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Phototoxic Effect of Oxytetracycline on Normal Human Melanocytes

Phototoxic Effect of Oxytetracycline on Normal Human Melanocytes

Jakub Rok, Dorota Wrześniok, Artur Beberok, Michał Otręba, Marcin Delijewski, Ewa Buszman

Toxicol In Vitro. 2018 Apr;48:26-32.

PMID: 29248593

Abstract:

Oxytetracycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic, used in dermatology and veterinary medicine. Like other tetracyclines, it may evoke skin phototoxic reactions related to generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Melanins are biopolymers synthesised in melanocytes - highly specialised cells, localised in the basal layer of epidermis. Production of melanin is a defence mechanism against harmful effects of UV radiation, ROS and many chemical substances, including drugs. In the present study the influence of oxytetracycline and UVA radiation on darkly pigmented melanocytes viability, the melanogenesis process and the activity of antioxidant enzymes were analysed. The obtained results show that oxytetracycline decreases cell viability in a dose-dependent manner. It has also been stated that UVA radiation as well as simultaneous exposure to oxytetracycline and UVA radiation reduce melanocytes viability. The tested drug alone exhibits little effect on antioxidant enzymes activity and has no influence on the synthesis of melanin. However, simultaneous exposure of the cells to oxytetracycline and UVA radiation causes an increase of SOD and GPx activity, a decrease of CAT activity as well as stimulates melanogenesis. The obtained results suggest that phototoxicity of oxytetracycline towards normal human melanocytes depends on both time of UVA exposure and the drug concentration.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP6153646	Oxytetracycline		6153-64-6	Price

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