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ArticleAge (Dordrecht, Netherlands)2015

Skin aging modulates percutaneous drug absorption: the impact of ultraviolet irradiation and ovariectomy.

Chi-Feng Hung, Wei-Yu Chen, Ibrahim A Aljuffali, Yin-Ku Lin, Hui-Chi Shih, Jia-You Fang

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Article in Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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21 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Chi-Feng HungSchool of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, Hsinchuang, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Yu Chen
Ibrahim A Aljuffali
Yin-Ku Lin
Hui-Chi Shih
Jia-You Fang
Chang Gung University · TWChang Gung University of Science and Technology · TWFu Jen Catholic University · TWKing Saud University · SAMemorial Hospital of South Bend · USTaipei Medical University · TW

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultraviolet (UV) exposure and menopause are known as the inducers of damage to the skin structure. The combination of these two factors accelerates the skin aging process. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the influence of UV and ovariectomy (OVX) on the permeation of drugs through the skin. The role of tight junctions (TJs) and adherens junctions (AJs) in the cutaneous absorption of extremely lipophilic permeants and macromolecules was explored. The OVX nude mouse underwent bilateral ovary removal. Both UVA and UVB were employed to irradiate the skin. The physiological and biochemical changes of the skin structure were examined with focus on transepidermal water loss (TEWL), skin color, immunohistochemistry, and mRNA levels of proteins. UVB and OVX increased TEWL, resulting in stratum corneum (SC) integrity disruption and dehydration. A hyperproliferative epidermis was produced by UVB. UVA caused a pale skin color tone due to keratinocyte apoptosis in the epidermis. E-cadherin and β-catenin showed a significant loss by both UVA and UVB. OVX downregulated the expression of filaggrin and involucrin. A further reduction was observed when UV and OVX were combined. The in vitro cutaneous absorption demonstrated that UV increased the skin permeation of tretinoin by about twofold. However, skin accumulation and flux of estradiol were not modified by photoaging. OVX basically revealed a negligible effect on altering the permeation of small permeants. OVX increased tretinoin uptake by the appendages from 1.36 to 3.52 μg/cm(2). A synergistic effect on tretinoin follicular uptake enhancement was observed for combined UV and OVX. However, the intervention of OVX to photoaged skin resulted in less macromolecule (dextran, molecular weight = 4 kDa) accumulation in the skin reservoir because of retarded partitioning into dry skin. The in vivo percutaneous absorption of lipophilic dye examined by confocal microscopy had indicated that the SC was still important to controlling topical delivery, although the role of epidermal junctions could not be simply ignored.

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Environmental ExposureUltraviolet RaysAdherens JunctionsAnimalsColorimetryEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleMenopauseMiceMice, NudeOvariectomyReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSkinSkin AgingTight JunctionsTretinoinTretinoin

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PMID25721687
PMCPMC4342372
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