INCREASED MELANOGENESIS IN CULTURED EPIDERMAL MELANOCYTES FROM PATIENTS WITH NEUROFIBROMATOSIS-1 (NF-1)

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KAUFMANN, D [1 ]
WIANDT, S [1 ]
VESER, J [1 ]
KRONE, W [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ULM,HUMAN GENET ABT,POSTFACH 4066,W-7900 ULM,GERMANY
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10.1007/BF00204170
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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Melanocyte cultures from the normally pigmented skin of patients with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF 1) have a higher melanin content than those from the skin of healthy donors. An additional increase in the amount of melanin per cell was found in 5 out of 6 lines of melanocytes derived from cafe au lait macules of NF 1 patients. Omission of the tumor promoter phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate from the culture medium brings about a comparable increase in the melanin content in all three kinds of melanocyte cultures. Cultures of NF 1 melanocytes show a higher tyrosine hydroxylase activity than those of control melanocytes, and incorporate larger amounts of dihydroxyphenylalanine than the latter. We conclude that melanogenesis in epidermis melanocytes is affected by defective alleles of the NF 1 gene. Our findings do not contradict the hypothesis that the defect underlying NF 1 impairs the inhibition of a wild-type RAS oncogene by interfering with the GTPase-activating function of the NF 1 gene product.
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