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. 2023 Mar:37 Suppl 2:20-25.
doi: 10.1111/jdv.18792.

Change in Cutibacterium acnes phylotype abundance and improvement of clinical parameters using a new dermocosmetic product containing Myrtus communis and Celastrol enriched plant cell culture extracts in patients with acne vulgaris

Céline Mias  1 , Marie Dominique Thouvenin  1 , Eleonore Gravier  1 , Sandrine Dalmon  1 , Karine Bouyer  1 , Sandrine Alvarez  1 , Valerie Mengeaud  2 , Virginie Ribet  1 , Sandrine Bessou-Touya  1 , Hélène Duplan  1
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Change in Cutibacterium acnes phylotype abundance and improvement of clinical parameters using a new dermocosmetic product containing Myrtus communis and Celastrol enriched plant cell culture extracts in patients with acne vulgaris

Céline Mias et al. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2023 Mar.

Abstract

Background: Acne is a multifactorial chronic inflammatory disease of the pilosebaceous unit, where Cutibacterium acnes plays a main role. Recent papers demonstrated that specific C. acnes phylotypes were correlated with the severity of inflammatory acne and reported a specific loss of C. acnes phylotype diversity in this context.

Objectives: The aim of this exploratory study was to evaluate the efficacy of a new dermocosmetic product containing Myrtus communis and Celastrol-enriched plant cell culture extracts on C. acnes phylotype abundance and clinical parameters in subjects with mild to moderate acne vulgaris.

Methods: Cutibacterium acnes phylotype diversity was evaluated by single-locus sequence typing sequencing on the nonlesional areas of the forehead, that is, areas excluding inflammatory lesions (papules and pustules) on day 1 (D1) and after 56 days (D57) of twice daily application of the dermocosmetic product on the whole face. Clinical efficacy on acne was also assessed by acne lesion counting and Global Evaluation Acne (GEA) score on D1 and D57.

Results: Our study confirmed the link between the presence of some C. acnes phylotypes and acne severity. The dermocosmetic cream was linked to a positive impact on C. acnes phylotypes: a significant decrease in pro-pathogen phylotype IC and increase in nonpathogen phylotype IB were observed in the nonlesional areas of acne on D57 compared to D1. In parallel, the clinical results showed a significant decrease in inflammatory and comedonal acne lesions and a significant improvement in the acne severity according to the GEA score.

Conclusions: This study showed that the application of a new dermocosmetic product containing M. communis and Celastrol-enriched plant cell culture extracts was linked to a change in the C. acnes phylotype abundance and an improvement in acne severity.

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