title: alpha-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone, MSH 11-13 KPV and adrenocorticotropic hormone signalling in human keratinocyte cells.
abstract: alpha-MSH signals by binding to the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC-1R) and elevating cyclic AMP in several different cells. The anti-inflammatory properties of this peptide are also believed to be cyclic AMP dependent. The carboxyl terminal tripeptides of alpha-MSH (KPV / KP-D-V) are the smallest minimal sequences reported to prevent inflammation but it is not known if they operate via MC-1R or cyclic AMP. The aim of this study was to examine the intracellular signalling of key MSH and ACTH peptides in human keratinotocytes. No elevation in cyclic AMP was detected in either HaCaT or normal human keratinocytes in response to alpha-MSH, KPV or ACTH peptides. Rapid and acute intracellular calcium, however, were observed in HaCaT keratinocytes in response to alpha-MSH (10(-15)-10(-7) M), KPV (10(-15)-10(-7) M), KP-D-V (10(-15)-10(-7) M) and ACTH (10(-15)-10(-7) M), but only in the presence of PIA, an adenosine agonist that inhibits the cyclic AMP pathway. Normal keratinocytes responded to all the above peptides but in addition responded to ACTH 1-17 (10(-13)-10(-7) M) in contrast to the HaCaT keratinocytes. Stable transfection of Chinese hamster ovary cells with the MC-1 receptor showed that alpha-MSH and the KPV peptides elevated intracellular calcium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Marika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: E Helen
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacNeil
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Haycock
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000502:physiology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D044102:Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000521:alpha-MSH / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D044102:Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1; D000521:alpha-MSH; C043156:MSH (11-13); D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase; D002118:Calcium