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Fluvastatin Increases Tyrosinase Synthesis Induced by Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating Hormone in B16F10 Melanoma Cells

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Journal Pharmacol Rep
Specialty Pharmacology
Date 2010 Apr 3
PMID 20360626
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of fluvastatin on the alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone-mediated increase in tyrosinase activity in the melanoma B16F10 cell line and to establish whether Akt and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk) inhibition is involved in tyrosinase synthesis after fluvastatin administration. Fluvastatin modulates alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone induced melanogenesis by increasing tyrosinase mRNA production, as shown by real time PCR, or tyrosinase protein synthesis, as presented by western blot technique. The stimulatory effect of fluvastatin on melanogenesis was, in part, induced by modulation of cell proliferation (decreased melanoma cell proliferation in G2/M phase) and possibly decrease of Akt. These findings indicate that fluvastatin increases tyrosinase synthesis induced by alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in B16F10 cells and reveal an unknown effect of statin use: their influence on melanin production.

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