TY - JOUR
T1 - The removal of UV-induced pyrimidine dimers from DNA of rat skin cells in vitro and in vivo in relation to aging
AU - Mullaart, E.
AU - Roza, L.
AU - Lohman, P. H.M.
AU - Vijg, J.
PY - 1989/3
Y1 - 1989/3
N2 - Young and old rats were compared with respect to the capacity of their skin fibroblasts and epidermal keratinocytes to remove low levels of ultraviolet light (UV) induced UV-endonuclease sensitive sites (pyrimidine dimers) from their DNA, in vitro and in vivo, respectively. In vitro, over a 24-h time period, fibroblasts from both young and old rats were found to remove about 20% of the pyrimidine dimers originally induced by 4.6 J/m2 of UV-C. In vivo, after 2.6 kJ/m2 of UV-B hardly any UV lesions were found to be present in fibroblasts, as demonstrated by immunohistochemistry using an anti-thymine dimer antibody. As reported earlier (Mullaart et a., J. Invest. Dermatol., 90 (1988) 346-349) cultured epidermal keratinocytes do not differ from cultured fibroblasts in UV repair kinetics, whereas in vivo they remove at least 50% of the pyrimidine dimers induced by 4 kJ/m2 of UV-B within 3 h. We now show that epidermal keratinocytes from old rats are not deficient in their in vivo repair characteristics upon this low UV-B dose. However, since a considerable fraction of the pyrimidine dimers appeared to be persistent in fibroblasts and keratinocytes, demonstrated by both enzymatic and immunochemical assays, the possibility is discussed that long-term exposure of skin cells to UV may lead to an accumulation of DNA damage with age.
AB - Young and old rats were compared with respect to the capacity of their skin fibroblasts and epidermal keratinocytes to remove low levels of ultraviolet light (UV) induced UV-endonuclease sensitive sites (pyrimidine dimers) from their DNA, in vitro and in vivo, respectively. In vitro, over a 24-h time period, fibroblasts from both young and old rats were found to remove about 20% of the pyrimidine dimers originally induced by 4.6 J/m2 of UV-C. In vivo, after 2.6 kJ/m2 of UV-B hardly any UV lesions were found to be present in fibroblasts, as demonstrated by immunohistochemistry using an anti-thymine dimer antibody. As reported earlier (Mullaart et a., J. Invest. Dermatol., 90 (1988) 346-349) cultured epidermal keratinocytes do not differ from cultured fibroblasts in UV repair kinetics, whereas in vivo they remove at least 50% of the pyrimidine dimers induced by 4 kJ/m2 of UV-B within 3 h. We now show that epidermal keratinocytes from old rats are not deficient in their in vivo repair characteristics upon this low UV-B dose. However, since a considerable fraction of the pyrimidine dimers appeared to be persistent in fibroblasts and keratinocytes, demonstrated by both enzymatic and immunochemical assays, the possibility is discussed that long-term exposure of skin cells to UV may lead to an accumulation of DNA damage with age.
KW - Aging
KW - DNA repair
KW - Persisting DNA damage
KW - Rat skin cells
KW - UV-induced pyrimidine dimers
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U2 - 10.1016/0047-6374(89)90037-7
DO - 10.1016/0047-6374(89)90037-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 2716371
AN - SCOPUS:0024504778
SN - 0047-6374
VL - 47
SP - 253
EP - 264
JO - Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
JF - Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
IS - 3
ER -