Morphologic Study on the Changes of Skin Structure of Hairless Mouse by Ultraviolet Irradiation

자외선 조사에 의한 Hairless Mouse 피부구조 변화에 대한 형태학적 연구

This study was observed of the skin that changed after irradiation of the ultraviolet A. All the mouse were hairless which the weight are about 25g and the ages $6\sim8$ weeks old. The mouse were divided into six groups; control, irradiated for 6 hours, 3 days, 7 days, 14 days, 21 days and 28 days. Each group was irradiated with ultraviolet that is $320nm\sim366nm$ of wavelengths. After irradiated, the skin was observed with the electron microscope and the light microscope. The results are as follow: 1) Light microscopy With following irradiation, the epidermis was not changed to most groups but at the 28 days group was thickened and deposit the melanocyte. The elastic fibers within the epidermis were thickened and twisted with following irradiation. 2) Eelectron microscopy The elastic fibers were slightly clumped at 6 hours group, mildly increased and partly aggregated in the 3 days group, branched and tangled at 7 days group, irregulated and electron density at 14 days group, sightly thickened and twisted at 21 days group, and randomly arranged, shortened, twisted, and electron density at 28 days group.