PUBLICATION
The Great Capacity on Promoting Melanogenesis of Three Compatible Components in Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd.
- Authors
- Lai, Y., Feng, Q., Zhang, R., Shang, J., Zhong, H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-210501-18
- Date
- 2021
- Source
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(8): (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- ROS, butin, caffeic acid, inflammatory, luteolin, melanogenesis, synergistic effect, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology
- Benzopyrans/pharmacology
- Caffeic Acids/pharmacology
- Cell Death/drug effects
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Disease Models, Animal
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Inflammation/pathology
- Luteolin/pharmacology
- Melanins/biosynthesis*
- Melanins/genetics
- Melanoma, Experimental/pathology
- Phenotype
- Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
- Reproducibility of Results
- Vernonia/chemistry*
- Zebrafish/genetics
- PubMed
- 33920793 Full text @ Int. J. Mol. Sci.
Citation
Lai, Y., Feng, Q., Zhang, R., Shang, J., Zhong, H. (2021) The Great Capacity on Promoting Melanogenesis of Three Compatible Components in Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd.. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(8):.
Abstract
To investigate a possible methodology of exploiting herbal medicine and design polytherapy for the treatment of skin depigmentation disorder, we have made use of Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd., a traditional Chinese herbal medicine that has been proven to be effective in treating vitiligo. Here, we report that the extract of Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd. effectively enhances melanogenesis responses in B16F10. In its compound library, we found three ingredients (butin, caffeic acid and luteolin) also have the activity of promoting melanogenesis in vivo and in vitro. They can reduce the accumulation of ROS induced by hydrogen peroxide and inflammatory response induced by sublethal concentrations of copper sulfate in wild type and green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labeled leukocytes zebrafish larvae. The overall objective of the present study aims to identify which compatibility proportions of the medicines may be more effective in promoting pigmentation. We utilized the D-optimal response surface methodology to optimize the ratio among three molecules. Combining three indicators of promoting melanogenesis, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant capacities, we get the best effect of butin, caffeic acid and luteolin at the ratio (butin:caffeic acid:luteolin = 7.38:28.30:64.32) on zebrafish. Moreover, the effect of melanin content recovery in the best combination is stronger than that of the monomer, which suggests that the three compounds have a synergistic effect on inducing melanogenesis. After simply verifying the result, we performed in situ hybridization on whole-mount zebrafish embryos to further explore the effects of multi-drugs combination on the proliferation and differentiation of melanocytes and the expression of genes (tyr, mitfa, dct, kit) related to melanin synthesis. In conclusion, the above three compatible compounds can significantly enhance melanogenesis and improve depigmentation in vivo.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping