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Schallreuter, K.U.* ; Wood, J.M.* ; Pittelkow, M.R.* ; Gütlich, M. ; Lemke, K.R.* ; Rödl, W. ; Swanson, N.N.* ; Hitzemann, K.* ; Ziegler, I.

Regulation of melanin biosynthesis in the human epidermis by tetrahydrobiopterin.

Science 263, 1444-1446 (1994)

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The participation of (6R) 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (6-BH4) in regulating the tyrosine supply for melanin biosynthesis was investigated by the examination of human keratinocytes, melanocytes, and epidermal suction blisters from normal human skin and from patients with the depigmentation disorder vitiligo. Cells, as well as total epidermis, contained high phenylalanine hydroxylase activities and also displayed the capacity to synthesize and recycle 6-BH4, the essential cofactor for this enzyme in vitiligo, 4a-hydroxy-BH4 dehydratase activity was extremely low or absent, yielding an accumulation of the nonenzymatic by-product 7-tetrahydrobiopterin (7-BH4) at concentrations up to 8 x 10-6 M in the epidermis. This by- product is a potent competitive inhibitor in the phenylalanine hydroxylase reaction with an inhibition constant of 10-6 M. Thus, 6-BH4 seems to control melanin biosynthesis in the human epidermis, whereas 7-BH4 may initiate depigmentation in patients with vitiligo.

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