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标题：Lactobacillus helveticus-Fermented Milk Whey Suppresses Melanin Production by Inhibiting Tyrosinase through Decreasing MITF Expression
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作者：Nobutomo Ikarashi ; Natsuko Fukuda ; Makiba Ochiai 等
期刊名称：Nutrients
电子版ISSN：2072-6643
出版年度：2020
卷号：12
期号：7
页码：2082-2092
DOI：10.3390/nu12072082
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Whey obtained from milk fermented by the Lactobacillus helveticus CM4 strain (LHMW) has been shown to improve skin barrier function and increase skin-moisturizing factors. In this study, we investigated the effects of LHMW on melanin production to explore the additional impacts of LHMW on the skin. We treated mouse B16 melanoma cells with α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) alone or simultaneously with LHMW and measured the amount of melanin. The amount of melanin in B16 cells treated with α-MSH significantly increased by 2-fold compared with that in control cells, and tyrosinase activity was also elevated. Moreover, treatment with LHMW significantly suppressed the increase in melanin content and elevation of tyrosinase activity due to α-MSH. LHMW also suppressed the α-MSH-induced increased expression of tyrosinase, tyrosinase-related protein 1 (TRP1), and dopachrome tautomerase (DCT) at the protein and mRNA levels. Furthermore, the mRNA and protein microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) expression levels were significantly increased with treatment with α-MSH alone, which were also suppressed by LHMW addition. LHMW suppression of melanin production is suggested to involve inhibition of the expression of the tyrosinase gene family by lowering the MITF expression level. LHMW may have promise as a material for cosmetics with expected clinical application in humans.
关键词：whey; Lactobacillus helveticus ; melanin; α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone; tyrosinase; tyrosinase-related protein 1; dopachrome tautomerase; microphthalmia-associated transcription factor; cosmetics whey ; Lactobacillus helveticus ; melanin ; α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone ; tyrosinase ; tyrosinase-related protein 1 ; dopachrome tautomerase ; microphthalmia-associated transcription factor ; cosmetics