Melanocytes protect the body from ultraviolet radiation by synthesizing melanin. Tyrosinase, a key enzyme in melanin production, accumulates in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) during melanin synthesis, potentially causing ER stress. However, regulating ER function for melanin synthesis has been less studied than controlling Tyrosinase activity.
Objective
This study investigates the regulatory mechanisms of melanin production, focusing on ER stress and the ER stress-induced response.
Methods
B16 mouse melanoma cells induced to undergo melanogenesis were treated with unfolded protein response (UPR) inhibitors or chemical chaperones, and their effects on melanogenesis were analyzed.
Results
During melanogenesis in B16 cells stimulated by alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH), ER stress and UPR activation occurred, accompanied by increased Tyrosinase protein. Reducing IRE1 and ATF6 branch activity lowered melanin levels, while chemical chaperone treatment restored melanin production and increased Tyrosinase levels.
Conclusion
UPR activation, linked to elevated Tyrosinase levels, influences melanin production during melanogenesis. Modulating UPR can regulate melanin synthesis and provides a potential new approach for treating pigmentation disorders.
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Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2024.11.003
Ran Mo , Xiaoqi Ma , Linghan Hu , Yingjian Tan , Lei Qiang , Yong Yang , Xiaoping Wang , Zhiming Chen
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In the diagnosis of linear IgA bullous dermatosis (LABD), detection of IgA at the epidermal basement membrane zone and circulating IgA autoantibodies are essential. The disease has two subtypes, lamina lucida-type and sublamina densa-type, with 120 kDa LAD-1 and 97 kDa LABD97 as major autoantigens for lamina lucida-type. Normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK) and HaCaT cells are widely used for immunoblotting (IB) in the diagnosis process, but they do not provide high sensitivity and semiquantitative analysis.
Objective
To develop a more sensitive and convenient method for detecting IgA antibodies in lamina lucida-type LABD patients.
Methods
The expressions of LAD-1 and LABD97 in lysates and culture supernatants from Ker-CT, HaCaT, DJM-1, and NHEK were compared. The sensitivity of IBs using concentrated culture supernatants of HaCaT and Ker-CT and ELISAs using several recombinant proteins (RPs) corresponding to BP180 ectodomain were compared using 55 sera from LABD patients.
Results
In culture supernatant, Ker-CT expressed higher amounts of LAD-1 and LABD97. IBs using concentrated culture supernatant of HaCaT and Ker-CT showed 43 % and 46 % positivity to sera from LABD patients, respectively. In ELISAs, the RP of amino acids 490–1421 of BP180 showed the highest positivity (80.0 %) among several proteins. Additionally, this ELISA showed reduced OD values in LABD and related diseases patients' sera at remission.
Conclusion
The ELISA using the RP coding amino acids 490–1421 of BP180 is useful for identifying IgA antibodies and monitoring disease activity in lamina lucida-type LABD patients.
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