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Hauterkrankungen durch humane Polyomaviren

Human polyomavirus-associated skin diseases

Der Hautarzt volume 73, pages 426–433 (2022)Cite this article

Zusammenfassung

Von den gegenwärtig bekannten 15 humanen Polyomaviren (HPyV) wurden 8 auf gesunder Haut gefunden. Merkelzell-Polyomavirus (MCPyV), HPyV6, HPyV7 sowie das seltener vorkommende Saint Louis-Polyomavirus (STLPyV) gelten als Teil des humanen kutanen Viroms. Das wichtigste kutane Polyomavirus, MCPyV, verursacht einen Großteil der Merkelzellkarzinome (MCC). Das MCC ist ein seltener, aber sehr aggressiver maligner Hauttumor, der neben immunsupprimierten auch immunkompetente Patienten betrifft. In den letzten Jahrzehnten wurde eine stetige Zunahme der Inzidenzraten dieses Hauttumors beobachtet. MCC treten v. a. auf Sonnenlicht-exponierten Hautarealen hellhäutiger Menschen auf. Risikofaktoren für die Entwicklung eines MCC sind Immunsuppression und hohes Alter. Die Primärinfektion mit dem Trichodysplasia-spinulosa-assoziierten Polyomavirus (TSPyV) kann bei Immunsupprimierten die sehr seltene Hauterkrankung Trichodysplasia spinulosa (TS) verursachen. Keratinstachel (Spicula), hauptsächlich im zentralen Gesicht, charakterisieren diese Erkrankung. Ausschließlich bei Immunsupprimierten wurden Hautläsionen in Zusammenhang mit weiteren HPyV beschrieben. Für HPyV6 und HPyV7 wurden Fälle epithelialer Proliferationen und juckender dyskeratotischer Dermatitiden veröffentlicht. HPyV9 und New Jersey-Polyomavirus (NJPyV-13) wurden jeweils in unterschiedlichen Hautveränderungen einzelner Patienten gefunden, wobei die Rolle dieser Polyomaviren bei der Entstehung der Hautläsionen noch unklar ist.

Abstract

Of the 15 currently known human polyomaviruses (HPyV), eight have been found on healthy skin. Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV), HPyV6, HPyV7, and to a lesser extent Saint Louis polyomavirus (STLPyV) are considered part of the human cutaneous virome. The most important cutaneous polyomavirus, MCPyV, causes the majority of Merkel cell carcinomas (MCC). MCC is a rare but very aggressive malignant skin tumor that affects both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients. A steady increase in incidence rates of this skin tumor has been observed in recent decades. MCC occurs primarily on sunlight-exposed skin of fair-skinned individuals. Risk factors for MCC development include immunosuppression and advanced age. In immunocompromised individuals, primary infection with trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus (TSPyV) can cause the very rare skin disease trichodysplasia spinulosa (TS). Keratin spines (spicules), mainly in the center of the face, clinically characterize this disease. Skin lesions associated with further HPyV have been described exclusively in immunocompromised individuals. For HPyV6 and HPyV7, cases of epithelial proliferation and pruritic dyskeratotic dermatitis have been published. HPyV9 and New Jersey polyomavirus (NJPyV-13) were each found in different skin lesions of individual patients. The role of these polyomaviruses in the development of the skin lesions is still unclear.

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Silling, S., Kreuter, A. & Wieland, U. Hauterkrankungen durch humane Polyomaviren. Hautarzt 73, 426–433 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00105-022-04993-8

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Schlüsselwörter

  • Dermatosen
  • Merkelzellkarzinom
  • Trichodysplasia spinulosa
  • Immunsuppression
  • Hautveränderungen

Keywords

  • Dermatoses
  • Merkel cell carcinoma
  • Trichodysplasia spinulosa
  • Immunosuppression
  • Skin lesions