Mitf dosage as a primary determinant of melanocyte survival after ultraviolet irradiation.
Mitf dosage as a primary determinant of melanocyte survival after ultraviolet irradiation.
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1755-148x.2009.00551.x
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发表时间：
2009-06
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Strickland FM
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作者：
Hornyak TJ;Jiang S;Guzmán EA;Scissors BN;Tuchinda C;He H;Neville JD;Strickland FM
Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (Mitf) is essential for melanocyte development and function and regulates anti-apoptotic Bcl2 expression. We hypothesized that cellular deficiency of Mitf can influence melanocyte survival in response to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Primary melanocyte cultures were prepared from neonatal wild-type mice and congenic animals heterozygous for Mitf mutations Mitfmi-vga9/+ and MitfMi-wh/+ and exposed to UV irradiation. Wild-type melanocytes were more resistant to UV-induced apoptosis than melanocytes partially deficient in Mitf activity, as determined by relative levels of intracellular melanin and relative activation of Mitf target genes Tyr, Tyrp1, Dct, and Cdk2. Comparative experiments with wild-type cells and congenic albino melanocytes demonstrated that these differences are not due to differences in melanin content, implicating Mitf as a primary determinant of UV-dependent melanocyte survival. Mitf activity correlated directly with resistance to UV-induced apoptosis in melanocytes. Mitf was important not only for regulating the expression of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 following UV irradiation, but also the expression of the pro-apoptotic BH3-only Bad protein and activation of the extrinsic apoptotic pathway. Hence, Mitf is a multifaceted regulator of UV-induced apoptosis in melanocytes.
