Profiling the Response of Human Hair Follicles to Ultraviolet Radiation
July 2009
in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”
TLDR UVB radiation harms hair growth and health, causing cell death and other changes in human hair follicles.
The study from 2009 explored the impact of UVB radiation on human hair follicles in vitro. It was discovered that UVB exposure at doses of 20 and 50 mJ cm^-2 caused a decrease in hair shaft elongation, early transition to the catagen phase, and reduced proliferation of hair matrix keratinocytes. At 20 mJ cm^-2, there was a higher occurrence of apoptotic cell death, while at 50 mJ cm^-2, necrotic cell death was more common. Additionally, UVB radiation resulted in mitochondrial and genomic DNA damage, particularly at 20 mJ cm^-2. The study also found that UVB exposure led to a decrease in follicular melanogenesis and ACTH immunoreactivity, a shift in transforming growth factor-ß₂ expression, an increase in mast cells and their degranulation in the connective tissue sheath, and upregulated CD117 immunoreactivity in sheath cells and matrix keratinocytes. The study concluded that UVB radiation affects hair growth and cycle, promotes cell death, and triggers complex regulatory events in human hair follicles, which could be useful for studying UV-induced effects and testing protective agents. The research involved 72 hair follicles cultured for 9 days, with significant findings on the reduction of melanin synthesis and changes in cell proliferation and death markers.
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