Effect of fluoroquinolones on melanogenesis in normal human melanocytes HEMn-DP : a comparative in vitro study

PURPOSE: Fluoroquinolones are one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics. However, their use is often connected with high risk of phototoxic reactions that lead to various skin or eye disorders. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of ciprofloxacin, lomefloxacin, moxifloxacin and fluoroquinolone derivatives with different phototoxic potential, on the viability and melanogenesis in melanocytes.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Normal human epidermal melanocytes, dark pigmented (HEMn-DP) were used as an in vitro model system. The effect of the tested antibiotics on cell viability and melanization in pigmented cells was investigated using a spectrophotometric method. The WST-1 assay was used to detect the cytotoxic effect of antibiotics.

RESULTS: Ciprofloxacin, lomefloxacin and moxifloxacin induced the concentration-dependent loss in melanocytes viability. The values of EC50 for the tested fluoroquinolone derivatives were found to be 2.0 mM for ciprofloxacin, 0.51 mM for lomefloxacin and 0.27 mM for moxifloxacin. The exposure of cells to different concentrations of the analyzed drugs resulted in decrease in melanin content and tyrosinase activity. The highest decrease was observed for lomefloxacin which may explain its high phototoxic potential in vivo. The role of melanin in the mechanism of the toxicity of fluoroquinolones was discussed and the obtained results were compared with the previously obtained data concerning light-pigmented melanocytes (HEMa-LP).

CONCLUSIONS: The results obtained in vitro suggest that the phototoxic potential of fluoroquinolones in vivo depends on specific drug-melanin interaction, the ability of drugs to affect melanogenesis as well as on the degree of melanocytes pigmentation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Cutaneous and ocular toxicology - 36(2017), 2 vom: 15. Juni, Seite 169-175

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Beberok, Artur [VerfasserIn]
Wrześniok, Dorota [VerfasserIn]
Rzepka, Zuzanna [VerfasserIn]
Rok, Jakub [VerfasserIn]
Delijewski, Marcin [VerfasserIn]
Otręba, Michał [VerfasserIn]
Respondek, Michalina [VerfasserIn]
Buszman, Ewa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Ciprofloxacin
Comparative Study
EC 1.14.18.1
Fluoroquinolones
Journal Article
L6BR2WJD8V
Lomefloxacin
Melanin
Melanins
Melanocytes
Monophenol Monooxygenase
Moxifloxacin
Tyrosinase activity
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Date Completed 11.07.2017

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/15569527.2016.1229674

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM263856704