Relationship of melanin degradation products to actual melanin content: Application to human hair

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Borges, CR
Roberts, JC
Wilkins, DG
Rollins, DE
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[1] Univ Utah, Dept Pharmacol & Toxicol, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
[2] Univ Utah, Dept Med Chem, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
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10.1006/abio.2000.4976
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Q5 [生物化学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Methods not only for characterizing but also for quantitating melanin subtypes from the two types of melanin found in hair-eumelanin and pheomelanin-have been established, In relation to testing for drugs of abuse in hair, these methods will allow for correction of drug binding to specific melanin subtypes and will serve to improve drug measurement in hair. 5,6-Dihydroxyindole (DHI) and 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) make up the majority of the eumelanin polymer while benzothiazene units derived from S-cysteinyl-S-Dopa (2-CysDopa) and 5-cysteinyl-S-Dopa (5-CysDopa) compose the majority of the pheomelanin polymer. Our results show that: (1) pyrrole-2,3-dicarboxylic acid (PDCA) and pyrrole-2,3,5 -tricarboxylic acid (PTCA), markers for DHI and DHICA units, respectively, are produced in 0.37 and 4.8% yields, respectively, when melanins are subjected to alkaline hydrogen peroxide degradation, (2) 3-aminotyrosine (3AT) and 4-amino-3-hydroxyphenylalanine (AHP), markers for 2-CysDopa and 5-CysDopa, respectively, are produced in 16 and 23% yield, respectively, when subjected to hydriodic acid hydrolysis, and (3) that black human hair contains approximately 99% eumelanin and 1% pheomelanin, brown and blond hair contain 95% eumelanin and 5% pheomelanin; and red hair contains 67% eumelanin and 33% pheomelanin, These data will allow deeper investigation into the relationship between melanin composition and drug incorporation into hair. (C) 2001 Academic Press.
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