期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 19, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19030746
关键词
vitiligo; furocoumarin; melanogenesis; SAR; Akt/GSK3 beta/beta-catenin signaling pathways
资金
- Funds for the Xinjiang Key Research and Development Program [2016B03038-3]
- West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Science [XBBS201403]
- Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang, China [2017D01A76]
The extracts of Ficuscarica L. and Psoralen corylifolia L. are traditional Uygur medicines for the treatment of vitiligo, and its active ingredients furocoumarins, were are found to be the most effective agents against this skin disorder nowadays. Therefore, a series of novel easter derivatives (8a-8p) of furocoumarin were designed and synthesized based on our previous research to improve this activity in the present study. The synthesized derivatives were biologically evaluated for melanin synthesis in murine B16 cells and the SAR (structure-activity relationship) was summarized. Eight derivatives were more potent than positive control (8-MOP, 8-methoxypsoralan), especially compounds 8n (200%) and 8o (197%), which were nearly 1.5-fold potency when compared with 8-MOP (136%). Furthermore, the signaling pathway by which 8n activates the melanin biosynthesis was defined. Our results showed that it not only elevated the melanin content, but also stimulated the activity of tyrosinasein a concentration-dependent manner. Increasing of phosphorylation of Akt (also named PKB, protein kinase B) and non-activated GSK3 beta (glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta), which inhibited the degradation of B-catenin were observed through Western blot analysis. The accumulation of beta-catenin probably led to the activation of transcription of MITF (microphthalmia-associated transcription factor) and TYR (tyrosinase) family, as well as the subsequent induction of melanin synthesis.
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