Abstract:
:The murine recessive yellow (Mc1r(e)) is a loss-of-function mutation in the receptor for alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, melanocortin receptor 1 (Mc1r) and produces yellow coats by inducing pheomelanin synthesis in hair follicular melanocytes. However, it is not known whether the Mc1r(e) mutation affects the proliferation and differentiation of melanocytes. In this study, the proliferation and differentiation of recessive yellow epidermal melanocytes cultured in dibutyryl cyclic AMP-supplemented serum-free medium were investigated in detail. The melanocytes produced mainly eumelanin in this culture system. The proliferation of recessive yellow melanocytes was decreased compared with that of wild-type at the e-locus, black melanocytes. The differentiation of melanocytes was also delayed and inhibited in recessive yellow mice. Tyrosinase (TYR) activity and TYR-related protein 1 (TRP1) and TRP2 (dopachrome tautomerase, DCT) expressions were decreased and, in addition, the maturation of stage IV melanosomes was inhibited. Excess l-tyrosine (l-Tyr) added to the culture media rescued the reduced activity of proliferation of melanocytes. l-Tyr also stimulated TYR activity and TRP1 and TRP2 expressions as well as the maturation of stage IV melanosomes and pigmentation. These results suggest that the Mc1r(e) mutation affects the proliferation and differentiation of melanocytes and l-Tyr rescues the reduced proliferative and differentiative activities by stimulating TYR activity and TRP1 and TRP2 expressions as well as melanosome maturation.
journal_name
Eur J Cell Bioljournal_title
European journal of cell biologyauthors
Hirobe T,Abe H,Wakamatsu K,Ito S,Kawa Y,Soma Y,Mizoguchi Mdoi
10.1016/j.ejcb.2007.03.007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-06-01 00:00:00pages
315-30issue
6eissn
0171-9335issn
1618-1298pii
S0171-9335(07)00056-8journal_volume
86pub_type
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