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Pathogenic and therapeutic role for NRF2 signaling in ultraviolet light–induced skin pigmentation
Michelle L. Kerns, … , Anna L. Chien, Sewon Kang
Michelle L. Kerns, … , Anna L. Chien, Sewon Kang
Published October 1, 2020
Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2020;5(20):e139342. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.139342.
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Research Article Dermatology

Pathogenic and therapeutic role for NRF2 signaling in ultraviolet light–induced skin pigmentation

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Abstract

Mottled skin pigmentation and solar lentigines from chronic photodamage with aging involve complex interactions between keratinocytes and melanocytes. However, the precise signaling mechanisms that could serve as therapeutic targets are unclear. Herein, we report that expression of nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2 (NRF2), which regulates reduction-oxidation reactions, is altered in solar lentigines and photodamaged skin. Moreover, mottled skin pigmentation in humans could be treated with topical application of the NRF2 inducer sulforaphane (SF). Similarly, UV light–induced pigmentation of WT mouse ear skin could be treated or prevented with SF treatment. Conversely, SF treatment was unable to reduce UV-induced ear skin pigmentation in mice deficient in NRF2 or in mice with keratinocyte-specific conditional deletion of IL-6Rα. Taken together, NRF2 and IL-6Rα signaling are involved in the pathogenesis of UV-induced skin pigmentation, and specific enhancement of NRF2 signaling could represent a potential therapeutic target.

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Michelle L. Kerns, Robert J. Miller, Momina Mazhar, Angel S. Byrd, Nathan K. Archer, Bret L. Pinkser, Lance Lew, Carly A. Dillen, Ruizhi Wang, Lloyd S. Miller, Anna L. Chien, Sewon Kang

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