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PIGMENT CELL & MELANOMA RESEARCH
卷 34, 期 4, 页码 730-747出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12970
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casing model; cysteine; dopaquinone; eumelanin; melanosomal pH; mixed melanogenesis; pheomelanin; signaling pathway; tyrosinase activity
Mixed melanogenesis in vertebrates is influenced by various factors, with melanosomal pH playing a key role. In addition to gene expression, chemical regulation and control of melanosomal pH also affect mixed melanogenesis.
Melanins are widely distributed in animals and plants; in vertebrates, most melanins are present on the body surface. The diversity of pigmentation in vertebrates is mainly attributed to the quantity and ratio of eumelanin and pheomelanin synthesis. Most natural melanin pigments in animals consist of both eumelanin and pheomelanin in varying ratios, and thus, their combined synthesis is called mixed melanogenesis. Gene expression is an established mechanism for controlling melanin synthesis; however, there are multiple factors that affect melanin synthesis besides gene expression. Due to the differential sensitivity of the eumelanin and pheomelanin synthetic pathways to pH, melanosomal pH likely plays a major role in mixed melanogenesis. Here, we focused on various factors affecting mixed melanogenesis including (1) chemical regulation of melanin synthesis, (2) melanosomal pH regulation during normal melanogenesis and effect on mixed melanogenesis, and (3) mechanisms of melanosomal pH control (proton pumps, channels, transporters, and signaling pathways).
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