Issue 7, 2011

Topical liposomal DNA-repair enzymes in polymorphic light eruption

Abstract

Polymorphic light eruption (PLE) is a very frequent photodermatosis in Europe whose pathogenesis may involve resistance to UV-induced immune suppression and simultaneous immune reactions against skin photoneoantigens. We performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled intra-individual half-body trial to investigate the protective effect of an after-sun (AS) lotion containing DNA-repair enzymes (photolyase from Anacystis nidulans and Micrococcus luteus extract with endonuclease activity). Fourteen PLE patients were exposed to suberythemal doses of solar-simulated UV radiation on 4 consecutive days at 4 symmetrically located PLE-prone test fields per patient. The test fields were treated with (i) active AS lotion or (ii) a placebo lotion immediately after each UV exposure, or (iii) an SPF30 sunscreen before UV exposure or left untreated. All test fields were exposed to photoactivating blue light 1 h after each UV exposure. As shown by a newly established specific PLE test score (AA + SI + 0.4P [range, 0–12], where AA is affected area score [range, 0–4], SI is skin infiltration score [range, 0–4], and P is pruritus score on a visual analogue scale [range, 0–10]), PLE symptoms were significantly fewer on test sites treated with active AS lotion than on untreated (P = 0.00049) or placebo-treated test sites (P = 0.024). At 144 h after first UV exposure (the time point of maximal PLE symptoms), the mean test scores for untreated, active AS lotion-treated, and placebo-treated test fields were 4.39, 1.73 (61% reduction; 95% confidence interval (CI), 36% to 85%), and 3.20 (27% reduction; 95% CI, 3% to 51%), respectively. Pretreatment with SPF30 sunscreen completely prevented PLE symptoms in all patients. The present results indicate that DNA damage may trigger PLE and that the application of topical liposomes containing DNA repair enzymes to increase DNA repair may effectively prevent PLE.

Graphical abstract: Topical liposomal DNA-repair enzymes in polymorphic light eruption

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Jan 2011
Accepted
19 Feb 2011
First published
24 Mar 2011

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2011,10, 1118-1128

Topical liposomal DNA-repair enzymes in polymorphic light eruption

A. Hofer, F. J. Legat, A. Gruber-Wackernagel, F. Quehenberger and P. Wolf, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2011, 10, 1118 DOI: 10.1039/C1PP05009E

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