Title
In men at risk of HIV infection, IgM, IgG1, IgG3, and IgA reach the human foreskin epidermis
Date Issued
01 May 2016
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Nature Publishing Group
Abstract
We profiled the humoral response in the penis, an area that has been minimally explored but may be relevant for protecting insertive men against HIV and other sexually acquired infections. Comparing paired tissue samples from 20 men at risk of HIV infection, foreskin contains less immunoglobulin A (IgA) and more IgG2 than colon. Using foreskin dermal and epidermal explants and paired plasma from 17 men, we examined Ig accumulation by normalizing Ig to human serum albumin (HSA) transudation. Dermal IgM, IgG2, IgA, and IgE ratios were greater than that in plasma, suggesting there is local antibody secretion at the dermis. Local Ig transcription was concentrated at the inner rather than the outer foreskin, and inner foreskin Ig ratios did not correlate with blood, indicating that localized production can contribute to the foreskin response. IgM, IgG1, IgG3, and IgA have preferential access to the foreskin epidermis, whereas IgG2, IgG4, and IgE are restricted to the dermis. Lastly, Ad5-specific IgA was selectively present in the colon, whereas foreskin Ad5 IgG was mainly derived from blood, and reached the inner epidermis at higher ratios than the outer (P<0.002). In summary, the foreskin antibody response combines local and systemic sources, and there is selective isotype accumulation in the epidermis.
Start page
798
End page
808
Volume
9
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Dermatología, Enfermedades venéreas Inmunología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84964939413
PubMed ID
Source
Mucosal Immunology
ISSN of the container
19330219
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