The repair of impaired epidermal barrier function in rats by the cutaneous application of linoleic acid
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 94 (1), 13-21
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1976.tb04336.x
Abstract
Epidermal barrier function in rats was experimentally impaired by two separate means, namely, by rendering the animals deficient in essential fatty acids and by evoking a primary cutaneous irritant response by treating with a solution of sodium laurate. Impaired barrier function was manifested by a greatly increased rate of transepidermal water loss. Application to the skin of sunflower seed oil, which is rich in linoleic acid, rapidly restored to normal the abnormally high rates of transepidermal water loss in both experimental cases, and it was shown with the essential fatty acid-deficient rats that there was a concomitant incorporation of linoleic acid of the sunflower seed oil into epidermal lipids. Cutaneous application of olive oil, which is low in linoleic acid but rich in the non-essential oleic acid, did not influence epidermal barrier function. A close relationship of barrier function and essential fatty acids is indicated.Keywords
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