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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Low-Temperature Argon Plasma Regulates Skin Moisturizing and Melanogenesis-Regulating Markers through Yes-Associated Protein.

Hae-Young Kim, Gaurav Agrahari, Min Jung Lee, Lee-Jung Tak, Won-Kook Ham, Tae-Yoon Kim

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hae-Young KimDepartment of Dermato-Immunology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea.
Gaurav AgrahariDepartment of Dermato-Immunology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0407-7083
Min Jung LeeDepartment of Dermato-Immunology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea.
Lee-Jung TakDepartment of Dermato-Immunology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea.
Won-Kook HamDepartment of Dermato-Immunology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea.
Tae-Yoon KimDepartment of Dermato-Immunology, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea.
Catholic University of Korea · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2016M3A9B6903020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extensive water loss and melanin hyperproduction can cause various skin disorders. Low-temperature argon plasma (LTAP) has shown the possibility of being used for the treatment of various skin diseases, such as atopic dermatitis and skin cancer. However, the role of LTAP in regulating skin moisturizing and melanogenesis has not been investigated. In this study, we aimed to determine the effect of LTAP on yes-associated protein (YAP), a major transcriptional coactivator in the Hippo signaling pathway that is involved in skin moisturizing and melanogenesis-regulating markers. In normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEKs), the human epidermal keratinocyte line HaCaT, and human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs), we found that LTAP exhibited increased expression levels of YAP protein. In addition, the expression levels of filaggrin (FLG), which is involved in natural moisturizing factors (NMFs), and hyaluronic acid synthase (HAS), transglutaminase (TGM), and involucrin (IVL), which regulate skin barrier and moisturizing, were also increased after exposure to LTAP. Furthermore, collagen type I alpha 1 and type III alpha 1 (COL1A1, COL3A1) were increased after LTAP exposure, but the expression level of matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) was reduced. Moreover, LTAP was found to suppress alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH)-induced melanogenesis in murine melanoma B16F10 cells and normal human melanocytes (NHEMs). LTAP regulates melanogenesis of the melanocytes through decreased YAP pathway activation in a melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R)-dependent manner. Taken together, our data show that LTAP regulates skin moisturizing and melanogenesis through modulation of the YAP pathway, and the effect of LTAP on the expression level of YAP varies from cell to cell. Thus, LTAP might be developed as a treatment method to improve the skin barrier, moisture content, and wrinkle formation, and to reduce melanin generation.

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducingalpha-MSHAnimalsArgonCell LineCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedCollagen Type I, alpha 1 ChainFilaggrin ProteinsHumansKeratinocytesMelaninsMelanocytesMicePlasma GasesReceptor, Melanocortin, Type 1Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducingalpha-MSHArgonCOL1A1 protein, humanCollagen Type I, alpha 1 ChainFilaggrin ProteinsFLG protein, humanMelaninsPlasma GasesReceptor, Melanocortin, Type 1Transcription FactorsYAP1 protein, humanYAP-Signaling Proteinslow-temperature argon plasmamelanogenesismelanomaskin barrierskin moisturizingyes-associated protein

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PMID33672928
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