期刊
PIGMENT CELL & MELANOMA RESEARCH
卷 22, 期 6, 页码 819-826出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2009.00609.x
关键词
Dsk; Skin; Gnaq; Gna11; Mc1r; extension; melanocyte
资金
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP-79511]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [20591357]
P>Hair color and skin color are frequently coordinated in mammalian species. To explore this, we have studied mutations in two different G protein coupled pathways, each of which affects the darkness of both hair and skin color. In each mouse mutant (GnaqDsk1, Gna11Dsk7, and Mc1re), we analyzed the melanocyte density and the concentrations of eumelanin (black pigment) and pheomelanin (yellow pigment) in the hair or skin to determine the mechanisms regulating pigmentation. Surprisingly, we discovered that each mutation affects hair and skin color differently. Furthermore, we have found that in the epidermis, the melanocortin signaling pathway does not couple the synthesis of eumelanin with pheomelanin, as it does in hair follicles. Even by shared signaling pathways, hair and skin melanocytes are regulated quite independently.
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