Investigation of the influence of extracellular matrix proteins on normal human melanocyte morphology and melanogenic activity

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 888-897

  Hedley, S ^b   Gawkrodger, D J ^a   Weetman, A P ^b   Macneil, S ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029959777     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1996.d01-1091.x     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Derby MA. Environmental factors affecting neural crest differentiation: Melanocyte differentiation by crest cells exposed to cell-free (deoxycholate extracted) dermal mesenchyme matrix. Cell Tissue Res 1982; 225: 379-86.
2. Scott G, Ryan DH, McCarthy JB. Molecular mechanisms of human melanocyte attachment to fibronectin. J Invest Dermatol 1992; 99: 787-94.
3. Gilchrest BA, Albert LE, Karassik RL, Yaar M. Substrate influences human epidermal melanocyte attachment and spreading in vitro. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 1985; 21: 114-20.
4. McClenic BK, Mitra RS, Riser BJ et al. Production and utilisation of extracellular matrix components by human melanocytes. Exp Cell Res 1989; 180: 314-25.
5. Danen EHJ, van Muijen GN, Kemenade EvDWv et al. Regulation of integrin mediated adhesion to laminin and collagen in human melanocytes and in non metastatic and highly metastatic human melanoma cells. Int J Cancer 1993; 54: 315-21.
6. Nakazawa K, Nakazawa H, Collombel C, Damour O. Keratinocyte extracellular matrix-mediated regulation of normal human melanocyte functions. Pigment Cell Res 1995; 8; 10-18.
7. Ranson M, Posen S, Mason RS. Extracellular matrix modulates the function of human melanocytes but not melanoma cells. J Cell Physiol 1988; 136: 281-8.
8. Morelli JG, Yohn JJ, Zekman T, Norris DA. Melanocyte movement in vitro: Role of matrix proteins and integrin receptors. J Invest Dermatol 1993; 101: 605-8.
9. Buffey JA, Messenger AG, Taylor M et al. Extracellular matrix derived from hair and skin fibroblasts stimulates human skin melanocyte tyrosinase activity. Br J Dermatol 1994; 131: 1-7.
10. 7 α-MSH affect morphology, tyrosinase activity and melanogenesis in cultured human melanocytes. J Cell Sci 1994; 107: 205-11.
11. Wagner M, Benson MT, Rennie IG, MacNeil S. Effects of pharmacological modulation of intracellular signalling signalling systems on the retinal pigment epithelial cell attachment matrix proteins. Current Eye Res 1995; 14: 373-84.
12. Rao J, Otto WR. Fluorimetric DNA assay for cell growth estimation. Anal Biochem 1992; 207; 186-92.
13. Gospodarowicz D, Delgrado D, Vlodavsky I. Permissive effect of the extracellular matrix on cell proliferation in vitro. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1980; 77: 4094-8.
14. Abdel-Malek Z, Swope VB, Suzuki I et al. Mitogenic and melanogenic stimulation of normal human melanocytes by melanotropic peptides. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1995; 92: 1789-93.
15. McLeod SD, Smith C, Mason RS. Stimulation of tyrosinase in human melanocyte by pro-opiomelanocortin-derived peptides. J Endocrinol 1995; 146: 439-47.