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- Title
Failure of extracts from Malassezia pachydermatis to stimulate canine keratinocyte proliferation in vitro.
- Authors
Chen, Tai-An; Halliwell, Richard E. W.; Hill, Peter B.
- Abstract
Abstract Epidermal hyperplasia is one of the major histopathological features seen in dogs with Malassezia dermatitis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of extracts and culture supernatants from Malassezia pachydermatis on the proliferation of canine keratinocytes. Keratinocyte cultures were established from normal dog skin, and cell monolayers were co-cultured with Malassezia extracts (prepared either with or without protease inhibitors) and supernatants derived from organisms grown in liquid culture. The proliferation of keratinocytes was measured using a colourimetric assay. Neither the culture supernatants nor the Malassezia extracts had significant effects on the proliferation rate of canine keratinocytes, regardless of whether protease inhibitors were present or not. The results indicate that the epidermal hyperplasia seen in Malassezia dermatitis is unlikely to be caused directly by secretion of products from the organism.
- Subjects
DOG diseases; SKIN inflammation; KERATINOCYTES
- Publication
Veterinary Dermatology, 2002, Vol 13, Issue 6, p323
- ISSN
0959-4493
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1365-3164.2002.00314.x