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Interferon-gamma suppresses melanogenesis in B16 melanoma cells and primary human melanocytes
- Alternative Title
- 손진영
- Author(s)
- Son, Jinyoung
- Alternative Author(s)
- 손진영
- Advisor
- 주일로
- Department
- 일반대학원 의생명과학과
- Publisher
- The Graduate School, Ajou University
- Publication Year
- 2013-02
- Language
- eng
- Keyword
- Melanogenesis; alpha-MSH; IFN-gamma; Tyrosinase; MITF; STAT1; CBP; CREB
- Alternative Abstract
- Inflammatory cytokines are closely related to melanogenesis in melanocytes. Here, I studied whether IFN-γ affects melanogenesis, and if so, what is the underlying mechanism involved in it. Using B16 melanoma cell lines and primary human melanocytes, I demonstrated that alpha-MSH induced tyrosinase expression and activity and TRP-1, TRP-2 expression were suppressed by IFN-γ, which resulted from the inhibition of MITF expression, upstream molecule of tyrosinase. Moreover, the inhibitory effects on MITF expression by IFN-γ occured through the disturbance of CREB binding ability on MITF promoter by reducing the binding of CBP and CREB. These results suggest that IFN-γ decreases melanogenesis through inhibiting the binding of CBP and CREB and block the MITF and tyrosinase expression.
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