Antimelanogenic efficacy of melasolv (3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamate thymol ester) in melanocytes and three-dimensional human skin equivalent
- Title
- Antimelanogenic efficacy of melasolv (3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamate thymol ester) in melanocytes and three-dimensional human skin equivalent
- Author
- 오성근
- Keywords
- Melasolv; Melanogenesis; Depigmentary agent; Three-dimensional human skin equivalent
- Issue Date
- 2017-07
- Publisher
- KARGER
- Citation
- SKIN PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY, v. 30, no. 4, page. 190-196
- Abstract
- Background/Aims: Excessive melanogenesis often causes unaesthetic hyperpigmentation. In a previous report, our group introduced a newly synthesized depigmentary agent, Melasolv (TM) (3,4,5-trimethoxycinnamate thymol ester). In this study, we demonstrated the significant whitening efficacy of Melasolv using various melanocytes and human skin equivalents as in vitro experimental systems. Methods: The depigmentary effect of Melasolv was tested in melan-a cells (immortalized normal murine melanocytes), alpha-melanocytestimulating hormone (alpha-MSH)-stimulated B16 murine melanoma cells, primary normal human melanocytes (NHMs), and human skin equivalent (MelanoDerm). The whitening efficacy of Melasolv was further demonstrated by photography, time-lapse microscopy, Fontana-Masson (F&M) staining, and 2-photon microscopy. Results: Melasolv significantly inhibited melanogenesis in the melan-a and alpha-MSH-stimulated B16 cells. In human systems, Melasolv also clearly showed a whitening effect in NHMs and human skin equivalent, reflecting a decrease in melanin content. F&M staining and 2-photon microscopy revealed that Melasolv suppressed melanin transfer into multiple epidermal layers from melanocytes as well as melanin synthesis in human skin equivalent. Conclusion: Our study showed that Melasolv clearly exerts a whitening effect on various melanocytes and human skin equivalent. These results suggest the possibility that Melasolv can be used as a depigmentary agent to treat pigmentary disorders as well as an active ingredient in cosmetics to increase whitening efficacy. (C) 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel
- URI
- https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/477356https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/114839
- ISSN
- 1660-5527; 1660-5535
- DOI
- 10.1159/000477356
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