Effects of Coccoloba uvifera L. on UV-stimulated melanocytes
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2008-12-01
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Pedroso Sanches Silveira, Jessica Eleonora
Velazquez Pereda, Maria del Carmen
Eberlin, Samara
Dieamant, Gustavo Campos
Di Stasi, Luiz Claudio [UNESP]
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation induces generation of reactive oxygen species, production of proinflammatory cytokines and melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) as well as increase in tyrosinase activity. The potential photoprotective effects of Coccoloba uvifera extract (CUE) were evaluated in UV-stimulated melanocytes.Human epidermal melanocytes were used as an in vitro model to evaluate the effects of CUE on the production interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and alpha-MSH under basal and UV-stimulated conditions. Antioxidant and anti-tyrosinase activities were also evaluated in membrane lipid peroxidation and mushroom tyrosinase assay, respectively.Coccoloba uvifera L. showed antioxidant and anti-tyrosinase activities and also inhibited the production of IL-1 alpha, TNF-alpha and alpha-MSH in melanocytes subjected to UV radiation (P < 0.01). Moreover, CUE inhibited the activity of tyrosine kinase in cell culture under basal and UV radiation conditions (P < 0.001), corroborating the findings of the mushroom tyrosinase assay.This study supports the photoprotective potential of CUE.
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alpha-MSH, IL-1 alpha, melanocyte, TNF-alpha, tyrosinase
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Photodermatology Photoimmunology & Photomedicine. Malden: Wiley-blackwell, v. 24, n. 6, p. 308-313, 2008.