cis-Urocanic acid stimulates neuropeptide release from peripheral sensory nerves

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dc.contributor.authorKahlil, Z.
dc.contributor.authorTownley, S.
dc.contributor.authorGrimbaldeston, M.
dc.contributor.authorFinlay-Jones, J.
dc.contributor.authorHart, P.
dc.date.issued2001
dc.descriptionCopyright © 2001 by the Society of Investigative Dermatology, Inc.
dc.description.abstractPrevious studies using an antibody to cis-urocanic acid and mast-cell-depleted mice implicated both cis-urocanic acid and mast cells in the mechanisms by which ultraviolet B light suppresses systemic contact hypersensitivity responses in mice. In the absence of a direct stimulatory effect of cis-urocanic acid on connective tissue mast cells, an indirect association was investigated. A blister induced in the rat hind footpad was used to examine the effects of slowly perfused cis-urocanic acid on cutaneous blood flow. cis-Urocanic acid but not trans-urocanic acid increased microvascular flow by a mechanism largely dependent on the combined activity of the neuropeptides, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide. Perfusion of cis-urocanic acid over the base of blisters induced in sensory-neuropeptide-depleted rats did not have any stimulatory effect above that seen with perfusion of cis-urocanic acid together with neuropeptide receptor antagonists in control rats. There was a small direct effect of cis-urocanic acid on microvascular blood flow. As both substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide could directly degranulate connective tissue mast cells, this study suggests that cis-urocanic acid indirectly activates mast cells via its effects on peripheral terminals of unmyelinated primary afferent sensory nerves. cis-Urocanic-acid-induced neuropeptides may also contribute to ultraviolet-B-induced cutaneous inflammation and alterations to Langerhans cell activity.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityZeinab Khalil, Scott L Townley, Michele A Grimbaldeston, John J Finlay-Jones and Prue H Hart
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Investigative Dermatology, 2001; 117(4):886-891
dc.identifier.doi10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01466.x
dc.identifier.issn0022-202X
dc.identifier.issn1523-1747
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/45382
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Inc
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01466.x
dc.subjecthistamine
dc.subjectmast cells
dc.subjectrodent
dc.subjectskin
dc.titlecis-Urocanic acid stimulates neuropeptide release from peripheral sensory nerves
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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