Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in zinc-allergic systemic contact dermatitis |
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Authors: | Yanagi Teruki Kodama Kazuo Yoshihisa Yoko Shimizu Hiroshi Shimizu Tadamichi |
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Institution: | Department of Dermatology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan. yanagi@med.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a proinflammatory cytokine whose expression has been found to be critical to the generation of the antigen-specific immune response. Recent studies suggested that MIF plays a role in the initiation and maintenance of allergic disease. The aim of this study was to investigate whether MIF is involved in the pathogenesis of zinc-allergic systemic contact dermatitis. A 49-year-old Japanese woman developed facial edema, blepharedema and pruritic edematous erythema with papules over the entire body. Based of the results of a metal patch test, drug lymphocyte stimulating test and drug challenge test, diagnosis of zinc-allergic systemic contact dermatitis was made. Serum MIF and TNF-alpha levels of the patient, 20 healthy controls and other 6 patients who showed positive reaction to metal patch test were measured by an ELISA. Moreover we examined MIF production of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from our patient, 3 healthy controls and other 2 patients who showed positive reaction to metal patch test at various metal concentrations. The patient's serum showed high MIF and TNF-alpha levels compared to healthy controls and other metal allergy patients. Furthermore, zinc stimulation of patient's PBMC showed higher MIF and TNF-alpha secretion compared with healthy subjects. The MIF content of 2 patients with other metal allergy was not significantly increased after metal stimulation. Our data suggest that zinc in the peripheral blood of zinc-allergic patients induce PBMCs to produce increased MIF levels, which could lead to systemic contact dermatitis. |
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Keywords: | Contact dermatitis Macrophage migration inhibitory factor Zinc allergy |
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