Hormonal stimulation of tyrosinase activity in human foreskin organ cultures |
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Authors: | Mitsuru Iwata Shoko Iwata Mark A Everett Bryan B Fuller |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, 73190 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;(2) Department of Dermatology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, 73190 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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Abstract: | Summary A human foreskin organ culture system has been developed to study the response of human skin to hormonal stimulation. Foreskins
are maintained in culture on floating plastic supports which allows the epidermal surface to be exposed to air while the dermis
is bathed in nutrient medium. Both black and white human foreskins can be maintained in organ culture for at least 1 wk with
no change in the tissue structure or cell viability as determined by histochemical staining and by dopa reaction staining.
Tyrosinase activity in both black and white human foreskin cultures decays markedly during the first 2 d of culture to a new
steady state level which remains stable throughout the culture period. Both black and white foreskin cultures consistently
demonstrate 2- to 10-fold increases in tyrosinase activity when treated with theophylline (1 mM). Approximately 90% of all skin cultures examined showed an increase in enzyme activity when treated with this phosphodiesterase
inhibitor. Dibutyryl cAMP (0.1 mM) and Nle4, D-phe7]-alpha MSH (10−8
M), were also found to markedly stimulate tyrosinase activity in some skin cultures, whereas alpha-MSH and prostaglandin E1 produced only an inconsistent and small increase in the activity of the enzyme. Histamine (1 μM), vitamin D3 (1 μM), and retinoic acid (1μM) failed to stimulate tyrosinase activity in either white or black foreskin cultures. This hormone-responsive organ culture
system can be utilized to characterize the molecular processes responsible for the regulation of tyrosinase and pigmentation
in human skin.
This work was supported by a research contract from the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)
and by a research grant from the Presbyterian Health Foundation. |
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Keywords: | MSH dibutyryl cAMP tyrosinase theophylline prostaglandin E1 [Nle4 D-phe7]-α MSH |
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