Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, volume 17, issue 5, pages 232-237
Ectoin: An Effective Natural Substance to Prevent UVA-Induced Premature Photoaging
J. Buenger
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H. Driller
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Merck KGaA, Pigments Cosmetics Actives, Business Unit Cosmetics, Research and Development, Darmstadt, Germany.
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Merck KGaA, Pigments Cosmetics Actives, Business Unit Cosmetics, Research and Development, Darmstadt, Germany
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Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2004-09-24
Journal:
Skin Pharmacology and Physiology
scimago Q2
SJR: 0.623
CiteScore: 5.2
Impact factor: 2.8
ISSN: 16605527, 16605535
PubMed ID:
15452409
General Medicine
Pharmacology
Physiology
Dermatology
Abstract
With the help of a new ‘UVA stress model’, it was shown that Ectoin protects the skin from the effects of UVA-induced cell damage in a number of different ways. Using cell cultures, high-performance thin-layer chromatography, gel electrophoresis mobility shift assays, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, ion exchange chromatography and UV spectroscopy, it was demonstrated that the UVA-induced second messenger release, transcription factor AP-2 activation, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression and mitochondrial DNA mutation could be prevented. The results obtained clearly demonstrate that Ectoin counteracts the effects of UVA-induced and accelerated skin aging at different cell levels.
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