Temporal resolution of melanogenesis determine fatty acid metabolism as key skin pigment regulator
Gokhale, R. S.; Sultan, F.; BASU, R.; Murthy, D.; KOCHAR, M.; ATTRI, K. S.; AGGARWAL, A.; Kumari, P.; DNYANE, P.; Singh, A.; Gadgil, C. J.; Bhavesh, N. S.; singh, P. K.; Natarajan, V.
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Therapeutic methods to modulate skin pigmentation has important implications for skin cancer prevention and for treating meta-inflammatory-triggered cutaneous conditions. Modulators of cAMP signalling of melanocyte have met with minimal clinical efficacy. Towards defining new potential targets, we followed temporal dynamics orchestrating melanocyte differentiation by using a cell-autonomous pigmentation model. Our study elucidates three dominant phases of synchronized metabolic and transcriptional reprogramming. The induction phase is concomitant with a paradoxical decrease in MITF levels, reduced proliferation, and increased anabolic metabolism mediated by AKT phosphorylation. The melanogenic phase shows rapid uptake of glucose and fatty acid, transiently forming lipid droplets through SREBF1-mediated regulation of fatty acid metabolism. This heightened bioenergetic activity impairs mitochondria and the recovery phase is marked by a shift to aerobic glycolysis and activation of the NRF2 detoxication pathway. Finally, we show that inhibitors of lipid metabolism indeed resolve hyper-pigmentary conditions in a guinea pig UV-tanning model. Our studies reveal metabolic control mechanisms of melanocytes that could govern the balance between differentiation and proliferation in a variety of cutaneous diseases.
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