Structural analysis of the cell membrane complex in the human hair cuticle using microbeam X-ray diffraction: relationship with the effects of hair dyeing.
This article deals with the structure of the cell membrane complex (CMC) in the human hair cuticle. The microbeam X-ray provided a pattern of small-angle scattering from the CMC in the cuticle with no sample preparations, including slicing and pre-staining of hair. The thickness of the beta- and delta-layers, substructure in CMC, was estimated by analysis of the scattering pattern. We used hair samples extracted with several solvents, and found that solvent extraction changed the thickness of the beta- and delta-layers in a manner dependent on the type of solvent. Extraction of hair with solvent was also shown to have effects on the extent of dyeing. There was a high correlation between the extent of dyeing and the thickness of the delta-layer, i.e., a thin layer tended to show a high amount of dyeing, whereas there was no significant correlation between the thickness of the beta-layer and the extent of dyeing.
Inoue
Takafumi
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Basic Research Laboratory, Kanebo Cosmetics, Inc., 5-3-28 Kotobuki-cho, Odawara, 250-0002, Japan.
Iwamoto
Yoshimichi
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Ohta
Noboru
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Inoue
Katuaki
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Yagi
Naoto
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D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006202:Hair Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D053838:Scattering, Small Angle; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D006202:Hair Dyes