Mechanistic Insights into the Stimulatory Effect of Melanogenesis of 4-Methylcoumarin Derivatives in B16F10 Melanoma Cells
Ye-Jin Lee, Chang-Gu Hyun · 2024
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Ye-Jin Lee and Chang-Gu Hyun tested whether coumarin derivatives can switch skin pigment production back on. Vitiligo destroys or disables the melanocytes that color skin, leaving white patches. The team screened six variants of 4-methylcoumarin in mouse melanoma cells that model pigment production. Three compounds showed no effect on melanin. Three others stimulated pigment formation, one of them strongly.
The strongest compound, a methoxy-bearing variant, raised melanin and tyrosinase activity dose by dose. Protein analysis showed it also raised the master pigment regulator MITF and two pigment enzymes. The twenty twenty-four study traces the signaling route behind the stimulation. Compounds that safely restart pigmentation could become topical leads for vitiligo, a condition with few effective treatments.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ye-Jin Lee, Chang-Gu Hyun |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |