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Elicitation response characteristics to mono- and to N,N'-diacetyl-para-phenylenediamine
Brunhilde Blömeke1, Tim Pietzsch, Hans F Merk
1Department of Ecotoxicology and Toxicology, University of Trier, Am Wissenschaftspark 25-27, 54296, Trier, Germany. bloemeke@uni-trier.de
Background:
Para-phenylenediamine (PPD) is an important and common cause of allergic contact dermatitis. The mechanism of sensitization is still unknown. It is believed that PPD is a prohapten and thus the balance between activation and/or detoxification processes may influence responses to PPD. Beside auto-oxidation to Bandrowski's base, PPD is enzymatically acetylated to monoacetyl-PPD (MAPPD) and to N,N'-diacetyl-PPD (DAPPD) in skin and keratinocytes.
Objective:
We investigated if the 2 acetylated PPD derivatives are able to elicit allergic contact dermatitis by performing epicutaneous skin tests in subjects with dermatitis.
Patients And Methods:
Contact allergy to PPD and the 2 acetylated derivatives (1% in petrolatum) were detected by patch testing of 455 patients with eczema from our clinic who were tested with the baseline series.
Results And Conclusions:
16 subjects were found to be patch test positive to PPD (3.5%). No reactions were found for MAPPD, and just 1 PPD-positive patient was positive for DAPPD (0.2%). In agreement with our earlier published in vitro data, these in vivo patch test results indicate that acetylation of PPD can be regarded as a detoxification reaction.
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