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Effect of dicarboxylic acids on normal human melanocytes in dispersed tissue culture.

Abstract
Since dicarboxylic acids are competitive inhibitors of tyrosinase, and effective in treatment of hyperpigmentary disorders, such as chloasma and lentigo maligna, probably due to a cytotoxic effect on abnormal melanocytes, it is of interest to examine their effect on normal melanocytes in tissue culture. Azelaic or dodecandioic acids were added (150-200 micrograms/ml) to dispersed cultures of epidermal cells, and melanocytes were examined by electron microscopy after 7, 10, 15, 20 and 30 days. Apart from a stimulation of melanogenesis, the presence of dicarboxylic acids in the culture medium caused no detectable damage to melanocytes, nor did they prevent growth of a second generation of cells.
AuthorsA S Breathnach, B Martin, M Nazzaro Porro, S Passi, P Mann, J Cooper, G Morpurgo
JournalThe British journal of dermatology (Br J Dermatol) Vol. 101 Issue 6 Pg. 641-9 (Dec 1979) ISSN: 0007-0963 [Print] England
PMID534609 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Dicarboxylic Acids
Topics
  • Culture Techniques
  • Dicarboxylic Acids (pharmacology)
  • Epidermal Cells
  • Epidermis (drug effects)
  • Humans
  • Melanocytes (drug effects, ultrastructure)
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Mitosis (drug effects)
  • Time Factors

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