The effects of hormonal and other stimuli on cell-surface Ro/SSA antigen expression by human keratinocytes in vitro: their possible role in the induction of cutaneous lupus lesions.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Ultraviolet B light (UVB) has previously been shown to induce the expression of the extractable nuclear antigens (e.g. Ro/SSA) on the surfaces of human keratinocytes in vitro. This study assessed whether injurious, metabolic, inflammatory, immunological or hormonal stimuli would also induce this expression or modulate that produced by UVB. No stimulus initiated expression alone, but 17-beta oestradiol doubled that found in response to UVB. These findings confirm the potential role of UVB in the initiation and potentiation of cutaneous lupus lesions and may help to explain the female preponderance of the disease.
Medical subject headings
- Antigens, Surface
- Autoantigens
- Estradiol
- Keratinocytes
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- RNA, Small Cytoplasmic
- Ribonucleoproteins
- Ultraviolet Rays