Ultrastructural changes in the dorsal skin of Wistar-derived hypotrichotic WBN/ILA-Ht rats exposed to subchronic ultraviolet B (UVB)-irradiation

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology : Official Journal of the Gesellschaft Für Toxikologische Pathologie
V MalcottiK Doi

Abstract

Ultrastructural changes in the dorsal skin were examined in Wistar-derived hypotrichotic WBN/ILA-Ht rats exposed to subchronic UVB-irradiation (10 kJ/m2 per rat per day for up to 3 months). Epidermal hyperplasia developed at I month of UVB-irradiation and progressed thereafter, resulting in epidermal thickening and formation of epidermal ingrowths projecting into the dermis. In some portions of the epidermal ingrowths at 2 and 3 months, keratinocytes were somewhat pleomorphic. In addition, some of the keratinocytes showing cytoplasmic projections migrated into the dermis. The basement membrane and hemidesmosomes at the epidermal-dermal junction became to disappear along with the development of edema spreading from the upper dermis to the epidermis. However, Langerhans cells were still detected in the hyperplastic epidermis even at 3 months. In the dermis, in addition to edema, fibroblast proliferation and mast cell infiltration progressed with time, and degranulation of mast cells was obvious at 2 and 3 months. Only a few basophils as well as eosinophils were also found. In the upper dermis, especially beneath the epidermis, decrease in diameter and disintegration of collagen fibrils were observed. Ultrastructural characteristi...Continue Reading

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May 24, 2001·Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology : Official Journal of the Gesellschaft Für Toxikologische Pathologie·K KurokiK Doi
Aug 4, 2001·Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology : Official Journal of the Gesellschaft Für Toxikologische Pathologie·V MalcottiK Doi

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