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α-melanocyte stimulating hormone inhibits tumour necrosis factor-α stimulated intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression in normal cutaneous human melanocytes and in melanoma cell lines

par Hedley, S J;Gawkrodger, D J;Weetman, A P;Morandini, R;Boeynaems, Jean-Marie ;Ghanem, Ghanem Elias ;Neil, S M
Référence British journal of dermatology, 138, 3, page (536-543)
Publication Publié, 1998-03

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alpha-Melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) was found significantly to reduce tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) stimulated upregulation of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) in normal adult cutaneous melanocytes. The maximum inhibitory response to alpha-MSH was obtained at around 10(-10) mol/L alpha-MSH when cells were coincubated with alpha-MSH and TNF-alpha for 24 h. alpha-MSH had little or no effect on basal ICAM-1 expression in melanocytes and the effects of alpha-MSH could be mimicked with 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX). Preliminary data in three human melanoma cell lines also showed alpha-MSH and forskolin to be effective in significantly reducing TNF-alpha stimulated ICAM-1 expression over 24 h. The extent of the inhibition varied from cell line to cell line and was greatest in those cells with the highest number of alpha-MSH receptors. These data suggest that alpha-MSH has the ability to oppose the action of the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-alpha on melanocytes and melanoma cells.