Hirobe T, Takeuchi T. Induction of melanogenesis in vitro in the epidermal melanoblasts of newborn mouse skin by MSH.
IN VITRO 1977;
13:311-5. [PMID:
194827 DOI:
10.1007/bf02616177]
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Abstract
The number of epidermal melanocytes positive to the dopa reaction increased when skin explants from newborn mice were cultured with MSH or dbc-AMP. These agents seem to induce melanogenesis in the pre-existing melanoblasts. This hormone-induced melanogenesis is suppressed by actinomycin D or cycloheximide, suggesting that the initiation of melanogenesis in the epidermal melanoblasts requires de novo transcription and translation.
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