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It is now generally agreed that solar exposure is a major external factor in the causation of cutaneous melanoma in light skinned populations with red hair and a marked susceptibility to the acute effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. In the present study, we investigated the existence of a
OBJECTIVE
Clinical experience has shown that red haired, fair-skinned people have an increased frequency of skin cancer and in addition a relatively high content of pheomelanin and low content of eumelanin in their skin. Of these, eumelanin is presumed photoprotective, and pheomelanin phototoxic.
BACKGROUND
Erythropoietic protoporphyria, the second most common type of the cutaneous porphyrias, is due to an enzymatic deficiency of ferrochelatase, the last enzyme in heme biosynthesis. The enzyme defect leads to an accumulation of protoporphyrin IX in erythrocytes and an elevated excretion of
The human skin is submitted to solar, essentially ultraviolet radiation (UVR), aggressions, and develops, for sufficient doses, erythema and pigmentation. The individual sun-sensitivity depends on the nature and the quantity of melanins present in the epidermis. These parameters are inherited as
A highly sensitive, easy-to-perform method for melanin analysis in pigmented tissues based on alkaline hydrogen peroxide degradation has been developed and accomplishes simultaneous determination of eumelanins and pheomelanins. Pyrrole-2,3,5- tricarboxylic acid, the typical eumelanin marker, was
OBJECTIVE
Skin melanin content is an important indicator for ascertaining the pathology of skin pigmentation diseases, but its analysis necessitates a biopsy or other means of collecting tissue, posing a considerable burden to the patient, and making it difficult to observe how a given skin site
Pheomelanin is a pink to red version of melanin pigment deposited in skin and hair. Due to its bright colour, pheomelanin plays a crucial function in signalling, in particular sexual signalling. However, production of pheomelanin, as opposed to its dark alternative, eumelanin, bears costs in terms
About 1-2% of European population are redheaded, meaning they synthesize more pheomelanin than eumelanin, the main melanin pigment in humans. Several mutations could be responsible for this phenotype. It has been suggested that corresponding mutations spread in Europe due to a founder effect shaped
Oxidative stress could be a key selective force shaping the expression of colored traits produced by the primary animal pigments in integuments: carotenoids and melanins. However, the impact of oxidative stress on melanic ornaments has only recently been explored, whereas its role in the expression