The pathogenesis of vitiligo, an acquired depigmenting disease of the skin, involves oxidative stress. Based on that, the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the mitochondria may be relevant in the pathogenesis of vitiligo. Here, we evaluate the biochemical and functional alterations involved in the defective activity that has been previously described both in melanocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from vitiligo patients. Moreover, we used a freeze-thaw test as a mild stress stimulus to disclose any latent defects in the assembly of membrane lipids that may compromise the functionality of the membrane itself. We show that the lipid constitution of the membrane is altered in vitiligo. Specifically, the cardiolipin (CL) level in the mitochondrial inner membrane is reduced and the level of cholesterol is increased. Furthermore, an increase in the expression level of 3-hydroxy-3methyl-glutaryl-CoenzymeA-reductase (HMG-CoA reductase), the rate-limiting enzyme for cholesterol biosynthesis, was also seen. Associated with that, the expression of electron transport chain (ETC) lipid-dependent subunits was also modified, and their expression was further affected by the freeze-thaw stress. The expression of CL-independent mitochondrial proteins, such as porin and Bcl2, were unaffected in vitiligo PBMC. These data confirm that ETC protein expression mainly correlates with lipid arrangement and that loss of their expression is not due to generalized or random oxidative-mediated damage.Wesuggest that the modification of membrane lipid components in vitiligo cells may be the biochemical basis for the mitochondrial impairment and the subsequent production of intracellular ROS following the exposure to a mild stress. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Membrane lipid defects are responsible for the generation of reactive oxygen species in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from vitiligo patients / Dell'Anna, M. L.; Ottaviani, M.; Bellei, B.; Albanesi, V.; Cossarizza, A.; Rossi, L.; Picardo, M.. - In: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 0021-9541. - 223:1(2010), pp. 187-193. [10.1002/jcp.22027]

Membrane lipid defects are responsible for the generation of reactive oxygen species in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from vitiligo patients

Cossarizza A.;
2010

Abstract

The pathogenesis of vitiligo, an acquired depigmenting disease of the skin, involves oxidative stress. Based on that, the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the mitochondria may be relevant in the pathogenesis of vitiligo. Here, we evaluate the biochemical and functional alterations involved in the defective activity that has been previously described both in melanocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from vitiligo patients. Moreover, we used a freeze-thaw test as a mild stress stimulus to disclose any latent defects in the assembly of membrane lipids that may compromise the functionality of the membrane itself. We show that the lipid constitution of the membrane is altered in vitiligo. Specifically, the cardiolipin (CL) level in the mitochondrial inner membrane is reduced and the level of cholesterol is increased. Furthermore, an increase in the expression level of 3-hydroxy-3methyl-glutaryl-CoenzymeA-reductase (HMG-CoA reductase), the rate-limiting enzyme for cholesterol biosynthesis, was also seen. Associated with that, the expression of electron transport chain (ETC) lipid-dependent subunits was also modified, and their expression was further affected by the freeze-thaw stress. The expression of CL-independent mitochondrial proteins, such as porin and Bcl2, were unaffected in vitiligo PBMC. These data confirm that ETC protein expression mainly correlates with lipid arrangement and that loss of their expression is not due to generalized or random oxidative-mediated damage.Wesuggest that the modification of membrane lipid components in vitiligo cells may be the biochemical basis for the mitochondrial impairment and the subsequent production of intracellular ROS following the exposure to a mild stress. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
2010
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187
193
Membrane lipid defects are responsible for the generation of reactive oxygen species in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from vitiligo patients / Dell'Anna, M. L.; Ottaviani, M.; Bellei, B.; Albanesi, V.; Cossarizza, A.; Rossi, L.; Picardo, M.. - In: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 0021-9541. - 223:1(2010), pp. 187-193. [10.1002/jcp.22027]
Dell'Anna, M. L.; Ottaviani, M.; Bellei, B.; Albanesi, V.; Cossarizza, A.; Rossi, L.; Picardo, M.
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