Rhododendrol, a depigmentation-inducing phenolic compound, exerts melanocyte cytotoxicity via a tyrosinase-dependent mechanism

Minoru Sasaki, Masatoshi Kondo, Kohji Sato, Mai Umeda, Keigo Kawabata, Yoshito Takahashi, Tamio Suzuki, Kayoko Matsunaga, Shintaro Inoue

研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Rhododendrol, an inhibitor of melanin synthesis developed for lightening/whitening cosmetics, was recently reported to induce a depigmentary disorder principally at the sites of repeated chemical contact. Rhododendrol competitively inhibited mushroom tyrosinase and served as a good substrate, while it also showed cytotoxicity against cultured human melanocytes at high concentrations sufficient for inhibiting tyrosinase. The cytotoxicity was abolished by phenylthiourea, a chelator of the copper ions at the active site, and by specific knockdown of tyrosinase with siRNA. Hence, the cytotoxicity appeared to be triggered by the enzymatic conversion of rhododendrol to active product(s). No reactive oxygen species were detected in the treated melanocytes, but up-regulation of the CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein homologous protein gene responsible for apoptosis and/or autophagy and caspase-3 activation were found to be tyrosinase dependent. These results suggest that a tyrosinase-dependent accumulation of ER stress and/or activation of the apoptotic pathway may contribute to the melanocyte cytotoxicity.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)754-763
ページ数10
ジャーナルPigment Cell and Melanoma Research
27
5
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 生化学、遺伝学、分子生物学一般
  • 皮膚病学
  • 腫瘍学

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