Yu Jung Park , Hee Jin Jung , Min Kyung Kang , Jieun Lee , Dahye Yoon , Hye Soo Park , Hye Jin Kim , Ga Young Kim , Dongwan Kang , Yujin Park , Hae Young Chung , Hyung Ryong Moon
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Abstract
Tyrosinase is a metalloenzyme that contains copper(II) ions. We designed and synthesized eight known low-molecular-weight 2-mercaptobenzoxazole (2-MBO) analogs as tyrosinase inhibitors. Our focus was on the mercapto functional group, which interacts with copper ions. Analogs 1–3 exhibited mushroom tyrosinase inhibitory activity at the nanomolar level and demonstrated strong potency with extremely low half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values of 80–90 nM for l-dopa and 100–240 nM for l-tyrosine. Analogs 2, 4, and 5 showed the most potent anti-melanogenic effects in B16F10 cells, and their mode of action was demonstrated by kinetic analysis. Their anti-melanogenic effects were similar to the tyrosinase inhibition results, suggesting that their anti-melanogenic effects could be attributed to their tyrosinase inhibitory ability. Experiments using copper-chelating activity assays and changes in tyrosinase inhibitory activity with and without CuSO4 demonstrated that 2-MBO analogs inhibit tyrosinase activity by chelating the copper ions of tyrosinase. In conclusion, the 2-MBO analogs show potential as anti-melanogenic agents with potent tyrosinase inhibitory activity.
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