Age‐related changes in pro‐opiomelanocortin (POMC) and related receptors in human epidermis
- 2 July 2010
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cosmetic Science
- Vol. 32 (4), 266-275
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2494.2009.00569.x
Abstract
Much effort has been placed in cosmetic research for better understanding of the effects of ageing on skin's appearance, structure, mechanical properties and function. It is now of common knowledge that UV radiations induce pre-mature skin ageing notably in the epidermis where UV radiations induce keratinocyte differentiation. As UV radiations have also been shown to regulate the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) peptide family in the skin and because no study has been conducted so far to investigate the age-related changes in POMC and related receptors, we analysed POMC, MC-1R, MC-2R and MOR-1 at mRNA level and MC-1R, MC-2R and MOR-1 at protein level too in primary cultures of normal human keratinocytes obtained from female donors aged from 17 to 75 years old. Regarding the gene expressions, we observed that MC-1R, MC-2R and MOR-1 suffered a dramatic decrease after 50 years of age, whereas POMC increased five-fold. Western blot analysis confirmed these results except for MOR-1 whose expression appeared to decrease at older age, around 70 years old. Immunostainings specific to MC-1R, MC-2R and MOR-1 performed on full-thickness skin biopsies also revealed an intense staining in the basal and spinous layers of a 30-year-old donor, whereas no reactivity could be observed in a 60-year-old one. We conclude that POMC and POMC-related receptors suffer a dramatically disturbed balance with ageing and that this may be implicated in the general process of skin ageing.Keywords
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