期刊
PIGMENT CELL RESEARCH
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 48-53出版社
MUNKSGAARD INT PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.13.s8.10.x
关键词
eumelanin; pheomelanin; Agouti; Mc1r; mahogany/attractin; Agrp
资金
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK 28506] Funding Source: Medline
Mutations that affect the balance between the synthesis of eumelanin and pheomelanin provide a powerful set of tools with which to understand general aspects of cell signaling, Previous work from our laboratory has demonstrated that pheomelanin synthesis is triggered by the ability of Agouti protein to inhibit signaling through the Melanocortin 1 receptor (Mc1r). In a bioassay based on the Xenopus Mc1r, Agouti protein has two effects, competitive inhibition of receptor occupancy by alpha-MSH and down-regulation of receptor signaling, which are mediated separately by domains in the amino-and carboxy-terminal regions of Agouti protein, respectively. Recently, we have used the genetics of pigmentation as an in vivo system to screen for and analyze other mutations in the Agouti-melanocortin pathway. The pigmentary effects of Agouti are suppressed by the previously existing coat-color mutations mahogany (mg), mahoganoid (md), and Umbrous (U). Double mutant studies, with animals deficient for the Mc1r or those which carry A(y), indicate that mg and Ind are genetically upstream of the Mc1r, and can suppress the effects of A(y) on both pigmentation and body weight. Positional cloning has recently identified the gene mutated in mahogany as a single transmembrane-spanning protein whose ectodomain is orthologous to human Attractin (Atrn).
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