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Vitiligo, an acquired pigmentary disorder of the skin, is characterized by a chronic and progressive loss of melanocyte from the epidermis and follicular reservoir. Growth factor of surrounding cells impacted on melanocytes survival. In this study, lower level of IGF-1 in the lesion was found than that in the donor area of vitiligo patients. IGF-1 improved activation of Nrf2, and inhibited ROS generation and endoplasmic reticulum dilation in HaCaT. C57BL/6 mice were treated with 5% HO, and combined with 50 μg/kg of IGF-1 pre-treatment or not once every day for 50 consecutive days. After 50 days, IGF-1 obviously ameliorated depigmentation of mice skin and reduced hair follicle length, skin thickness and Tyrosinase induced by HO Moreover, IGF-1 significantly suppressed CD8 T cells infiltration in mice skin, inhibited the production of IL-2 and IFN-γ, and decreased the expression of CXCL10 and CXCR3. Thus, the results indicated that IGF-1 could resist oxidative damage to HaCaT, suppress CD8 T cells infiltration and pro-inflammatory cytokines secretion, and suppresses the thinning of epidermal layer in vivo. It suggests that IGF-1 inhibits oxidative damage to HaCaT and immunosuppressive effects on CD8 T cells proliferation and activation to resist depigmentation induced by HO. This disclosed its multiple roles in the vitiligo, and shed a light on developing the application potential for IGF-1 in vitiligo.
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Histol Histopathol
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Center for Experimental Teaching, School of Pharmacy, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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