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Ocular Albinism Type 1 Regulates Melanogenesis in Mouse Melanocytes
To investigate whether ocular albinism type 1 (OA1) is differentially expressed in the skin of mice with different coat colors and to determine its correlation with coat color establishment in mouse, the expression patterns and tissue distribution characterization of OA1 in the skin of mice with dif...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5085629/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27690000 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17101596 |
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author | Chen, Tianzhi Wang, Haidong Liu, Yu Zhao, Bingling Zhao, Yuanyuan Fan, Ruiwen Wang, Pengchao Dong, Changsheng |
author_facet | Chen, Tianzhi Wang, Haidong Liu, Yu Zhao, Bingling Zhao, Yuanyuan Fan, Ruiwen Wang, Pengchao Dong, Changsheng |
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description | To investigate whether ocular albinism type 1 (OA1) is differentially expressed in the skin of mice with different coat colors and to determine its correlation with coat color establishment in mouse, the expression patterns and tissue distribution characterization of OA1 in the skin of mice with different coat colors were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed by real-time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR), immunofluorescence staining and Western blot. The qRT-PCR analysis revealed that OA1 mRNA was expressed in all mice skin samples tested, with the highest expression level in brown skin, a moderate expression level in black skin and the lowest expression level in gray skin. Positive OA1 protein bands were also detected in all skin samples by Western blot analysis. The relative expression levels of OA1 protein in both black and brown skin were significantly higher than that in gray skin, but there was no significant difference between black and brown mice. Immunofluorescence assays revealed that OA1 was mainly expressed in the hair follicle matrix, the inner and outer root sheath in the skin tissues with different coat colors. To get further insight into the important role of OA1 in the melanocytes’ pigmentation, we transfected the OA1 into mouse melanocytes and then detected the relative expression levels of pigmentation-related gene. Simultaneously, we tested the melanin content of melanocytes. As a result, the overexpression of OA1 significantly increased the expression levels of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), tyrosinase (TYR), tyrosinase-related protein 1 (TRP1) and premelanosome protein (PMEL). However, the tyrosinase-related protein 2 (TRP2) level was attenuated. By contrast, the level of glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma protein b (GPNMB) was unaffected by OA1 overexpression. Furthermore, we observed a significant increase in melanin content in mouse melanocyte transfected OA1. Therefore, we propose that OA1 may participate in the formation of coat color by regulating the level of MITF and the number, size, motility and maturation of melanosome. |
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spelling | pubmed-50856292016-11-01 Ocular Albinism Type 1 Regulates Melanogenesis in Mouse Melanocytes Chen, Tianzhi Wang, Haidong Liu, Yu Zhao, Bingling Zhao, Yuanyuan Fan, Ruiwen Wang, Pengchao Dong, Changsheng Int J Mol Sci Article To investigate whether ocular albinism type 1 (OA1) is differentially expressed in the skin of mice with different coat colors and to determine its correlation with coat color establishment in mouse, the expression patterns and tissue distribution characterization of OA1 in the skin of mice with different coat colors were qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed by real-time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR), immunofluorescence staining and Western blot. The qRT-PCR analysis revealed that OA1 mRNA was expressed in all mice skin samples tested, with the highest expression level in brown skin, a moderate expression level in black skin and the lowest expression level in gray skin. Positive OA1 protein bands were also detected in all skin samples by Western blot analysis. The relative expression levels of OA1 protein in both black and brown skin were significantly higher than that in gray skin, but there was no significant difference between black and brown mice. Immunofluorescence assays revealed that OA1 was mainly expressed in the hair follicle matrix, the inner and outer root sheath in the skin tissues with different coat colors. To get further insight into the important role of OA1 in the melanocytes’ pigmentation, we transfected the OA1 into mouse melanocytes and then detected the relative expression levels of pigmentation-related gene. Simultaneously, we tested the melanin content of melanocytes. As a result, the overexpression of OA1 significantly increased the expression levels of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF), tyrosinase (TYR), tyrosinase-related protein 1 (TRP1) and premelanosome protein (PMEL). However, the tyrosinase-related protein 2 (TRP2) level was attenuated. By contrast, the level of glycoprotein non-metastatic melanoma protein b (GPNMB) was unaffected by OA1 overexpression. Furthermore, we observed a significant increase in melanin content in mouse melanocyte transfected OA1. Therefore, we propose that OA1 may participate in the formation of coat color by regulating the level of MITF and the number, size, motility and maturation of melanosome. MDPI 2016-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5085629/ /pubmed/27690000 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17101596 Text en © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chen, Tianzhi Wang, Haidong Liu, Yu Zhao, Bingling Zhao, Yuanyuan Fan, Ruiwen Wang, Pengchao Dong, Changsheng Ocular Albinism Type 1 Regulates Melanogenesis in Mouse Melanocytes |
title | Ocular Albinism Type 1 Regulates Melanogenesis in Mouse Melanocytes |
title_full | Ocular Albinism Type 1 Regulates Melanogenesis in Mouse Melanocytes |
title_fullStr | Ocular Albinism Type 1 Regulates Melanogenesis in Mouse Melanocytes |
title_full_unstemmed | Ocular Albinism Type 1 Regulates Melanogenesis in Mouse Melanocytes |
title_short | Ocular Albinism Type 1 Regulates Melanogenesis in Mouse Melanocytes |
title_sort | ocular albinism type 1 regulates melanogenesis in mouse melanocytes |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5085629/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27690000 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms17101596 |
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