Alpha-MSH and other melanogenic activators mediate opposite effects on tyrosinase and dopachrome tautomerase in B16/F10 mouse melanoma cells. 1992

J H Martínez-Liarte, and F Solano, and J C García-Borrón, and J R Jara, and J A Lozano
Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, Spain.

alpha-MSH was found to decrease the recently characterized dopachrome tautomerase activity in cultures of B16/F10 mouse melanoma cells. Other stimulating agents of melanogenesis, like dibutyryl cyclic AMP, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, theophylline, retinol, and retinoic acid, caused the same effect. The grade of inhibition depended on the nature of the agent and the time of exposure. In all cases, both melanin production and tyrosinase activity were activated by these treatments, although the grade of tyrosine hydroxylase and dopa oxidase stimulation was different. Moreover, no correlation among the intensities of dopachrome tautomerase inhibition and tyrosinase activation by the tested agents could be obtained. The significance of these results in the regulation of mammalian melanogenesis is discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007535 Isomerases A class of enzymes that catalyze geometric or structural changes within a molecule to form a single product. The reactions do not involve a net change in the concentrations of compounds other than the substrate and the product.(from Dorland, 28th ed) EC 5. Isomerase
D008543 Melanins Insoluble polymers of TYROSINE derivatives found in and causing darkness in skin (SKIN PIGMENTATION), hair, and feathers providing protection against SUNBURN induced by SUNLIGHT. CAROTENES contribute yellow and red coloration. Allomelanins,Melanin,Phaeomelanins
D008546 Melanoma, Experimental Experimentally induced tumor that produces MELANIN in animals to provide a model for studying human MELANOMA. B16 Melanoma,Melanoma, B16,Melanoma, Cloudman S91,Melanoma, Harding-Passey,Experimental Melanoma,Experimental Melanomas,Harding Passey Melanoma,Melanomas, Experimental,B16 Melanomas,Cloudman S91 Melanoma,Harding-Passey Melanoma,Melanoma, Harding Passey,Melanomas, B16,S91 Melanoma, Cloudman
D000521 alpha-MSH A 13-amino acid peptide derived from proteolytic cleavage of ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE, the N-terminal segment of ACTH. ACTH (1-13) is amidated at the C-terminal to form ACTH (1-13)NH2 which in turn is acetylated to form alpha-MSH in the secretory granules. Alpha-MSH stimulates the synthesis and distribution of MELANIN in MELANOCYTES in mammals and MELANOPHORES in lower vertebrates. MSH, alpha,alpha Intermedin,alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone,(Des-Acetyl)-alpha-MSH,(Desacetyl)alpha-MSH,ACTH (1-13),ACTH (1-13)NH2,ACTH(1-13),Acetylated ACTH (1-13)NH2,Adrenocorticotropin (1-13)NH2,DE-alpha-MSH,Des-Acetyl MSH,Desacetyl alpha-MSH,Desacetyl alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone,MSH, (Desacetyl)alpha-,alpha-Melanotropin,Desacetyl alpha MSH,Desacetyl alpha Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone,Hormone, Desacetyl alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating,Hormone, alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating,Intermedin, alpha,MSH, Des-Acetyl,alpha MSH,alpha Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone,alpha Melanotropin,alpha-MSH, Desacetyl,alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone, Desacetyl
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014442 Monophenol Monooxygenase An enzyme of the oxidoreductase class that catalyzes the reaction between L-tyrosine, L-dopa, and oxygen to yield L-dopa, dopaquinone, and water. It is a copper protein that acts also on catechols, catalyzing some of the same reactions as CATECHOL OXIDASE. EC 1.14.18.1. Dopa Oxidase,Phenoloxidase,Tyrosinase,Cresolase,Phenol Oxidase,Phenoloxidase A,Phenoloxidase B,Monooxygenase, Monophenol,Oxidase, Dopa,Oxidase, Phenol
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D019746 Intramolecular Oxidoreductases Enzymes of the isomerase class that catalyze the oxidation of one part of a molecule with a corresponding reduction of another part of the same molecule. They include enzymes converting aldoses to ketoses (ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES), enzymes shifting a carbon-carbon double bond (CARBON-CARBON DOUBLE BOND ISOMERASES), and enzymes transposing S-S bonds (SULFUR-SULFUR BOND ISOMERASES). (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 5.3. Oxidoreductases, Intramolecular

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