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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Lecithin-Based Dermal Drug Delivery for Anti-Pigmentation Maize Ceramide.

Kazuhiro Kagotani, Hiroko Nakayama, Liqing Zang, Yuki Fujimoto, Akihito Hayashi, Ryoji Sono, Norihiro Nishimura, Yasuhito Shimada

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kazuhiro KagotaniTsuji Health & Beauty Science Laboratory, Mie University, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Hiroko NakayamaZebrafish Drug Screening Center, Mie University, Mie 514-8507, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7335-6428
Liqing ZangZebrafish Drug Screening Center, Mie University, Mie 514-8507, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6936-795X
Yuki FujimotoTsuji Oil Mills Co., Ltd., Matsusaka, Mie 515-0053, Japan.
Akihito HayashiTsuji Oil Mills Co., Ltd., Matsusaka, Mie 515-0053, Japan.
Ryoji SonoTsuji Oil Mills Co., Ltd., Matsusaka, Mie 515-0053, Japan.
Norihiro NishimuraZebrafish Drug Screening Center, Mie University, Mie 514-8507, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9866-4013
Yasuhito ShimadaZebrafish Drug Screening Center, Mie University, Mie 514-8507, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4111-8262
Mie University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ceramides have several well-known biological properties, including anti-pigmentation and anti-melanogenesis, which make them applicable for use in skincare products in cosmetics. However, the efficacy of ceramides is still limited. Dermal or transdermal drug delivery systems can enhance the anti-pigmentation properties of ceramides, although there is currently no systemic evaluation method for the efficacy of these systems. Here we prepared several types of lecithin-based emulsion of maize-derived glucosylceramide, determining PC70-ceramide (phosphatidylcholine-base) to be the safest and most effective anti-pigmentation agent using zebrafish larvae. We also demonstrated the efficacy of PC70 as a drug delivery system by showing that PC70-Nile Red (red fluorescence) promoted Nile Red accumulation in the larval bodies. In addition, PC70-ceramide suppressed melanin in mouse B16 melanoma cells compared to ceramide alone. In conclusion, we developed a lecithin-based dermal delivery method for ceramide using zebrafish larvae with implications for human clinical use.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAnimalsCeramidesDrug CarriersLecithinsMelanoma, ExperimentalMicePigmentationSkin PigmentationZea maysZebrafishCeramidesDrug CarriersLecithinscone ceramidein vivo imagingzebrafish screening

Identifiers

PMID32244349
PMCPMC7180834
OpenAlexW3015012287

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