REGULATION OF CUTANEOUS PREVITAMIN-D3 PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN MAN - SKIN PIGMENT IS NOT AN ESSENTIAL REGULATOR
REGULATION OF CUTANEOUS PREVITAMIN-D3 PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN MAN - SKIN PIGMENT IS NOT AN ESSENTIAL REGULATOR
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DOI:
10.1126/science.6256855
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
DOPPELT, SH
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作者:
HOLICK, MF;MACLAUGHLIN, JA;DOPPELT, SH
When human skin was exposed to simulated solar UV radiation, epidermal 7-dehydrocholesterol was converted to previtamin D3. During prolonged exposure to simulated solar UV radiation, the synthesis of previtamin D3 reached a plateau at .apprx. 10-15% of the original 7-dehydrocholesterol content and previtamin D3 was photoisomerized to 2 biologically inert isomers, lumisterol3 and tachysterol3. Increases in skin melanin concentration or in latitude necessitated increases in the exposure time to simulated solar UV radiation required to maximize the formation, but not the total content, of previtamin D3. In order of importance, the significant determinants limiting the cutaneous production of previtamin D3 are photochemical regulation, pigmentation and latitude.