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Arsenic-mediated hyperpigmentation in skin via NF-kappa B/endothelin-1 signaling in an originally developed hairless mouse model
Ist Teil von
Archives of toxicology, 2017-11, Vol.91 (11), p.3507-3516
Ort / Verlag
Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
Quelle
SpringerLink
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Chronic exposure to arsenic is associated with various diseases in humans. Skin hyperpigmentation is the most sensitive objective symptom for patients with arsenicosis. However, there is very limited information about the mechanism of arsenic-mediated skin hyperpigmentation in vivo. In this study,
hairless
homozygous mice (
Hr/Hr
-mice) that drank water containing 3 and 30 µM arsenic for 2 months developed skin hyperpigmentation with increased levels of arsenic and number of melanocytes in the skin. Since it is possible for humans to be exposed to 3 µM of arsenic in well drinking water, our results suggest that the
Hr/Hr
-mice could be a novel model sensitively reflecting arsenic-mediated skin hyperpigmentation. We then analyzed the mechanism of arsenic-mediated skin hyperpigmentation. The epidermis of
Hr/Hr
-mice and human HaCaT skin keratinocytes exposed to arsenic for 2 and 4 months, respectively, showed 5.4–21.5-fold increased levels of endothelin-1 (ET-1) expression via NF-kappa B activation. Coexposure of primary normal human epithelial melanocytes to arsenic and ET-1 activated their proliferation and melanin synthesis with increased levels of MITF-M and ET-1 receptor expression. Our results suggest that interaction between keratinocytes and melanocytes in the skin through ET-1 and its receptor contributes to arsenic-mediated skin pigmentation, a hallmark of arsenicosis.