counteracted both apoptosis and cytochrome c release as well as the DEVD-amino-4-methylcoumarin cleavage activity without affecting the processing of pro-caspase-8. These results indicate that UVB induces multiple and independent apoptotic pathways, which culminate in pro-caspase-3 activation, and that the initial cytochrome c release is independent of caspase activity. Importantly, we show that a sustained p38 MAPK activation contributes to the UVB-induced apoptosis by mediating the release of mitochondrial cytochrome c into the cytosol. ispartof: Journal of Biological Chemistry vol:275 issue:28 pages:21416-21 ispartof: location:United States status: published
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- 2000
4. Suppression of Vitamin D Receptor and Induction of Retinoid X Receptor α Expression During Squamous Differentiation of Cultured Keratinocytes
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Hugo Degreef, Siegfried Segaert, Marjan Garmyn, and Roger Bouillon
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calcitriol ,Keratinocytes ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Fibroblast Growth Factor 7 ,Receptors, Retinoic Acid ,Receptor expression ,receptors ,Dermatology ,Retinoid X receptor ,Biology ,Calcitriol receptor ,Biochemistry ,Liver X receptor beta ,Interferon-gamma ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,retinoic acid ,Humans ,Growth Substances ,Molecular Biology ,Cells, Cultured ,Retinoid X receptor alpha ,epidermal cells ,Epidermal Growth Factor ,Liver X receptor alpha ,Infant ,Cell Differentiation ,Cell Biology ,Retinoid X receptor gamma ,Molecular biology ,Fibroblast Growth Factors ,Endocrinology ,Retinoid X Receptors ,Receptors, Calcitriol ,Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate ,Calcium ,Retinoid X receptor beta ,Fibroblast Growth Factor 10 ,Transcription Factors - Abstract
To gain more insight in the role of the vitamin D system in epidermal differentiation, we studied the expression of the vitamin D receptor and its heterodimeric partner retinoid X receptor alpha in cultured normal human keratinocytes during squamous differentiation, as triggered by different approaches. Northern and western blot analysis allowed us to investigate mRNA and protein levels of these nuclear receptors and of markers for growth control (c-myc, cyclin D1, p21WAF1) and differentiation (keratinocyte transglutaminase, small proline rich proteins). Growing cells to postconfluence was a potent stimulus for growth arrest and differentiation with concomitant suppression of vitamin D receptor and induction of retinoid X receptor alpha, at both the mRNA and the protein level. These changes could be prevented by concomitant treatment with epidermal growth factor or keratinocyte growth factor. Subjecting the cells to a calcium switch leading to stratification and differentiation lowered vitamin D receptor protein levels without affecting vitamin D receptor mRNA and induced both retinoid X receptor alpha mRNA and protein. Interferon-gamma and the phorbolester 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate, two well-known inducers of keratinocyte differentiation, both inhibited vitamin D receptor expression but only interferon-gamma induced retinoid X receptor alpha. The decreased vitamin D receptor expression was accompanied by reduced vitamin D responsiveness (as assessed by 24-hydroxylase mRNA induction) in postconfluent, high calcium, and 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate treated keratinocytes but not with interferon-gamma treatment. Taken together, our results associate vitamin D receptor expression with undifferentiated, proliferating keratinocytes, whereas retinoid X receptor alpha expression appears to be related to the differentiated phenotype. Therefore, proliferating and differentiating keratinocytes may be differentially targeted by active vitamin D metabolites.
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- 2000
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5. The Flavonoid Apigenin Suppresses Vitamin D Receptor Expression and Vitamin D Responsiveness in Normal Human Keratinocytes
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Marjan Garmyn, Hugo Degreef, Roger Bouillon, Siegfried Segaert, and Stephane J. Courtois
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Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 ,Keratinocytes ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Receptors, Retinoic Acid ,Biophysics ,Gene Expression ,Biology ,Proto-Oncogene Mas ,Biochemistry ,Calcitriol receptor ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Downregulation and upregulation ,Cyclins ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,RNA, Messenger ,Apigenin ,Vitamin D ,Receptor ,Caffeic acid phenethyl ester ,Molecular Biology ,Cells, Cultured ,Flavonoids ,Retinoid X receptor alpha ,NF-kappa B ,Cell Biology ,Molecular biology ,Retinoid X Receptors ,Endocrinology ,chemistry ,Nuclear receptor ,Receptors, Calcitriol ,Signal transduction ,Half-Life ,Signal Transduction ,Transcription Factors - Abstract
Apigenin, a flavonoid with chemopreventive properties, induces cellular growth arrest, with concomitant inhibition of intracellular signaling cascades and decreased proto-oncogene expression. We report that apigenin potently inhibited vitamin D receptor (VDR) mRNA and protein expression in human keratinocytes without changes in VDR mRNA half-life. Concurrently, downregulation of retinoid X receptor alpha, a dramatic loss of c-myc mRNA, and upregulation of p21(WAF1) took place. Furthermore, a nearly complete suppression of vitamin D responsiveness was observed as estimated by induction of 24-hydroxylase mRNA. The apigenin effect on VDR expression was shared by some other (quercetine and fisetine) but not all tested flavonoids. Interestingly, the apigenin-mediated VDR suppression was counteracted by the NFkappaB inhibitors sodium salicylate and caffeic acid phenethyl ester. The presented results propose suppression of nuclear receptor levels as a novel mechanism whereby flavonoids exert their pleiotropic effects. This study may also contribute to the understanding of the regulation of VDR expression in epidermal keratinocytes.
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- 2000
6. Oxidative DNA damage induced by visible light in mammalian cells: extent, inhibition by antioxidants and genotoxic effects
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Michael Pflaum, Bernd Epe, Marjan Garmyn, and Christopher Kielbassa
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Keratinocytes ,Male ,Porphyrins ,Light ,DNA damage ,Riboflavin ,Pyrimidine dimer ,Ascorbic Acid ,Biology ,Toxicology ,Indirect DNA damage ,Antioxidants ,Mice ,Cricetinae ,Genetics ,Animals ,Humans ,N-Glycosyl Hydrolases ,Molecular Biology ,Cells, Cultured ,Mutagenesis ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Endonucleases ,Ascorbic acid ,HaCaT ,DNA-Formamidopyrimidine Glycosylase ,Biochemistry ,DNA glycosylase ,Child, Preschool ,Biophysics ,L1210 cells ,Oxidation-Reduction ,DNA Damage - Abstract
The extent of the indirect DNA damage generated in mammalian cells by visible light because of the presence of endogenous photosensitizers was studied by means of repair endonucleases. In immortalized human keratinocytes (HaCaT cells) exposed to low doses of natural sunlight, the yield of oxidative DNA base modifications sensitive to the repair endonuclease formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase (Fpg protein) generated by this indirect mechanism was 10% of that of pyrimidine dimers (generated by direct DNA excitation). A similar yield of Fpg-sensitive modifications, which include 8-hydroxyguanine, was observed in primary keratinocytes. The relative yield of oxidative base modifications decreased at higher light doses, probably as a result of photodecomposition of the endogenous chromophore involved. For the three cell lines tested, viz. HaCaT cells, L1210 mouse leukemia cells and AS52 Chinese hamster cells, the yield of oxidative base modifications generated by a low dose of visible light appeared to be correlated with the basal concentrations of porphyrins in the cells. Induction of cellular porphyrin synthesis by pretreatment with 5-aminolaevulinic acid increased the light-induced oxidative damage in L1210 cells several-fold. In both induced and uninduced cells, the damage was inhibited by more than 50% in the presence of ascorbic acid (100 microM), while alpha-tocopherol and the iron chelator alpha-phenanthroline had no effect and beta-carotene even increased the damage. Even high doses of visible light did not significantly increase the numbers of micronuclei in L1210 cells or of gpt mutations in AS52 cells. The negative outcome can be fully explained by the photobleaching of the endogenous photosensitizers, which prevents the generation of sufficiently high levels of oxidative DNA damage. Therefore, the mutagenic risk arising from the indirectly generated oxidative DNA modifications induced by sunlight may be underestimated when results obtained at high doses are extrapolated to low doses or low dose rates.
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- 1998
7. Evaluating the UVA Photoprotection of Sunscreens with Murine Skin Edema
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Marjan Garmyn and Rik Roelandts
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Erythema ,Ultraviolet Rays ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Human skin ,Dermatology ,Skin Diseases ,Biochemistry ,Mice ,Edema ,Animals ,Medicine ,Sunburn ,PUVA Therapy ,Molecular Biology ,Skin ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,Cell Biology ,medicine.disease ,Hairless ,Skinfold Thickness ,Evaluation Studies as Topic ,Photoprotection ,PUVA therapy ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Phototoxicity ,Sunscreening Agents - Abstract
The acute and chronic deleterious effects of UVA on skin have prompted a growing interest in developing effective UVA-photoprotective sunscreens. The quantification of their UVA photoprotection remains, however, a major problem. In the present study, murine skin edema induced by 8-methoxypsoralen plus UVA (PUVA) is evaluated as a screening method for quantifying the UVA photoprotection of commercially available sunscreens. The PUVA-induced murine skin edema is provoked on the dorsa of female hairless albino mice and measured with a hand-held micrometer. A clear time course and a well-defined dose-response relationship are demonstrated. Therefore, a UVA-photoprotection factor (UVA-PF) could be defined by dividing the minimal edema dose with sunscreen by the minimal edema dose without sunscreen. The UVA-PF values obtained with this method were quantitatively and qualitatively very similar to those obtained in 8-methoxypsoralen-photosensitized murine skin by using the number of sunburn cells as the biologic end point and were qualitatively similar to UVA-PF values obtained in human skin using phototoxic erythema and UVASUN-induced tanning as the parameter. It is concluded that PUVA-induced murine skin edema offers an objective, reproducible, and easily applicable screening method for quantifying the degree of UVA photoprotection of a sunscreen.
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- 1992
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8. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Marjan Garmyn, Barbara A. Gilchrest, and Mina Yaar
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Cell Biology ,Dermatology ,Biochemistry ,Molecular Biology - Published
- 1994
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9. Cell adhesion, cytoskeletal integrity and growth factors coordinately control vitamin D receptor expression in normal human keratinocytes
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Hugo Degreef, Siegfried Segaert, Roger Bouillon, and Marjan Garmyn
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Chemistry ,Dermatology ,Cytoskeleton ,Cell adhesion ,Molecular Biology ,Biochemistry ,Calcitriol receptor ,Cell biology - Published
- 1998
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