Lipidomics Reveals the Effects of Detergents on Skin Surface Lipids in Young Adults

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BACKGROUND: Detergent is a chemical product commonly used in people's daily life. Contact with detergent solutions can damage the human skin barrier and cause skin diseases. Skin surface lipids (SSLs) play a decisive role in skin barrier function. This study aimed to observe the changes of SSLs in young adults after exposure to detergent solutions to explore the underlying mechanism of skin barrier function damage.

METHODS: A self-controlled study on youth adults was conducted in Zhengzhou, China, in November 2020. The study lasted for a total of 1 week, and skin barrier function was assessed by trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL) values. The changes of SSLs before and after exposure to the detergent with subjects were measured using ultra-performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time of flight mass spectrometry.

RESULTS: The skin barrier function of subjects' hands was impaired after exposure to detergent (TEWL value increased, p < 0.001). A total of 520 SSLs were detected, divided into 6 main categories. The average relative abundance of these 6 major lipids decreased after exposure. Sphingolipids (mainly ceramides), free fatty acids (mainly long-chain fatty acids), cholesterol lipids, and glycerophospholipids are the most severely damaged lipids.

CONCLUSION: Detergent solutions can damage the skin barrier function and SSLs of young hands; interventions targeting SSLs to eliminate detergent damage to human skin may be of value.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:240

Enthalten in:

Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) - 240(2024), 2 vom: 01., Seite 233-242

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fan, Keliang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jia [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Qingqing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Pengling [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Mengzhen [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Dandan [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Lihong [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Tian [VerfasserIn]
Mao, Zhenxing [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

059QF0KO0R
Detergents
Exposure
Journal Article
Lipidomics
Lipids
Self-control
Skin barrier function
Skin surface lipids
Water

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000533872

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364314222