Novel Furocoumarin Derivatives Stimulate Melanogenesis in B16 Melanoma Cells by Up-Regulation of MITF and TYR Family via Akt/GSK3β/β-Catenin Signaling Pathways
作者:Chao Niu、Li Yin、Haji Aisa
DOI:10.3390/ijms19030746
日期:——
The extracts of Ficuscarica L. and Psoralen corylifolia L. are traditional Uygur medicines for the treatment of vitiligo, and its active ingredients furocoumarins, were are found to be the most effective agents against this skin disorder nowadays. Therefore, a series of novel easter derivatives (8a–8p) of furocoumarin were designed and synthesized based on our previous research to improve this activity in the present study. The synthesized derivatives were biologically evaluated for melanin synthesis in murine B16 cells and the SAR (structure-activity relationship) was summarized. Eight derivatives were more potent than positive control (8-MOP, 8-methoxypsoralan), especially compounds 8n (200%) and 8o (197%), which were nearly 1.5-fold potency when compared with 8-MOP (136%). Furthermore, the signaling pathway by which 8n activates the melanin biosynthesis was defined. Our results showed that it not only elevated the melanin content, but also stimulated the activity of tyrosinasein a concentration-dependent manner. Increasing of phosphorylation of Akt (also named PKB, protein kinase B) and non-activated GSK3β (glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta), which inhibited the degradation of β-catenin were observed through Western blot analysis. The accumulation of β-catenin probably led to the activation of transcription of MITF (microphthalmia-associated transcription factor) and TYR (tyrosinase) family, as well as the subsequent induction of melanin synthesis.
白玉盘提取物和补骨脂素是小叶白蜡树的传统维吾尔药材,用于治疗白癜风,其活性成分呋喃香豆素被发现是目前对该皮肤病最有效的药物。因此,根据我们以前的研究,设计并合成了一系列新的呋喃香豆素衍生物(8a-8p)以改善这种活性。合成的衍生物在鼠B16细胞中对黑色素合成的生物学评价和SAR(结构-活性关系)进行了总结。八种衍生物比阳性对照(8-MOP,8-甲氧基补骨脂素)更有效,特别是化合物8n(200%)和8o(197%),其效力几乎是8-MOP(136%)的1.5倍。此外,8n激活黑色素生物合成的信号途径被确定。我们的结果表明,它不仅提高了黑色素含量,而且刺激了酪氨酸酶的活性,呈浓度依赖性。通过Westernblot分析观察到磷酸化Akt(也称为PKB,蛋白激酶B)和非激活GSK3β(糖原合酶激酶3β)的增加,抑制了β-catenin的降解。β-catenin的积累可能导致MITF(小眼相关转录因子)和TYR(酪氨酸酶)家族的转录激活,以及随后诱导黑色素合成。