Affiliation:
1. Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Abstract
Filaggrin is important for the skin barrier and atopic dermatitis. Another filaggrin-like protein, filaggrin 2, has been described. We evaluated antibodies against both filaggrins in normal and atopic skin biopsies from dogs before and after allergen challenges (D0, D1, D3 and D10). Filaggrins expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry and Western blot. We used PCR to investigate changes in filaggrin gene expression. Effects of group (p = 0.0134) and time (p = 0.0422) were shown for the intensity of filaggrin staining. Only an effect of group was found for filaggrin 2 (p = 0.0129). Atopic samples had higher intensity of staining than normal dogs [filaggrin on D3 (p = 0.0155) and filaggrin 2 on D3 (p = 0.0038) and D10 (p < 0.0001)]. Atopic samples showed increased epidermal thickness after allergen exposure (D3 vs. D0, p = 0.005), while normal dogs did not. In atopic samples, significant increased gene expression was found for filaggrin overtime but not for filaggrin 2. Western blot showed an increase in filaggrin 2 on D3. A small size band (15 kD) containing a filaggrin sequence was found in Western blots of atopic samples only. We conclude that atopic skin reacts to allergen exposure by proliferating and increasing filaggrin production but that it also has more extensive filaggrin degradation compared to normal skin.
Subject
General Veterinary,Animal Science and Zoology
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