Electronic Resource
Copenhagen
:
Munksgaard International Publishers
Experimental dermatology
9 (2000), S. 0
ISSN:
1600-0625
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract: The quantitative measurement of the induction of apoptosis in cells grown in vitro can be accomplished using a variety of proven methods. However, the quantitative assay of apoptosis within an intact tissue is very laborious and the results can be misleading. We have established a method to quantitatively analyze the induction of apoptosis in human epidermis following UVB irradiation. The assay is based on the activation of the apoptotically induced enzyme caspase 3, using a synthetic caspase 3 substrate. The activation of caspase 3 was shown to correlate with the induction of apoptosis in human keratinocytes cultures as a monolayer. We then demonstrated that the activation of caspase 3 could be measured from UVB-irradiated whole skin. The induction of apoptosis was confirmed by cellular morphology and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick end-labeling. Therefore, we concluded that the measurement of caspase 3 specific activity in UVB-irradiated human epidermis was an efficient, inexpensive, and accurate method to quantitate UVB-induced apoptosis in vivo.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0625.2000.009003185.x
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