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Vitiliginous vs Pigmented Skin Response to Intradermal Administration of Interferon Gamma
Amos Gilhar, MD;
Efraim Aizen, MD;
Nissim Ohana, MD;
Amos Etzioni, MD
Arch Dermatol. 1993;129(5):600-604.
Abstract
• Background and Design.—
Decreased sensitization and elicitation of contact allergens in vitiliginous skin has been described. This may be related to altered epidermal Langerhans cell migration with bound hapten to dermis and draining lymph nodes. The aim of the present study was to detect the potential ability of vitiliginous skin to respond to an in vivo immunologic stimulus such as intradermal injections of interferon gamma (IFN- ). Vitiliginous and normal pigmented skin of each patient was injected intradermally with 10 µg of recombinant IFN- diluted in 0.1 mL of sterile water for 3 consecutive days. On day 5, punch biopsy specimens were obtained from the injected sites. Histologic and immunohistochemical staining was performed on all sections. The cryostat sections were stained with adenosine triphosphatase as well as with the indirect immunoperoxidase technique employing murine monoclonal antibodies to HLA-DR, ICAM-1, CD1, CD11a, and CD18.
Results.—
HLA-DR and ICAM-1 expression by epidermal cells, combined with perivascular accumulation of mononuclear cells with CD11a and CD18 expression, was observed in all sites injected with IFN-. However, absence of an effect on the epidermal Langerhans cell population was noted only on the vitiliginous skin.
Conclusion.—
The reactivity of depigmented and pigmented skin was found to be different after IFN- administration, with fewer CD1-positive cells in the depigmented skin. As adenosine triphosphatase staining also showed fewer positive cells, it may be concluded that no effect on the migration of epidermal Langerhans cells was noted in the involved skin. This may shed light on the immunologic aberration seen in vitiliginous skin.
(Arch Dermatol. 1993;129:600-604)
Author Affiliations
From the Skin Research Laboratory, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (Drs Gilhar, Aizen, and Etzioni), and the Department of Dermatology, HaEmek Hospital, Afula, Israel (Dr Ohana).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication January 19, 1993.
Reprint requests to Skin Research Laboratory, The Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, PO Box 9649, Haifa 31096, Israel (Dr Gilhar).
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