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The Journal of Immunology, 1999, 163: 5192-5200.
Copyright © 1999 by The American Association of Immunologists

Differential Modulation of Human Epidermal Langerhans Cell Maturation by Ultraviolet B Radiation

Satoshi Nakagawa, Cock W. Koomen, Jan D. Bos and Marcel B. M. Teunissen1

Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

UVB irradiation of the skin causes immunosuppression and Ag-specific tolerance in which Langerhans cells (LC) are involved. We tested the effect of UVB on LC that had migrated out of cultured epidermal sheets derived from the skin that was irradiated ex vivo (200, 400, 800, or 1600 J/m2). Two separate subpopulations of LC were distinguished: large-sized LC with high HLA-DR expression, and HLA-DR-low, small LC. UVB stimulated the maturation of the former LC subset as demonstrated by enhanced up-regulation of CD80, CD86, CD54, CD40, and CD83 and reduced CD1a expression in comparison with unirradiated controls. In contrast, the latter LC exhibited little or no up-regulation of these molecules except for high CD1a expression and high binding of annexin V, indicating that they were apoptotic, although their CD95 expression was relatively low. Stimulation of enriched LC with CD40 ligand-transfected cells and IFN-{gamma} revealed that the release of IL-1ß, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-{alpha} was enhanced by UVB. In comparison with HLA-DR-low LC, HLA-DR-high LC were the principal IL-8 producers as demonstrated by intracellular cytokine staining, and they retained more accessory function. There was no detectable secretion of IL-12 p70, and IL-18 production was neither affected by any stimulus nor by UVB. These results suggest a dual action of UVB on LC when irradiated in situ: 1) immunosuppression by preventing maturation and inducing apoptotic cell death in part of LC, and 2) immunopotentiation by enhancing the up-regulation of costimulatory molecules and the production of proinflammatory cytokines in another part.




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