首页|Intracellular oxidation of methyl p-coumarate is involved in anti-melanogenic and cytotoxic activities against melanoma cells
Intracellular oxidation of methyl p-coumarate is involved in anti-melanogenic and cytotoxic activities against melanoma cells
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NSTL
Elsevier
? 2022 Phytochemical Society of EuropeTyrosinase-catalyzed L-tyrosine oxidation is a key step in melanogenesis, and intense melanin formation is often a problem in chemotherapies or food preservation. Methyl p-coumarate is isolated from fresh flower of medicinal plant, Trixis michuacana var longifolia (D. Dow) C., and it suppressed melanogenesis in cultured murine B16-F10 melanoma cells while p-coumaric acid did not show anti-melanogenic activity. Methyl p-coumarate exhibited cytotoxicity with an IC50 of 130 μM (23.2 μg/mL), and p-coumaric acid showed similar activity, but to a lesser extent, suggesting that the anti-melanogenic activity of methyl p-coumarate is at least due to the melanocytotoxicity. This cytotoxicity of methyl p-coumarate was reduced in a dose-dependent manner by ascorbic acid but not with butylated hydroxyanisole. Moreover, methyl 4-methoxycinnamate, which lacks the oxidizable phenolic hydroxyl group, still exhibited comparable cytotoxicity to methyl p-coumarate. In addition, anethole did not show noticeable cytotoxicity, indicating that the enone moiety is an essential element in eliciting melanocytotoxicity. Thus, the enone moiety in methyl p-coumarate is a biologically critical nucleophilic group as a Michael reaction acceptor contributing to the anti-melanogenic activity and cytotoxicity against melanoma cells.
NSTL
Elsevier
