Activation of cAMP-dependent protein kinase is required for optimal α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone-induced pigmentation

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作者
Ao, Y [1 ]
Park, HY [1 ]
Olaizola-Horn, S [1 ]
Gilchrest, BA [1 ]
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[1] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Dept Dermatol, Boston, MA 02118 USA
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10.1006/excr.1998.4086
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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The cAMP-dependent pathway has been long presumed to play a critical role in mediating alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH)-induced pigmentation, but it has never been demonstrated that this pathway is obligatory. In order to determine whether the cAMP-dependent pathway is required for a alpha-MSH-induced pigmentation, we inhibited the activity of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), the main kinase mediating in this pathway, by introducing a physiologic cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor (PKI) into S91 murine melanoma cells and then measuring pigment response after alpha-MSH stimulation. Cells were stably transfected either with the pMXX-PKI expression vector that encodes the active part of PKI (the amino terminal 1-31 amino acids) under a metallothionein-inducible promoter and the pSV(2)-Neo expression vector alone. As expected, treatment of transfected cells with 1 mu M CdCl2, for 24 h induced the expression of PKI mRNA in cells transfected with both vectors, but not in cells transfected with the pSV(2)-Neo expression vector alone. Subsequent treatment of these transfected cells with LU-MSH for 5-6 days in the continual presence of 1 mu M CdCl2 resulted in inhibition of PKA activity by 30-40% in cells expressing PKI, Parallel measurements revealed that alpha-MSH-increased melanin content five- to six-fold in control cells transfected with pSV(2)-Neo alone, while there was only a two-fold increase in PKI-expressing cells, a 40-50% inhibition in alpha-MSH-induced total melanin content. alpha-MSH-induced tyrosinase activity and tyrosinase mRNA and protein levels measured in parallel were also inhibited by 40-50% in PKI-expressing cells compared to control cells transfected with pSV(2)-Neo alone, Together, these results demonstrate for the first time that activation of PKA through the cAMP-dependent pathway is required for optimal alpha-MSH-induced pigmentation. (C) 1998 Academic Press.
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