Volume 1, Number 1 July / August 1987
1 Introductory Remarks From the Editor. Joseph T Bagnara
3 Remarks Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, First President, International Pigment Cell Society
5 Review Article - Biology of Melanoma Invasion and Metastasis. Lance A. Liotta, Raouf Guirguis, and Mary Stracke
16 Invasive Characteristics of Neural Crest Cells In Vitro. Kurt R. Gehlsen and Mary J. C. Hendrix
22 Identification and Quantification of Subsets of Mononuclear Inflammatory Cells in Melanocytic and Other Human Tumors. Mark S. Nestor and Alistair J Cochran
28 Differentiation of Neural Crest Cells of Xenopus laevis in Clonal Culture. Eiichiro Akira and Hiroyuki Ide
37 Effects of Exogenous Guanosine on Chromatophore Differentiation in the Axolotl. Sally K. Frost, Scott J Robinson, Mary Kay Carson, Solveig Thorsteinsdottir, and James Giesler
44 Electron Microscopic Evidence for Stimulation of Melanosomal Maturation by Lysosomotropic Agents and Monensin in Cultured B16 Mouse Melanoma Cells. Atsushi Oikawa, Hisaaki Saeki, Toyoko Akiyama, and Jiro Matsumoto
51 Distal Retinal Pigment of the Fiddler Crab, Uca pugilator: Release of the Dark-Adapting Hormone by Methionine Enkephalin and FMRFamide. Gunderao K. Kulkarni and Milton Fingerman
57 Calcium-Dependent Irreversible Effect of Ionophore A23187 on Melanophores. Mac E. Hadley
Volume 1, Number 2 September / October 1987
65 Review Article - Permeabilized Cell Models for the Study of Granule Transport in Pigment Cells. Manfred Schliwa
69 Further Evidence That the Pigment in the Dubin-Johnson Syndrome Is Not Melanin. H.M. Swartz, K. Chen, and J.A. Roth
76 RNA and DNA in Melanosomes of Hamster Melanoma. Eliška Vedralová, Jirí Duchon, and Petr Hach
81 Ability of Melanins to Protect Against the Radiolysis of Thymine and Thymidine. Helene Z. Hill, Christine Huselton, Barbara Pilas, and George J. Hill
87 Collisional Spectroscopy in Structural Characterization of Melanins: I. A First Study on [C8H7ON]+• Ions Originating From Pyrolysis of Biosynthetic and Synthetic Tryptophan Melanins. Graziella Allegri, Monica Biasiolo, Giampietro Frison, Beatrice Pelli, and Pietro Traldi
94 Normal Uveal Melanocytes in Culture. Funan Hu, Dinah J. Teramura, and Kunie Mah
104 Theophylline Effects on Normal Uveal Melanocytes in Culture: An Ultrastructural Study. Funan Hu, Kunie Mah, and Dinah J. Teramura
111 Deficient Melanosome Formation in Some Coat-Color Mutant Mice Revealed by a Monoclonal Antibody Against Melanosome. Nobuaki Yanai and Takuji Takeuchi
118 Temporal Synthesis and Presentation of Antigens by Cultured B16 Melanoma Cells. Douglas M. Gersten, Terry M. Phillips, and Vincent J. Hearing
124 Median Effect and Long Term Recovery Analysis of Biological Modifier Interactions With Difluoromethylornithine on the Proliferation of Human Melanoma Cells. Marvin D. Bregman, Julie Buckmeier, Carole Funk, and Frank L. Meyskens, Jr.
129 Pteridines and Purines As Major Pigments of the Avian Iris. Lynn W. Oliphant
Volume 1, Number 3 November / December 1987
133 Review Article - Neuromelanin and its Possible Protective and Destructive Properties. Nils Gunnar Lindquist, Bengt S. Larsson, and Annika Lyden-Sokolowski
137 Phosphorylated Mixed Isomers of L-Dopa Increase Melanin Content in Skins of Skh-2 Pigmented Hairless Mice. Patricia Poh Agin, Robert M. Sayre, and John M. Pawelek
143 An Association of Melanophores Appearing at Metamorphosis as Vehicles of Asymmetric Skin Color Formation With Pigment Anomalies Developed Under Hatchery Conditions in the Japanese Flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus. Tadahisa Seikai, Jiro Matsumoto, Masumi Shimozaki, Atsushi Oikawa, and Toyoko Akiyama
152 Divisionistic Generation of Skin Hue and the Change of Shade in the Scalycheek Damselfish, Pomacentrus lepidogenys. Hiroaki Kasukawa and Noriko Oshima
163 Eumelanin Causes DNA Strand Breaks and Kills Cells. Helene Z. Hill and George J. Hill
171 Ultraweak Photon Emission in Model Reactions of the In Vitro Formation of Eumelanins and Pheomelanins. Danuta Slawinska and Janusz Slawinski
176 Inhibition of Tyrosinase Activity and Protein Synthesis in Melanoma Cells by Calcium Ionophore A23187. Bryan B. Fuller
181 Migration of Epidermal Melanophores to the Dermis Through the Basement Membrane During Metamorphosis in the Frog, Rana japonica. Masumi Yasutomi
188 Studies on Cellular Adhesion of Xenopus laevis Melanophores: Modulation of Cell-Cell and Cell-Substratum Adhesion In Vitro by Endogenous Xenopus Galactoside-Binding Lectin. Nadine C. Milos, H. Chris Wilson, Yan-Ling Ma, Thomas M. Mohanraj, and Yvette N. Frunchak
197 Melanophore Differentiation in the Periodic Albino Mutant of Xenopus laevis. Toshihiko Fukuzawa and Hiroyuki Ide
202 Observations on the Pigmentation of the Pigeon Iris. Lynn W. Oliphant
Volume 1, Number 4 January / February 1988
208 1st Meeting of the European Society For Pigment Cell Research, Sorrento, Italy, October 11 - 14, 1987
209 In Memoriam: Walter Weber 1923-1987. Martin Dambach and Joseph T Bagnara
210 Highlights of the First Meeting of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research. Giuseppe Prota and Joseph T Bagnara
211 Opening Remarks of the First Meeting of the ESPCR. Giuseppe Prota
214 Understanding Colors in Nature. Craig F. Bohren
223 Photo-Induced Events in the Human Melanocytic System: Photoaggression and Photoprotection. Jean-Pierre Cesarini
234 Extra-Cutaneous Melanin. A.S. Breathnach
238 Physiology and Pathophysiology of Inner Ear Melanin. A.M. Meyer zum Gottesberge
250 Biosynthesis and Function of Melanins in Hepatic Pigmentary System. Giovanni Sichel
259 Closing Remarks: The European Society for Pigment Cell Research. P.A. Riley
260 European Society for Pigment Cell Research - Abstracts
Volume 1, Number 5 March / April 1988
303 Ocular Pathology in the Minimally Depigmented Subline of the Vitiliginous Smyth Chicken. Raymond E. Boissy, Sally Gecks, J. Robert Smyth, Jr., and James J. Nordlund
315 Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Freeze-Fracture Replication of Normal Human Melanocytes and Human Melanoma Cells in Tissue Culture. A.S. Breathnach, H.C. Pätzold, E. J. Robins, Y.D. Bhasin, L. Ethridge, and M. Nazzaro-Porro
326 Analysis and Quantification of Pheomelanins by Radioimmunoassay. Ago B. Ahene, Miles R. Chedekel, Walter H. Koch, and Walter Maldonado
332 Assays for Mammalian Tyrosinase: A Comparative Study. Jose R. Jara, Francisco Solano, and Jose A. Lozano
340 Tyrosinase Protein Is Expressed Also in Some Neural Crest Derived Cells Which Are Not Melanocytes. Pavel Haninec and Jiri Vachtenheim
344 Exploring the Evolutionary History of Melanin-Concentrating and Melanin-Stimulating Hormone Receptors on Melanophores: Neopterygian (Holostean) and Chondrostean Fishes. Wade C. Sherbrooke and Mac E. Hadley
350 Inhibition of UV Radiation-Induced DNA Damage by a 5-Methoxypsoralen Tan in Human Skin. Antony R. Young, Christopher S. Potten, Caroline A. Chadwick, Gillian M. Murphy, and A. Jeffrey Cohen
355 13C Solid-State Cross Polarization/Magic-Angle-Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Natural and Synthetic Melanins. Silvio Aime and Pier Raimondo Crippa
358 On the Formation and Degradation of Melanosomes in Smooth Muscle Cells: Electron Microscopic Investigation on the M. Sphincter Pupillae of the Rat. Peter Stanka, Gerhard Bargsten, and Bemd Sahlmann
361 Presence of Pteridine Pigments in Isolated Iridophores. Joseph T. Bagnara, Kristie L. Kreutzfeld, Philip J. Fernandez, and Allen C. Cohen
Volume 1, Number 6 May / June 1988
367 Review Article - Induction of Melanogenesis Suppression: Cellular Pharmacology and Mode of Differential Action. Yutaka Mishima, Susumu Hatta, Yasuaki Ohyama, and Mizuho Inazu
375 A Light-Sensitive Yellow Ommochrome Pigment From the House Fly. A. Bolognese, R. Liberatore, C. Piscitelli, and G. Scherillo
379 Initial Mushroom Tyrosinase-Catalysed Oxidation Product of 4-Hydroxyanisole is 4-Methoxy-Ortho-Benzoquinone. S. Naish, C. J. Cooksey, and P.A. Riley
382 Major Primary Cytotoxic Product of 4-Hydroxyanisole Oxidation by Mushroom Tyrosinase Is 4-Methoxy-Ortho-Benzoquinone. S. Naish, J. L. Holden, C. J. Cooksey, and P.A. Riley
386 Selective Cytotoxicity of Hydroquinone for Melanocyte-Derived Cells is Mediated by Tyrosinase Activity but Independent of Melanin Content. Christopher J. Smith, Kathryn B. O'Hare and John C. Allen
390 Melanocytic Carcinogenesis in Albino Guinea Pigs. Salvador Gomez, Vicente Vicente, Ma-Mar Ochotorena, and Antonio Hernandez-Gil
397 Ultraviolet Radiation Acts as an Independent Mitogen for Normal Human Melanocytes in Culture. Lester F. Libow, Sara Scheide, and Vincent A. DeLeo
402 Ultrastructural Changes Produced in Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma Cells by Ultraviolet-Visible Radiation in the Presence of Melanins. Peter J. Lea, Andrew Pawlowski, Suruj D. Persad, I. Aravind Menon, and Herbert F. Haberman
410 Pigment Types of Various Color Genotypes of Horses. D. Phillip Sponenberg, Shosuke Ito, Ludeman A. Eng, and Kay Schwink
414 Pigment Types in Sheep, Goats, and Llamas. D. Philip Sponenberg, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, and Ludeman A. Eng
419 Evaluation of Different Procedures for the Dissociation of Retinal Pigmented Epithelium Into Single Viable Cells. Ursula Vielkind and Bruce J. Crawford
434 Demonstration of B700 Cross-Reactive Antigens on Human and Other Animal Melanomas. Douglas M. Gersten and Vincent J. Hearing
Volume 1, Supplement 1 1988
Program and Abstracts of the 37th Annual Symposium on the Biology of the Skin: Pigment Cell Biology and Onocology, Salishan Lodge, Gleneden Beach, USA, October 18 - 21, 1988, Kirk D. Wuepper (Guest Editor)
Volume 2, Number 1 January / February 1989
1 Monoclonal Antibody Against a Melanosomal Protein in Melanotic and Amelanotic Human Melanoma Cells. Max McEwan, Peter G. Parsons, Denis J. Moss, Scott Burrows, Debbie Stenzel, Chris J. Bishop, and Geoffrey M. Strutton
8 pH-Dependent Interconvertible Forms of Mushroom Tyrosinase With Different Kinetic Properties. Chintamaneni Chaya Devi, Ram Kumar Tripathi, and Abburi Ramaiah
14 Comparison of 5'-Nucleotidase Activities Among Cultured Murine Melanoma Cell Lines. Dana Moody, Laura J. Williams, and Douglas M. Gersten
17 New Variants of B16 Mouse Melanoma: Differentiation and Metastatic Properties. Christian Aubert, Christian Voulot, Françoise Rouge, Victor Pirisi, and Jean-Remy Galindo
26 Chromatophoromas in a Pine Snake. E.R.. Jacobson, W. Ferris, J.T. Bagnara, and W.0. Iverson
34 Phenolic Melanin Precursors Provide a Rational Approach to the Design of Antitumor Agents for Melanoma. Kowichi Jimbow, Takako Miura, Shosuke Ito, and Kiichi Ishikawa
40 Specificity of Growth Inhibition of Melanoma by 4-Hydroxyanisole. Gajanan A. Kulkarni and Larry Nathanson
44 Gene Transfer and Expression Studies in Cultured Avian Neural Crest Cells Differentiating Into Melanocytes. Juergen R. Vielkind and Kristine S. Vogel
53 Optimization of Conditions for Preparing Synthetic Pheomelanin. Shosuke Ito
57 Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Yellow Pigment from Human and Primate Tissue. F.K. Horton and H.F. Mower
65 Application of an a -Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (a -MSH) Radioimmunoassay to the Detection of the Superpotent Analog, [Nle4,D-Phe7]a -MSH. Kristie L. Kreutzfeld and Joseph T. Bagnara
Volume 2, Number 2 March / April 1989
75 Review Article - Analysis of Mammalian Pigmentation at the Molecular Level. Vincent J. Hearing and Mercedes Jiménez
86 Eye Color Pigment Granules in Drosophila mauritiana: Mosaics Produced by Excision of a Transposable Element. William S. Stark, Randall Sapp, and David S. Haymer
93 Occurrence of Melanin Granules and Melanosynthesis in the Kidney of Sparus auratus. Adelina Zuasti, Jose R. Jara, Concepcion Ferrer, and Francisco Solano
100 Melanogenesis in the Pigment Cells of Rana esculenta L. Liver: Evidence for Tyrosinase-Like Activity in the Melanosome Protein Fraction. Rosa Cicero, Antonia Mallardi, Immacolata Maida, Anna Gallone, and Giuseppe Pintucci
109 L-Tyrosine, L-DOPA, and Tyrosinase as Positive Regulators of the Subcellular Apparatus of Melanogenesis in Bomirski Ab Amelanotic Melanoma Cells. Andrzej Slominski, Gisela Moellmann, and Elizabeth Kuklinska
117 Citrate Activates Tyrosinase From B-16 Murine Melanoma and Human Skin. Chintamaneni Chaya Devi, Ram Kumar Tripathi, and Abburi Ramaiah
123 Effects of a Ventrally Localized Inhibitor of Melanization on Cultured S91 and B16 Mouse Melanoma. K.L. Kreutzfeld, T Fukuzawa, and J. T Bagnara
126 1st Meeting of the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research, Minneapolis, MN, June 24 - 26, 1988
137 Abstracts
155 Erratum: Quevedo, Walter C., Jr., J. Dyckman, R. Halaban, G.E. Moellmann, J.M. Cowan, T.J. Holstein (1988) The BULT Melanoma: A Spontaneous Transplantable Tumor in Mice. Pigment Cell Res., (Suppl.) 1: 124-131.
Volume 2, Number 3 May / June 1989
161 Investigation of the Regulation of Pigmentation in a -Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Responsive and Unresponsive Cultured B16 Melanoma Cells. Sarah E. Hill, Jayne Buffey, Anthony J. Thody, Ian Oliver, Stanley S. Bleehen, and Sheila Mac Neil
167 Differential Radiosensitivity in Cultured B-16 Melanoma Cells Following Interrupted Melanogenesis Induced by Glucosamine. Anna Maria Mileo, Elisabetta Mattei, Monica Fanuele, Andrea Delpino, and Umberto Ferrini
171 Control of Melanoblast Differentiation in Amphibia by a -Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone, a Serum Melanization Factor, and a Melanization Inhibiting Factor. Toshihiko Fukuzawa and Joseph T. Bagnara
182 Drug-Induced and Genetic Hypermelanism: Effects on Pigment Cell Differentiation. Sally K. Frost, Monika Borchert, and Mary Kay Carson
191 Effect of the Barring Gene on Eye Pigmentation in the Fowl. Randall E. Schreck and Roger R. Bowers
202 Repigmentation of Vitiliginous Skin by Cultured Cells. Miriam M. Brysk, Richard C. Newton, Srinivasan Rajaraman, Todd Plott, Elisia Barlow, Trace Bell, Philip Penn, and Edgar B. Smith
208 Antioxidant Enzymatic Systems in Pigment Tissue of Amphibia. Ernesto Geremia, Concetta Corsaro, Daniela Baratta, Carmen Santoro, Marina Scalia, and Giovanni Sichel
213 Ionic Requirements for Melanin Concentrating Hormone (MCH) Actions on Teleost Poecilia reticulata Melanophores. Maria A. Visconti, Ana Maria De L. Castrucci, Mac E. Hadley, and Victor J. Hruby
218 Letter to the Editor - Hazard in Tyrosinase Assays. D.C. Bennett
Volume 2, Number 4 July / August 1989
223 2nd Japan-Australia International Workshop On Thermal Neutron Capture Therapy For Malignant Melanoma, Kobe, Japan, September 23 - 26,1987 Yutaka Mishima (Guest Editor)
223 Highlights. Yutaka Mishima
224 Greetings From the Ministry of Education. Cho Oyama
225 Opening Message. Kojirou Niino
226 New Thermal Neutron Capture Therapy for Malignant Melanoma: Melanogenesis Seeking 10B Molecule-Melanoma Cell Interaction From In Vitro to First Clinical Trial. Yutaka Mishima, Masamitsu Ichihashi, Susumu Hatta, Chihiro Honda, Keizo Yamamura, and Toshio Nakagawa
235 Neutron Capture Therapy Research in Australia. Barry J. Allen
240 Present Status of the Medical Irradiation Facility at the Musashi Reactor. Tetsuo Matsumoto, Otohiko Aizawa, Tetsuya Nozaki, and Tadashi Sato
246 Neutron-Induced Gamma Dose From a Reactor Beam Filter for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. Baiba V. Harrington
254 Syngeneic Monoclonal Antimelanoma Antibodies and Their Application for Analysis of Tumor Antigens, Gene Cloning, and In Vitro/In Vivo Diagnosis. Masaru Taniguchi, Seiji Wakabayashi, and Masatoshi Tagawa
259 Specific Killing of Human Melanoma Cells With an Efficient 10B-Compound on Monoclonal Antibodies. Atsuko Komura, Takeshi Tokuhisa, Toshio Nakagawa, Akihiro Sasase, Masamitsu Ichihashi, Soldano Ferrone, and Yutaka Mishima
264 Preclinical and Phase I Studies of Monoclonal Antibodies in Melanoma: Application to Boron Neutron Capture Therapy of Melanoma. Peter Hersey
273 Complex Formation of p-Boronophenylalanine With Some Monosaccharides. Yoshihiro Mori, Akio Suzuki, Kazuo Yoshino, and Hidetake Kakihana
278 Boronated Monoclonal Antibody 225.28S for Potential Use in Neutron Capture Therapy of Malignant Melanoma. Swasono R. Tamat, Douglas E. Moore, Aditi Patwardhan, and Peter Hersey
281 Determination of the Concentration of Complex Boronated Compounds in Biological Tissues by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry. Swasono R. Tamat, Douglas E. Moore, and Barry J. Allen
286 A Trial to Improve the Analysis of Boron in Biological Materials. Kazuo Yoshino, Yukari Kajiyama, Tadashi Honda, Yoshihiro Mori, Chihiro Honda, Masamitsu Ichihashi, and Yutaka Mishima
291 Acute and Subacute Toxicity of 10B-Paraboronophenylalanine. Kohtaro Taniyama, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Takayoshi Kuno, Naoaki Saito, Hisato Shuntoh, Motoyoshi Sakaue, and Chikako Tanaka
297 Synthetic Approaches to a Carboranyl Thiouracil. J. Gerald Wilson
304 Altered Glycosylation of Surface Glycoproteins in Tumor Cells and its Clinical Application. Akira Kobata
309 Optimization of Boron and Neutron Delivery for Neutron Capture Therapy. R.G. Fairchild, D.N. Slatkin, J.A. Coderre, P.L. Micca, B.H. Laster, S.B. Kahl, P. Som, I. Fand, and F. Wheeler
319 Neutron Irradiation of Human Melanoma Cells. Keith Brown, Max H. Mountford, Barry J. Allen, Yutaka Mishima, Masamitsu Ichihashi, and Peter Parsons
325 Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE) of Thermal Neutron Capture Therapy of Cultured B-16 Melanoma Cells Preincubated With 10B-Paraboronophenylalanine. Masamitsu Ichihashi, Akihiro Sasase, Takeaki Hiramoto, Yoko Funasaka, Susumu Hatta, Yutaka Mishima, Tohoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Fukuda, and Kazuo Yoshino
330 Induction of DNA Double-Strand Breaks by 157Gd Neutron Capture. Roger F. Martin, Glenn D'Cunha, Marshall Pardee, and Barry J. Allen
333 Review: Biological Effectiveness of Thermal Neutrons and 10B(n,a )7 Li Reaction on Cultured Cells. Hiroshi Fukuda, Masamitsu Ichihashi, Tooru Kobayashi, Daiju Matsuzawa, Keiji Kanda, and Yutaka Mishima
337 Sublethal and Potentially Lethal Damage Repair on Thermal Neutron Capture Therapy. Hiroshi Utsumi, Masamitsu Ichihashi, Tooru Kobayashi, and Mortimer M. Elkind
343 Use of Nude Mice in Experimental Neutron Capture Therapy With 10B-BPA. Norikazu Tomaoki, Masato Ueda, Shuichi Tamauchi, Kumiko Yamamoto, and Yutaka Mishima
345 Morphological Changes in Human Melanoma Cells Following Irradiation With Thermal Neutrons. David H. Barkla, Barry J. Allen, J.K. Brown, M. Mountford, Y. Mishima, and M. Ichihashi
349 Distant Anesthetic Management for Neutron Capture Therapy. Junji Shirakawa, Hidefumi Obara, Seizo Iwai, Susumu Hatta, Chihiro Honda, and Yutaka Mishima
352 RBEs of Thermal Neutron Capture Therapy and 10B(n,a )7 Li Reaction on Melanoma Bearing Hamsters. Junichi Hiratsuka, Michio Kono, and Yutaka Mishima
356 Boron Neutron Capture Therapy for Malignant Melanoma: An Experimental Approach. Bengt S. Larsson, Borje Larsson, and Amilcar Roberto
361 Estimation of Absorbed Doses in Human Malignant Melanoma Treated by Neutron Capture Therapy With Special References to Vertical Direction. Tooru Kobayashi, Susumu Hatta, Chihiro Honda, Keizo Yamamura, Tunekazu Akiyoshi, Keiji Kanda, and Yutaka Mishima
365 Estimation of Absorbed Dose in the Covering Skin of Human Melanoma Treated by Neutron Capture Therapy. Hiroshi Fukuda, Tooru Kobayashi, Junichi Hiratsuka, Hiroshi Karashima, Chihiro Honda, Keizou Yamamura, Masamitsu Ichihashi, Keiji Kanda, and Yutaka Mishima
370 Current Status of Clinical Trials of Therapeutic Modalities for Malignant Melanoma in Australia. Alan Coates
372 Characteristics of Malignant Melanoma Cells in the Treatment With Fast Neutrons. Hiroshi Tsunemoto, Shinroku Morita, and Shunji Mori
379 Recommendations to the Japanese and Australian Governments for Future Research and Development of Melanoma Neutron Capture Therapy. Y. Mishima and B.J. Allen
Volume 2, Number 5 September / October 1989
387 Electron Spin Resonance of Eumelanin From Hair: Photoinduced Radicals in Solid Matrix. René Bibang, René Arnaud, Jacques Lemaire, André Deflandre, and Gérard Lang
395 Electron Spin Resonance Study of Photoinduced Radicals in Various Eumelanins in Solid Matrix. Réne Bibang, René Arnaud, Jacques Lemaire, André Deflandre, and Gérard Lang
401 Tyrosinase Activity in the First Coat of Agouti and Black Mice. Mahvash Movaghar
408 Phosphorylation of the Carotenoid Droplet Protein p57 by the Catalytic Subunit of Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate-Dependent Protein Kinase and the Effect of Fluoride. Chang-Feng Yang, Zhao-Chung Zeng, Shui-Chou Chou, Fu-Xin Yu, John D. Taylor, and T. T. Chen
414 Epinephrine-Induced Pigment Aggregation in Goldfish Melanophoroma Cells: Apparent Involvement of an Unknown Second Messenger. Shui-Chou Chou, John D. Taylor, and T. T. Tchen
421 Metabolism of 4-Hydroxyanisole: Identification of Major Urinary Excretory Products. Stanislav Pavel, Janet L. Holden, and Patrick A. Riley
427 Induction of DNA-Protein Crosslinks in Melanotic Cloudman S91 Mouse Melanoma Cells and EMT6 Mouse Mammary Carcinoma Cells by Monochromatic 254 and 405 nm Light. Helene Z. Hill, Jennifer G. Peak, and Meyrick J. Peak
431 Ultrastructural Observations of Motile Iridophores of a Freshwater Goby, Odontobutis obscure. Akira Matsuno and Tetsuro Iga
439 2nd Meeting of the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research, Bethesda, MD, April 23 - 26, 1989
445 Abstracts
Volume 2, Number 6 November / December 1989
475 Speed of Growth of Melanoma: Statistical Analysis of the Average Ages of Patient Groups. Eberhard Paul, Andreas Pausch, and Rolf-Hasso Bodeker
478 Linear and Cyclic a -Melanotropin [4-10]-Fragment Analogues That Exhibit Superpotency and Residual Activity. Mac E. Hadley, Mohamed M. Marwan, Fahad Al-Obeidi, Victor J. Hruby, and Ana Maria De Lauro Castrucci
485 Neural Control of Motile Activity of Light-Sensitive Iridophores in the Neon Tetra. Hiroshi Nagaishi and Noriko Oshima
493 Biochemical Analysis of Metastasis-Related Ax Actin in B16 Mouse Melanoma Cells After Chemical Reversional Modulation and of Tumor Progression-Related A' Actin in the Ontogeny of Human Malignant Melanoma. Akihiro Sasase, Yukata Mishima, Masamitsu Ichihashi, and Shun'ichiro Taniguchi
502 Absence of Murine Melanoma 5'-Nucleotidase Activity Is Not Attributable to a Detectable Inhibitor. Dana Moody, Karen E. Bijwaard, and Douglas M. Gersten
504 Characterization of IIB-MEL-J: A New and Highly Heterogenous Human Melanoma Cell Line. Liliana Guerra, Jose Mordoh, Irma Slavutsky, Irene Larripa, and Estela E. Medrano
510 Use of an Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Analogue to Improve Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Binding Assay in Human Melanoma. Anita Libert, Ghanem Ghanem, Roland Arnould, and Ferdy J. Lejeune
519 Alpha-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Immunoreactivity in Human Melanoma Metastases Extracts. G. Ghanem, J. Verstegen, A. Libert, R. Arnould, and F. Lejeune
542 Expression of Virally Transduced Mouse Tyrosinase in Tyrosinase-Negative Chick Embryo Melanocytes in Culture. Beth A. Whitaker, Timothy J. Frew, Jack J. Greenhouse, Stephen H. Hughes, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Takuji Takeuchi, and John A. Brumbaugh
Volume 3, Number 1 January / February 1990
1 Thermochemotherapy for B16 Melanoma: Combination Therapy of Hypothermia, Melphalan, and CCNU in Mice. V. Vicente, M. Gomez, M.M. Ochotorena, A. Cremades, and M. Canteras
8 Non-selective Action of 4-Hydroxyanisole on Melanoma Cells In Vivo. Konrad Schwabe, Iduna Fichtner, and Bruno Tschiersch
11 Alteration of Glutathione Level in Human Melanoma Cells: Effect of N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine and its Analogues. Eszter Karg, Anders Tunek, Harald Brötell, Evald Rosengren, Hans Rorsman
16 Differentiation of Hairbulb Pigment Cell Melanosomes in Compound Agouti and Albino Locus Mouse Mutants (Ay, a, c2j; C57BL/6J). Nels H. Granholm, Robert A. Japs, and Karl E. Kappenman
28 Quantitative In Vitro Assay for Crustacean Chromatophorotropins and Other Pigment Cell Agonists. Ana Lucia M. Britto, Ana Maria de L. Castrucci, Maria Aparecida Visconti, Lars Josefsson
33 Dermal and Epidermal Chromatophores of the Anarctic Teleost Trematomus bernacchii. Masataka Obika and Victor B. Meyer-Rochow
38 Action of Light on Frog Pigment Cells in Culture. Athena Daniolos, Aaron B. Lerner, and Michael R. Lerner
44 Profiles of Human Melanoma Cell Surface Proteins: Effects of Culturing on Two Different Substrates. Richard E.B. Seftor, Elisabeth A. Seftor, Anne E. Cress, and Mary J. C. Hendrix
Volume 3, Number 2 March / April 1990
49 Effects of Tyrosinase Activity on the Cytoxicity of 3,4-Dihydroxybenzylamine and Buthionine Sulfoximine in Human Melanoma Cells. Joseph A. Prezioso, George B. FitzGerald, and Michael M. Wick
55 Expression of Cell Surface Sialic Acid and Galactose by Normal Adult Human Melanocytes in Culture. Odile Berthier-Vergnes, Véronique Berrux, Alain Réano, and Jean-François Doré
61 Biosynthetic Pathways of Pteridines and Their Association With Phenotypic Expression In Vitro in Normal and Neoplastic Pigment Cells From Goldfish. Masahiro Masada, Jiro Matsumoto, and Miki Akino
71 Influence of Depigmenting Chemical Agents on Hair and Skin Color in Yellow (Pheomelanic) and Black (Eumelanic) Mice. Walter C. Quevedo, Jr., Thomas J. Holstein, Jacob Dyckman, and James J. Nordlund
80 Pigmentary System of the Adult Alpine Salamander Salamandra atra aurorae (Trevisan, 1982) . Aurora Pederzoli and Pierluigi Trevisan
90 Melanin Accelerates the Tyrosinase-Catalyzed Oxygenation of p-Hydroxyanisole (MMEH) . Julian M. Menter, Michael E. Townsel, Cyril L. Moore, George D. Williamson, Betty Jean Soteres, Michael S. Fisher, and Isaac Willis
98 Effects of Biologically Active Tumour-Promoting and Non-Promoting Phorbol Esters on In Vitro Growth of Melanocytic Cells. Gavin Brooks, Mary Birch, and Ian R. Hart
101 Studies on Cellular Adhesion of Xenopus laevis Melanophores: Pigment Pattern Formation and Alteration In Vivo by Endogenous Galactoside-Binding Lectin or its Sugar Hapten Inhibitor. Yvette N. Frunchak and Nadine C. Milos
115 Lipid Peroxidation in Pigmented and Unpigmented Liver Tissues: Protective Role of Melanin. Marina Scalia, Ernesto Geremia, Concetta Corsaro, Carmen Santoro, Daniela Baratta, and Giovanni Sichel
120 Circannual Rhythm of the Melanin Content in Frog Liver (Rana esculenta L.). Concetta Corsaro, Marina Scalia, Fulvia Sinatra, and Giovanni Sichel
Volume 3, Number 3 September 1990
123 Characterization of the Yellow Pigment in the Axanthic Mutant of the Mexican Axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum. Lauren Bukowski, Karen Erickson, and Timothy A. Lyerla
126 Distribution of Extracutaneous Melanin Pigment in Sparus auratus, Mugil cephalus, and Dicertranchus labrax (Pisces, Teleostei). Adelina Zuasti, Concepcion Ferrer, Pilar Aroca, and Francisco Solano
132 Ionic Requirements for Catecholamine Aggregating Actions on the Teleost Poecilia reticulata Melanophores. Maria Aparecida Visconti and Ana Maria De Lauro Castrucci
141 Characterization of Calcium Uptake in Chick Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Rocío Salceda and Juan Rafael Riesgo-Escovar
146 4-S-Cysteaminylphenol and its Analogues as Substrates for Tyrosinase and Monoamine Oxidase. James M. Pankovich, Kowichi Jimbow, and Shosuke Ito
150 Hairless Pigmented Guinea Pigs: A New Model for the Study of Mammalian Pigmentation. Jean L. Bolognia, Marilyn S. Murray, and John M. Pawelek
157 Radiosensitivity of Murine and Human Melanoma Cells: A Comparative Study With Different Models. Karin H. Yohem, Donald J. Slymen, Marvin D. Bregman, and Frank L. Meyskens, Jr.
162 Effect of Interferon-Gamma on the Expression of HLA-DR by Human Melanoma Cells of Varying Metastic Potential. Mary J.C. Hendrix, Elisabeth A. Seftor, Michelle D. Eckes, Adrian L. Winters, Stanley P.L. Leong, and Phillip Scuderi
168 Isolation of Tyrosinase From Bovine Eyes. Anna Wittbjer, Gerd Odh, Anna-Maria Rosengren, Evald Rosengren, and Hans Rorsman
173 The Effects of Fungizone (Amphotericin B and Deoxycholic Acid) on Cultured B16-FlO Murine Melanoma Cells. Warren C. Johnson and Joseph T. Bagnara
176 Erratum: Menter, J.M. et al. Melanin Accelerates the Tyrosinase-Catalyzed Oxygenation of p-Hydroxyanisole (MMEH). Pigment Cell Research 3:90-97 (1990)
Volume 3, Number 4 October 1990
177 Pigment Types in Selected Color Genotypes of Asiatic Sheep. Gulyam Aliev, Michael Rachkovsky, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, and Alexandr Ivanov
181 Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry in the Study of Dopamine Melanogenesis Intermediates. Graziella Allegri, Roberto Arban, Carlo Costa, Monica Biasiolo, Ornella Curcuruto, Alfonso Pozzan, and Pietro Traldi
187 X-ray Diffraction Studies on Melanins in Lyophylized Melanosomes. Maria Grazia Bridelli, Pier Raimondo Crippa, and Franco Ugozzoli
192 Coexistence of b l- and b 2-Adrenoceptors in the Melanophore of the Goby Tridentiger obscurus. Heizaburo Katayama, Fumihiro Morishita, Osamu Matushima, and Koji Yamada
200 Protein Kinase C and Linoleic Acid-Induced Inhibition of Melanogenesis. Hideya Ando, Masahiro Oka, Masamitsu Ichihashi, and Yutaka Mishima
207 ATP-Induced Protyrosinase Synthesis and Carboxyl-Terminal Processing in Neurospora crassa. Urs Kupper, Denise M. Niedermann, Boris C. Schilling, and Konrad Lerch
214 Psoralens Stimulate Mouse Melanocyte and Melanoma Tyrosinase Activity in.the Absence of Ultraviolet Light. Mohammed M. Marwan, Jinwen Jiang, Ana Maria de Lauro Castrucci, and Mac E. Hadley
Volume 3, Number 5 November 1990
223 In Vitro Phenotypic Alteration of Human Melanoma Cells Induced by Differentiating Agents: Heterogeneous Effects on Cellular Growth and Morphology, Enzymatic Activity, and Antigenic Expression. Hiroyuki Takashi and Peter G. Parsons
233 Tyrosinase Activity (TH, DO, PAGE-Defined Isozymes) and Melanin Production in Regenerating Hairbulb Melanocytes of Lethal Yellow (Ay/a), Black (a/a), Agouti (AwJ/AwJ) and Albino (a/a/c2J/c2J) Mice (C57BL/6J). Nels H. Granholm, Adam J. Opbroek, Gregg A. Harvison, and Karl E. Kappenman
243 Stimulation of Cultured lridophores by Amphibian Ventral Conditioned Medium. Joseph T. Bagnara and Toshihiko Fukuzawa
251 XIVth International Pigment Cell Conference, Kobe, Japan, October 31 - November 4, 1990 - Program and Author List
Volume 3, Number 6 December 1990
279 Further Evidence for Synthesis of Screening Pigment Granules Involved in the Photosensory Membrane Turnover of the Crayfish Photoreceptor. Ulrich Schraermeyer
290 Transport of L-Tyrosine by B16/FlO Malignant Melanocytes: Characterization of the Process. J.R. Jara, J.H. Martinez-Liarte, and F. Solano
297 Histopathology of Melanocytic Lesions in Goats and Establishment of a Melanoma Cell Line: A Potential Model for Human Melanoma. P.G. Parsons, H. Takahashi, J. Candy, B. Meyers, J. Vickers, W.R. Kelly, 1. Smith, and P. Spradbrow
306 4-Hydroxyanisole: Human Pharmacokinetics. H.J.C.R. Belcher, C.G. Barsted, and C.M. Dawson
310 Experimental Boron Neutron Capture Therapy for Melanoma: Systemic Delivery of Boron to Melanotic and Amelanotic Melanoma. Jeffrey A. Coderre, John D. Glass, Samuel Packer, Peggy Micca, and Dennis Greenberg
319 Iris Stromal Pigment Cells of the Ringed Turtle Dove. Holly M. Tillotson and Lynn W. Oliphant
Volume 4, Number 1 February 1991
1 Message from the IFPCS Secretary/Treasurer - The Modern Era for Pigment Cell Research and the New International Federation of Pigment Societies. James J. Nordlund
2 An Historical Perspective on Pigment Cell Biology from the Editor. Joseph T. Bagnara
7 Review Article - The Myron Gordon and Curt Kosswig Tribute Lecture 1990: Contributions of the Gordon-Kosswig Melanoma System to the Present Concept of Neoplasia. Fritz Anders
30 Comparative Analysis of Hair Melanins by Chemical and Electron Spin Resonance Methods. Eduard B. Vsevolodov, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Irina I. Kuchina, and Igor F. Latypov
35 Mutational Analysis of the Human p53 Gene in Malignant Melanoma. Matthias Volkenandt, Uwe Schlegel, David M. Nanus, and Anthony P. Albino
41 Complete Sequence and Expression of a cDNA Encoding a Chicken 115-kDa Melanosomal Matrix Protein. Makoto Mochii, Kiyokazu Agata, and Goro Eguchi
48 Melanocyte Growth Factor in Normal Human Skin. Tatsuya Horikawa, Keisuke Nishino, and Yutaka Mishima
Volume 4, Number 2 March 1991
59 Review Article - After Dopachrome? John M. Pawelek
63 AICR-BACR-CRC International Workshop on Melanogenesis: Its Chemistry as a Therapeutic Strategy in Melanoma. E.J. Land
66 Protein-Kinase C Mediates MCH Signal Transduction in Teleost, Synbranchus marmoratus, Melanocytes. Maria Silvia Abrão, Ana Maria de 1. Castrucci, Mac E. Hadley, and Victor J. Hruby
71 Ultrastructure of Melanocytes in Chronically Sun-Exposed Skin of Elderly Subjects. A.S. Breathnach, M. Nazzaro-Porro, S. Passi, and M. Picardo
80 Does Melanin Affect Low LET Radiation Response of Cloudman S91 Mouse Melanoma Cell Lines? Helene Z. Hill, Kathleen Nell Cathcart, Joseph Bargellini, Zoltan Trizna, George J. Hill, Karin U. Schallreuter, and John M. Wood
87 Identification of Two Types of Melanocyte Within the Stria Vascularis of the Mouse Inner Ear. J. Cable and K.P. Steel
Volume 4, Number 3 September 1991
105 New Mechanism of Melanosomes Transport into Hair of Lambs of Different Breeds and Genotypes. Michael L. Rachovsky
112 Evidence for a Calcium/Calmodulin Involvement in Density-Dependent Melanogenesis in Murine B16 Melanoma Cells. Jayne A. Buffey, Sarah E. Hill, Stanley S. Bleehen, Anthony J. Thody, and S. Mac Neil
120 A Chromatophore Index Based Upon the Three Dimensional Configuration of Fish Xanthophores and Erythrophores. John D. Taylor, Victoria A. Kimmler, and T. T. Tchen
123 Open Letter to the Leadership of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies. John D. Taylor
123 Reply to IFPCS Members. Yutaka Mishima
125 3rd Meeting of the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research, Edmonton, Canada, July 11 - 13, 1991
131 Abstracts
Volume 4, Number 4 October 1991
151 Pigmentary System of the Adult Alpine Salamander Salamtandra atra atra (LAUR., 1768) . Pierluigi Trevisan, Aurora Pederzoli, and Giancarlo Barozzi
158 Differentiation of Extracutaneous Melanocytes in Embryos of the Turtle, Trionyx sinensis japonicus. Ling Hou and Takuji Takeuchi
163 Peroxidase and Tyrosinase Are Present in Secondary Lysosomes That Degrade Photosensory Membranes of the Crayfish Photoreceptor: Possible Role in Pigment Granule Formation. Ulrich Schraermeyer and Hennig Stieve
172 Dysplastic Melanocytic Nevi Contain High Levels of Pheomelanin: Quantitative Comparison of Pheomelanin/Eumelanin Levels Between Normal Skin, Common Nevi, and Dysplastic Nevi. Thomas G. Salopek, Koji Yamada, Shosuke Ito, and Kowichi Jimbow
180 Biological Activities of Melanotropic Peptide Fatty Acid Conjugates. Mac E. Hadley,, Fahad Al-Obeidi, Victor J. Hruby, Jonathan C. Weinreich, Douglas Freedburg, Jinwen Jiang, and Rachel S. Stover
186 A Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Infects Xenopus Melanophores. Marc N. Potenza and Michael R. Lerner
193 Evidence for Alpha-MSH Binding Sites on Human Scalp Hair Follicles: Preliminary Results. P.B. Naninga, G.E. Ghanem, F.J. Lejeune, J.D. Bos, and W. Westerhof
199 Erratum: John D. Taylor (1991) Open Letter to the Leadership of the International Federation of Pigment Cell Societies, Pigment Cell Res., 4:123-124.
Volume 4, Numbers 5 / 6 December 1991
201 Primary Structure and Relative Potency of an Analog of b -PDH (Pigment-Dispersing Hormone) From the Crayfish Procambarus clarkii. Mary Lou McCallum, K. Ranga Rao, John P. Riehm, Carl J. Mohrherr, and William T. Morgan
209 Ionic Basis for Color Changes in the Iridescent Cornea of the Sand Goby (Pomatoschistus minutus). Neville R. Ashcroft and John N. Lythgoe
216 NMR Studies of Melanins: Characterization of a Soluble Melanin Free Acid From Sepia Ink. Silvio Aime, Mauro Fasano, Eiizo Terreno, and Christopher J. Groombridge
222 An Estimate of Melanosome Concentration in Pigment Tissues. Jan Borovansky, Eliska Vedralova, and Petr Hach
225 Inhibition of Tumor Cell Invasion by Verapamil. Karin H. Yohem, John L. Clothier, Sandra L. Montague, Rosemary J. Geary, Adrian L. Winters III, Mary J.C. Hendrix, and Danny R. Welch
234 Differential Sensitivities of Murine Melanocytes and Melanoma Cells to Buthionine Sulfoximine and Anticancer Drugs. Brian D. Thrall, Geetha A. Raha, David L. Springer, and Gary G. Meadows
240 Pigments and Ultrastructures of Pigment Cells in Xanthic Sailfin Mollies (Poecilia latipinna). Paul D. Blanchard, Robert A. Angus, Randall L. Morrison, Sally K. Frost-Mason, and James H. Sheetz
247 Glucocorticoid Stimulates Melanogenesis and Tyrosinase Gene Expression in B16 Melanoma Cells. Akira Ito, Chikako Tanaka, Takuji Takeuchi, and Yutaka Mishima
252 Reciprocal Changes in Sensitivity to MCH and Noradrenaline After Denervation of Teleost Melanophores. Samuel P.S. Svensson, Rolf G.G. Andersson, and Jan Olaf G. Karlsson
257 Breathnach, A.S., M. Nazzaro-Porro, S. Passi, and M. Picardo (1991) Ultrastructure of Melanocytes in Chronically Sun-exposed Skin of Elderly Subjects. Pigment Cell Res., 4:71-79.
Volume 5, Number 1 February 1992
1 Review Article - Control of Melanocyte Proliferation and Differentiation in the Mouse Epidermis. Tomohisa Hirobe
12 Differentiation of New Metastatic Variants of B16 Melanoma Under Different Culture Conditions. Christian Aubert, Smail Ali-Mehidi, Francoise Rouge, and Christian Voulot
25 Response of Transformed and Normal Mouse Cell Lines to Anti-Melanin Compounds, Hyperthermia, and Radiation. G. Peter Raaphorst and Edouard 1. Azzam
30 Hyperpigmentation of Chinchilla Stria Vascularis Following Acoustic Trauma. Michael Anne Gratton and Charles G. Wright
38 Tissue Distribution of Para-boronophenylalanine Administered Orally as a Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex to Melanoma-Bearing Hamsters. Hisakatsu Hatanaka, Fusao Komada, Masahiro Shiono, Yutaka Mishima, and Katsuhiko Okumura
41 Synergism Exerted by 4-Methyl Catechol, Catechol, and Their Respective Quinones on the Rate of DL-DOPA Oxidation by Mushroom Tyrosinase. Fernando Schved and Varda Kahn
Volume 5, Number 2 March 1992
49 Does the Introduction of a New Player, the Endoplasmic Reticulum, Create More or Less Confusion in Understanding the Mechanism(s) of Pigmentary Organelle Translocations? John D. Taylor
58 Catecholamines and Vitiligo. Aldo Morrone, Mauro Picardo, Chiara de Luca, Orietta Teminali, Siro Passi, and Fernando Ippolito
63 Effect of Different Isomers of Dihydroxybenzoic Acids (DBA) on the Rate of DL-DOPA Oxidation by Mushroom Tyrosinase. Fernando Schved and Varda Kahn
70 4th Meeting of the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research, Cincinnati, OH, June 7 - 10, 1992
81 Abstracts
Volume 5, Number 3 September 1992
101 Materia Melanica: Further Dark Thoughts. P.A. Riley
107 B700 Antigen as a Component of an Antimelanoma Vaccine: Formalinized Extracellular Antigens. David Shrayer, Douglas M. Gersten, James Koness, Abbv Maizel, Harold Wanebo, and Vincent J. Hearing
113 Synthesis and Characterization of Melanins From Dihydroxyindole-2-Carboxylic Acid and Dihydroxyindole. Seth J. Orlow, Michael P. Osber, and John M. Pawelek
122 Melanin Biosynthesis From Dopamine. II. A Mass Spectrometric and Collisional Spectroscopic Investigation. Carlo Costa, Antonella Bertazzo, Graziella Allegri, Gino Toffano, Ornella Curcuruto, and Pietro Traldi
132 Melanin Standard Method: Particle Description. Lisa Zeise, Brown L. Murr, and Miles R. Chedekel
143 Melanin Standard Method: Empirical Formula. M.R. Chedekel, B.L. Murr, and L. Zeise
148 The Protein-Phosphatase Inhibitor Okadaic Acid Mimics MSH-Induced and Melatonin-Reversible Melanosome Dispersion in Xenopus laevis Melanophores. Bruno Cozzi and Mark D. Rollag
Volume 5, Number 4 October 1992
155 A cis-Acting Element Involved in Mouse Tyrosinase Gene Expression and Partial Purification of its Binding Protein. S. Ponnazhagan and Byoung S. Kwon
162 Isolation and Characterization of a Chicken Tyrosinase cDNA. Makoto Mochii, Akio Iio, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Takuji Takeuchi, and Goro Eguchi
168 4th Meeting of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research, Berlin, Germany, September 17 - 19, 1992
178 Abstracts
Volume 5, Number 5, Part I November 1992
205 Truffle Melanogenesis: Correlation With Reproductive Differentiation and Ascocarp Ripening. Anna M. Ragnelli, Giovani Pacioni, Pierpaola Aimola, Barbara Lanza, and Michele Miranda
213 Measurements of Light Transmission Through Single Melanophores. S. Ödman, I. Lundström, J. 0. G. Karlson, P. Sveider, and S. P. S. Svensson
219 Effects of a Melanotropic Peptide on Melanoma Cell Growth, Metastasis, and Invasion. K.R. Gehlsen, M.E. Hadley, N. Levine, C.G. Ray, and M.J.C. Hendrix
224 Extracellular Matrix Constituents and Pigment Cell Expression in Primary Cell Culture. Toshihiko Fukuzawa, Stephanie J. Hamer, and Joseph T. Bagnara
230 Melanin Standard Method: Titrimetric Analysis. Lisa Zeise and Miles R. Chedekel
240 Melanin Standard Method: Empirical Formula 2. Miles R. Chedekel, Ago B. Ahene, and Lisa Zeise
247 Morphological and Biochemical Characterization of the Cream Markings in the Integument of the Female Isopod, Armadillidium vulgare. Motoko Nakagoshi and Sumiko Negishi
253 Intrinsic Pigment-Cell Stimulating Activity in the Catfish Integument. Adelina Zuasti, Warren C. Johnson, Preminda Samaraweera, and Joseph T. Bagnara
Volume 5, Number 5, Part 2 November 1992
263 Molecular Biology of Pigment Cells Workshop, Sendai, Japan, November 8 - 9, 1990
263 Preface - Takuji Takeuchi and Walter C. Quevedo, Jr.
264 Functional Properties of Cloned Melanogenic Proteins. Vincent J. Hearing, Katsuhiko Tsukamoto, Kazunori Urabe, Koichiro Kameyama, Paul M. Montague, and Ian J. Jackson
271 Molecular Characterization of the pun Allele of the Mouse Pink-Eyed Dilution Locus. Murray H. Brilliant and Yoichi Gondo
274 Analysis of Mutations in the Copper B Binding Region Associated With Type I (Tyrosinase-Related) Oculocutaneous Albinism. William S. Oetting and Richard A. King
279 Mutations of the Tyrosinase Gene in Oculocutaneous Albinism. Shigeki Shibahara
284 Phylogeny of Regulatory Regions of Vertebrate Tyrosinase Genes. Hiroaki Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Kudo, Norio Masuko, Hirohito Miura, Shigeru Sato, Mika Tanaka, Satoshi Tanaka, Sakae Takeuchi, Shigeki Shibahara, and Takuji Takeuchi
295 Molecular Characterization of the Mouse Tyrosinase Gene: Pigment Cell-Specific Expression in Transgenic Mice. Friedrich Beermann, Erika Schmid, Ruth Ganss, Günther Schütz, and Siegfried Ruppert
300 Expression of Tyrosinase Gene in Transgenic Albino Mice: The Heritable Patterned Coat Colors. Satoshi Tanaka and Takuji Takeuchi
304 Conserved Regulatory Mechanisms of Tyrosinase Genes in Mice and Humans. Mika Tanaka, Satoshi Tanaka, Hirohito Miura, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Hideaki Kikuchi, and Takuji Takeuchi
312 The Expression of Mouse Tyrosinase in Chick Cells In Vitro and In Vivo When Controlled by a Constitutive Promoter. Timothy Frew, Beth Whitaker, Donald Salter, William Payne, Stephen Hughes, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Takuji Takeuchi, and John Brumbaugh
322 Expression and Transmission of Wild-Type Pigmentation in the Skin of Transgenic Orange-Colored Variants of Medaka (Oryzias latipes) Bearing the Gene for Mouse Tyrosinase. Jiro Matsumoto, Toyoko Akiyama, Euichi Hirose, Mizuho Nakamura, Hiroaki Yamamoto, and Takuji Takeuchi
328 Molecular Genetics and the Ontogeny of Pigment Patterns in Mammals. Walter C. Quevedo, Jr., and Thomas J. Holstein
335 Tyrosinase and the Regulation of Coat Color Changes in C3H-HeAvy Mice. Anthony J. Thody and Susan A. Burchill
340 The Molecular Basis of Human Piebaldism. Richard A. Spritz
344 Proliferation and Neoplastic Transformation of Pigment Cells in Metallothionein/ret Transgenic Mice. Masahide Takahashi, Takashi Iwamoto, and Izumi Nakashima
348 Molecular Cascades in UV-Induced Melanogenesis: A Central Role for Melanotropins? John M. Pawelek, Ashok K. Chakraborty, Michael P. Osber, Seth J. Orlow, Kent K. Min, Ken E. Rosenzweig, and Jean L. Bolognia
357 Melanocyte-Stimulating Properties of Arachidonic Acid Metabolites: Possible Role in Postinflammatory Pigmentation. Yasushi Tomita, Kazuhisa Maeda, and Hachiro Tagami
362 The Pigmentary System and Inflammation. James J. Nordlund
Volume 5, Number 6 December 1992
367 Pigment Cell Refugia in Homeotherms-The Unique Evolutionary Position of the Iris. Lynn W. Oliphant, Jocelyn Hudon, and Joseph T. Bagnara
372 A Rapid Quantitative Bioassay for Evaluating the Effects of Ligands Upon Receptors That Modulate cAMP Levels in a Melanophore Cell Line. Marc N. Potenza and Michael R. Lerner
379 The Effect of Oxygen on Melanin Precursors Released from Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells In Vitro. Kiyoshi Akeo, Norio Ueno, and C. Kathleen Dorey
387 Proteinuria of B700, a 67 kD Albumin-like Melanoma-Specific Antigen. Thomas L. Walden, Nushin K. Farzaneh, Vincent J. Hearing, and Douglas M. Gersten
394 The Effect of Sodium Iodate and Melanin on the Formation of Glyoxylate. Annette Baich and Michelle Ziegler
396 L-DOPA Inhibits In Vitro Phosphorylation of Melanoma Glycoproteins. Andrzej Slominski and Thomas Friedrich
400 Effect of Amphotericin B on Dopachrome Tautomerase Activity and Other Melanogenic Parameters in Cultured B16/FlO Melanoma Cells. Paloma Peinado, José H. Martínez-Liarte, Francisco Solano, and José A. Lozano
404 Penile Lentiginosis. An Ultrastructural Study. A.S. Breathnach, L. Balus, and A. Amantea
Volume 5, Supplement 2 1992
Proceedings of the XIVth International Pigment Cell Conference, Kobe, Japan, October 31 - November 4, 1990, Yutaka Mishima (Guest Editor)
Volume 6, Number 1 February 1993
1 Experimental Autoimmune Anterior Uveitis (EAAU): Induction by Melanin Antigen and Suppression by Various Treatments. R.M. Broekhuyse, E.D. Kuhlmann, and H.J. Winkens
7 Isolation and Characterization of High Molecular Weight Melanogenic Inhibitors Naturally Occurring in Melanoma Cells. Yasuaki Ohyama and Yutaka Mishima
13 In Vivo and In Vitro Expression of Octamer Binding Proteins in Human Melanoma Metastases, Brain Tissue, and Fibroblasts. J. Angus F. Thomson, Peter G. Parsons, and Richard A. Sturm
23 Vitiligo in Two Water Buffaloes: Histological, Histochemical, and Ultrastructural Investigations. R.. Cerundolo, D. De Caprariis, L. Esposito, P. Maiolino, B. Restucci, and F. Roperto
29 Circadian Motile Activity of Erythophores in the Red Abdominal Skin of Tetra Fishes and Its Possible Significance in Chromatic Adaptation. Hiroshi Hayashi, Masazumi Sugimoto, Noriko Oshima, and Ryozo Fujii
37 Muscarinic Cholinoceptors That Mediate Pigment Aggregation Are Present in the Melanophores of Cyprinids (Zacco spp.). Hiroshi Hayashi and Ryozo Fujii
45 Deficiency of the Gene B Impairs Differentiation of Melanophores in the Medaka Fish, Oryzias latipes: Fine Structure Studies. Euichi Hirose and Jiro Matsumoto
53 Abstracts
58 Erratum: Slominski, A., and T. Friedrich: L-DOPA Inhibits In Vitro Phosphorylation of Melanoma Glycoproteins, Pigment Cell Research 1992; 5:396-399
Volume 6, Number 2 March 1993
61 Review Article - Vitiligo: Where Do We Stand? Jean-Paul Ortonne and Sumit Kumar Bose
73 Atypical Granules in the Eyes of the White Mutant of Drosophila melanogaster Are Lysosome-Related Organelles. Ulrich Schraermeyer and Marianne Dohms
85 Production of [14C]-Labeled 3-Hydroxy-L-Kynurenine in a Butterfly, Heliconius charitonia L. (Heliconidae), and Precursor Studies in Butterfly Wing Ommatins. P. Bernhardt Koch
91 A Standardized Test for the Identification and Characterization of Melanins Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy. W.S. Enochs, M.J. Nilges, and H.M. Swartz
100 Electrophoretic Heterogeneity of Pigmented Hamster Melanoma Cells. Krzysztof Hyrc, Adam Wilczek, and Krystyna Cieszka
111 In Situ Detection of Immunocompetent Cells in Murine B16 Melanoma Locally Treated With Interleukin-2 or Microwaval Hyperthermia. Juichiro Nakayama, Atsumichi Urabe, Hiroshi Terao, Shun'Ichiro Taniguchi, and Yoshiaki Hori
Volume 6, Number 3 June 1993
117 Review Article - Melanogenesis and the Generation of Cytotoxic Molecules During Insect Cellular Immune Reactions. A.J. Nappi and E. Vass
127 Review Article - Interaction Between Chemicals and Melanin. Bengt S. Larsson
134 Free Radicals in Melanin-Cationic Porphyrins Complexes in the Dark and Under Light Irradiation. Yara Ridente, Gianluca Camillo Azzellini, and Amando Siuiti Ito
140 Application of Photoacoustic Phase Angle Spectroscopy (F AS) to Eumelanins and Pheomelanins. Elena Caiti, Pier Raimondo Crippa, and Cristiano Viappiani
145 Smyth Chicken Melanocyte Autoantibodies: Cross-Species Recognition, In Vivo Binding, and Plasma Membrane Reactivity of the Antiserum. Edward A. Searle, Lisa M. Austin, Ying L. Boissy, Huiquan Zhao, James J. Nordlund, and Raymond E. Boissy
158 Preparation of Purified Tyrosinase Devoid of Dopachrome Tautomerase From Mammalian Malignant Melanocytes. P. Valverde, C. Jimenez-Cervantes, C. Salinas, J.C. Garcia-Borron, F. Solano, and J.A. Lozano
165 Chemical and Electron Microscopic Studies of Cattle (Bos taurus) With Four Types of Phenotypic Pigmentation. Carlo Renieri, Piero Ceccarelli, Anna Maria Gargiulo, Jean-Jacques Lauvergne, and Giacomo Monacelli
171 Evolution of the Tyrosinase Related Gene (TYRL) in Primates. W.S. Oetting, O.C. Stine, D. Townsend, and R.A. King
178 Book Review: Melanins and Melanogenesis. Mac E. Hadley
Volume 6, Number 4, Part I August 1993
181 In Memoriam: Carl Witkop, Jr. (1920-1993) . DeWayne Townsend
182 Review Article - Mechanistic Aspects of the Control of Tyrosinase Activity. P.A. Riley
186 Review Article - From Gene to Protein: Determination of Melanin Synthesis. Kazunori Urabe, Pilar Aroca, and Vincent J. Hearing
193 Does Melanin Turnover Occur in the Eyes of Adult Vertebrates? Ulrich Schraermeyer
205 Pteridines as Reflecting Pigments and Components of Reflecting Organelles in Vertebrates. Lynn W. Oliphant and Jocelyn Hudon
209 An Ultrastructural Study of Melanocytes and Melanosomes in the Skin and Hair Bulbs of Rufous Albinos. S.H. Kidson, P.D.G. Richards, F Rawoot, and J.G.R. Kromberg
215 Light (Blt), a Mutation That Causes Melanocyte Death, Affects Stria Vascularis Function in the Mouse Inner Ear. Joanne Cable, Ian J. Jackson, and Karen P. Steel
226 Histological, Biochemical, and Ultrastructural Studies on Hyperpigmented Human Skin Xenografts. Jamal Z. Farooqui, Billye W. Auclair, Edward Robb, Edward Sarkisian, Carol Cooper, J. Wesley Alexander, Glen Warden, Raymond E. Boissy, and James Nordlund
Volume 6, Number 4, Part 2 August 1993
237 XVth International Pigment Cell Conference, London, United Kingdom, September 26 - 30, 1993
271 Abstracts
Volume 6, Number 5 October 1993
333 Conference Report - Neuromelanin: A Key to Parkinson's Disease. Giuseppe Prota and Marco d'Ischia
336 Review Article - From the Crest to the Periphery: Control of Pigment Cell Migration and Lineage Segregation. Carol A. Erickson
348 Role of Melanin as a Scavenger of Active Oxygen Species. Juanita Bustamante, Luis Bredeston, Gabriela Malanga, and Jose Mordoh
354 Antimelanoma Activity of Chloroquine, an Antimalarial Agent with High Affinity for Melanin. Shigeki Inoue, Katsutoshi Hasegawa, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, and Keisuke Fujita
359 Melanization Stimulating Activity in the Skin of the Gilthead Porgy, Sparus auratus. A. Zuasti, J.H. Martinez-Liarte, C. Ferrer, M. Cañizares, J. Newton, and J. T. Bagnara
365 Actin and Tubulin Arrays in Cultured Xenopus Melanophores Responding to Melatonin. Mark D. Rollag and Mark R. Adelman
372 8th Meeting of the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research, Toyoake, Japan, December 10 - 11, 1993
373 Abstracts
Volume 6, Number 6 December 1993
381 Review Article - Organ-Specific Metastases in Melanoma: Experimental Animal Models. Sebastiano Gattoni-Celli, Randolph H. Byers, Lido Calorini, and Soldano Ferrone
385 Calcium Plays a Complex Role in the Regulation of Melanogenesis in Murine B16 Melanoma Cells. Jayne A. Buffey, Mandy Edgecombe, and Sheila Mac Neil
394 Improved Tyrosinase Activity Stains in Polyacrylamide Electrophoresis Gels. Celia Jimenez-Cervantes, Paloma Valverde, José C. Garcia-Borrón, Francisco Solano and José A. Lozano
400 Tyrosinase Gene Expression in Human Tissues. Zita Battyani, Luc Xerri, Jacques Hassoun, Jean-Jacques Bonerandi, and Jean-Jacques Grob
406 Modulation of Normal Human Melanocyte Dendricity by Growth-Promoting Agents. Keiko Nakazawa, Odile Damour, and Christian Collombel
417 Cytoskeletal Architecture of Dermal Chromatophores of the Freshwater Teleost Oryzias latipes. Masataka Obika and Toshihiko Fukuzawa
423 Dual Appearances of Pigment Cells from In Vitro Cultured Embryonic Cells of Japanese Flounder: An Implication for a Differentiation-Associated Clock. Tadahisa Seikai, Euichi Hirose, and Jiro Matsumoto
Volume 7, Number 1 February 1994
1 Further Evidence for Involvement of Both Cell Mediated and Humoral Immunity in Generalized Vitiligo. M. Badawy Abdel-Naser, S. Krüger-Krasagakes, K. Krasagakis, H. Gollnick, and C.E. Orfanos
9 Goldfish Tyrosinase Related Protein 1 (TRP-1): Deduced Amino Acid Sequence From cDNA and Comments on Structural Features. Gang Peng, John D. Taylor, and T.T. Tchen
17 Effects of Mutations at the W Locus (c-kit) on Inner Ear Pigmentation and Function in the Mouse. J. Cable, D. Huszar, R. Jaenisch, and K.P. Steel
33 Organotypic Culture of Human Skin to Study Melanocyte Migration. I. Caroline Le Poole, René M.J.G.J. van den Wijngaard, Wiete Westerhof, Jan A.M.A. Dormans, Frank M. van den Berg, Ronald P. Verkruisen, Koert P. Dingemans, and Pranab K. Das
44 Stem Cell Factor Regulates Human Melanocyte-Matrix Interactions. Glynis Scott, James Ewing, Daniel Ryan, and Camille Abboud
52 Fine Structure of Melanogenesis in the Ink Sac of Sepia officinalis. Ulrich Schraermeyer
61 Effects of Odorants on Pigment Aggregation and cAMP in Fish Melanophores. Jan Olof G. Karlsson, Samuel P.S. Svensson, Lena G.E. Martensson, Svante Ödman, Hans Elwing, and K. Ingemar Lundström
Volume 7, Number 2 April 1994
XVth International Pigment Cell Conference, London, United Kingdom, September 26 - 30, 1993 Part I
65 Foreword - Proceedings of the XVth International Pigment Cell Conference. Yutaka Mishima
66 Preface - Proceedings of the XVth International Pigment Cell Conference. Giuseppe Prota
67 Introduction - Proceedings of the XVth International Pigment Cell Conference. Patrick Riley
69 Seiji Memorial Lecture: Transgene Expression In Melanocytes. Takuji Takeuchi
73 Genetics and Molecular Biology of Mouse Pigmentation. Ian J. Jackson, Peter Budd, Jacqueline M. Horn, Ruth Johnson, Sophie Raymond, and Karen Steel
81 Interactions of Melanocytes and Melanoma Cells With the Microenvironment. Meenhard Herlyn and Ie-Ming Shih
89 Signal Transduction in Normal and Malignant Melanocytes. Ruth Halaban
96 Nuclear Onco-Protein Targets of Signal Transduction Pathways. James R. Woodgett, Bernd J. Pulverer, Simon Plyte, Kenneth Hughes, and Eleni Nikolakaki
101 The Pathology of Melanoma as a Basis for Prognostic Models: The UCSF Experience. Richard W Sagebiel
104 Melanoma Prevention: Is It Possible to Change a Population's Behavior In the Sun? Robin Marks
107 Commentaries. Sheila Mac Neil, John Pawelek, Anthony Thody, and Bridget Baker
110 Antioxidant Status in the Blood of Patients With Active Vitiligo. Mauro Picardo, Siro Passi, Aldo Morrone, Mauro Grandinetti, Aldo Di Carlo, and Ferdinando Ippolito
116 Proliferation and Propagation of Human Melanocytes In Vitro Are Affected by Donor Age and Anatomical Site. Zalfa A. Abdel-Malek, Viki B. Swope, James J. Nordlund, and Estela E. Medrano
123 Dopachrome Tautomerase Is Not Essential for DHICA Formation. Stan Pavel
125 Is Dopachrome Tautomerase Necessary To Get DHICA From Dopachrome? F. Solano, J.C. Garcia-Borron, and J.A. Lozano
126 John Pawelek
Volume 7, Number 3 June 1994
129 A Tribute to Tibby Russell. Murray H. Brilliant
131 Human TRP-1 Has Tyrosine Hydroxylase but no DOPA Oxidase Activity. Huiquan Zhao, Yang Zhao, James J. Nordlund, and Raymond E. Boissy
141 An Improved Modification of Permanganate Oxidation of Eumelanin That Gives a Constant Yield of Pyrrole-2,3,5-Tricarboxylic Acid. Shosuke Ito and Kazumasa Wakamatsu
145 A Comparison Between Melanotic and Amelanotic Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells In Vitro Concerning the Effects of L-Dopa and Oxygen on Cell Cycle. Kiyoshi Akeo, Yasuhiko Tanaka, and Sigekuni Okisaka
152 Melanocytes Fail to Survive in Hair Bulbs of the Shiba Goat (Capra hircus) With the Dominant Black-Eyed White Phenotype. Satoshi Tanaka, Hideaki Tojo, Kyoko Kasai, Toru Sawasaki, and Chikashi Tachi
158 Three Modes of Melanosome Transfers in Caucasian Facial Skin: Hypothesis Based on an Ultrastructural Study. Osamu Yamamoto and Jag Bhawan
170 Deposition of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor on Surface of Epidermal Melanocytes Suggesting the Stromal Control of Epidermal Pigmentation. Shuhei Imayama, Minao Furumura, and Yoshiaki Hori
175 Pharmacological Profiles of the Subtypes of Muscarinic Cholinoceptors That Mediate Aggregation of Pigment in the Melanophores of' Two Species of Catfish. Hiroshi Hayashi and Ryozo Fujii
184 Morphological Characterization of Three Phenotypes of the Isopod Armadillidium vulgare. S. Negishi, Y Hasegawa, G. Martin, P. Juchault, and Y. Katakura
191 Erratum: M. Badawy Abdel-Naser, S. Krüger-Krasagakes, K. Karasagakis, H. Gollnick, and C.E. Orfanos (1994) Further Evidence for Involvement of Both Cell Mediated and Humoral Immunity in Generalized Vitiligo. Pigment Cell Res., 7:1-8.
Volume 7, Number 4 August 1994
XVth International Pigment Cell Conference, London, United Kingdom, September 26 - 30, 1993 Part II
193 Melanocyte Destruction and Repopulation In Vitiligo. David A. Norris, Tarsuya Horikawa, and Joseph G. Morelli
204 The Presence of Tyrosinase and Related Proteins in Human Epidermis and Their Relationship to Melanin Type. Derek Tobin, Anthony G. Quinn, Shosuke Ito, and Anthony J. Thody
210 Growth of Neural Crest Cells in Vitro is Enhanced by Extracts From Silky Fowl Embryonic Tissues. Laure Lecoin, Pascale Mercier, and Nicole M. Le Douarin
217 Cultured Human Melanocytes Respond to MSH Peptides and ACTH. Gillian Hunt, Philippe D. Donatien, John Lunec, Carole Todd, Sylvia Kyne, and Anthony J. Thody
222 Tamoxifen Inhibition of Ocular Melanoma Cell Attachment to Matrix Proteins. S. Mac Neil, M. Wagner, and I.G. Rennie
227 DHICA Oxidase Activity of TRP1 and Interactions With Other Melanogenic Enzymes. Takeshi Kobayashi, Kazunori Urabe, Alison Winder, Katsuhiko Tsukamoto, Timothy Brewington, Genji Imokawa, Brian Potterf, and Vincent J. Hearing
235 Expression Studies of Pigmentation and POU-Domain Genes in Human Melanoma Cells. Richard A. Sturm, Brendan J. O'Sullivan, J. Angus, F. Thomson, Negar Jamshidi, Julie Pedley, and Peter G. Parsons
241 Workshop Report: Evolution and Expression Of Tyrosinase-Related Proteins. Ian J. Jackson
243 Workshop Report: Melanoma Treatment. Bengt S. Larsson
244 Workshop Report: Biophysics of Melanin and Informal Group on the Characterization of Neuromelanin. Harold M. Swartz
245 Regulation of Melanogenesis Induced by 5-Methoxypsoralen Without Ultraviolet Light in Murine Melanoma Cells. Valérie Mengeaud and Jean Paul Ortonne
255 X-Ray Characterization of Melanins-I. Jin Cheng, Simon C. Moss, Melvin Eisner, and Paul Zschack
263 X-Ray Characterization of Melanins-II. Jin Cheng, Simon C. Moss, and Melvin Eisner
274 Book Review: Pigmentation and Pigmentary Disorders. Walter C. Quevedo, Jr
275 Publisher's Note - 1995: A Year of Change.
Volume 7, Number 5 October 1994
275 Analysis of the Mouse Tyrosinase Promoter In Vitro and In Vivo. Ruth Ganss, Andrea Schmidt, Günther Schütz, and Friedrich Beermann
279 Identification of Nuclear Factors That Bind to the Mouse Tyrosinase Gene Regulatory Region. Shigeru Sata, Hirohito Miura, Hiroaki Yamamoto, and Takuji Takeuchi
285 Analysis of Tyrosinase Mutations Associated With Tyrosinase-Related Oculocutaneous Albinism (OCA1) . William S. Oetting and Richard A. King
291 Tyrosinase Isoenzymes: Two Melanosomal Tyrosinases With Different Kinetic Properties and Susceptibility to Inhibition by Calcium. C. Jiménez-Cervantes, F. Solano, J.A. Lozano, and J.C. García-Borrón
298 The DHICA Oxidase Activity of the Melanosomal Tyrosinases LEMT and HEMT. C. Jiménez-Cervantes, F. Solano, J.A. Lozano, and J.C. García-Borrón
305 The Mouse Brown (b) Locus Protein Functions as a Dopachrome Tautomerase. Alison J. Winder, Anna Wittbjer, Gerd Odh, Evald Rosengren, and Hans Rorsman
311 Coordinated mRNA and Protein Expression of Human LAMP-1 in Induction of Melanogenesis After UV-B Exposure and Co-Transfection of Human Tyrosinase and TRP-1 cDNAs. Kowichi Jimbow, Dong Luo, Hua Chen, Hiroyuki Hara, and Mu Hyoung Lee
320 Effects of Ultraviolet Irradiation on the Cell Cycle. Jean L. Bolognia, Stefano A. Sodi, Ashok K. Chakraborty, Maria Concetta Fargnoli, and John M. Pawelek
326 Analysis of the UV-Induced Melanogenesis and Growth Arrest of Human Melanocytes. Zalfa Abdel-Malek, Viki Swope, Douglas Smalara, George Babcock, Susan Dawes, and James Nordlund
333 Demonstration of Voltage-Dependent and TTX-Sensitive Na+-Channels in Human Melanocytes. Björn -Ekmehag, Bertil Persson, Patrik Rorsman, and Hans Rorsman
339 Role of b -1 Integrins in Cell Spreading and Migration of Human Nevomelanocytes and Dysplastic Nevi Cells on Collagen Type IV and Laminin. Jacqueline Vink, Sybren K. Dekker, Robert L. van Leeuwen, Bert J. Vermeer, Jan Anthonie Bruijn, and H. Randolph Byers
348 P53 Mutation and c-fos Overexpression Are Associated With Detection of the Antigen VLA-2 in Human Melanoma Cell Lines. Georgios Kroumpouzos, Jürgen Eberle, Claus Garbe, and Constantin E. Orfanos
354 p53 and PCNA Expression In Malignant Melanomas of the Head and Neck. Sabine C. Girod, W. Groth, M. Junk, and K.-L. Gerlach
358 211At-Methylene Blue in Targeted Radiotherapy of Disseminated Melanoma. Eva M. Link, Adam S. Michalowski, and Frank Rösch
363 9th Meeting of the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research, Tokyo, Japan, December 9 - 10, 1994
364 Abstracts
Volume 7, Number 6 December 1994
375 Some Parting Thoughts. Joseph T Bagnara
376 Molecular and Biological Control of Melanogenesis Through Tyrosinase Genes and Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulatory Factors. Yutaka Mishima
388 A Cladistic Analysis of the Evolutionary Relationships of the Members of the Tyrosinase Gene Family Using Sequence Data. Randall Morrison, Kenneth Mason, and Sally Frost-Mason
394 Characterization of Mouse Pmel 17 Gene and Silver Locus. Byoung S. Kwon, Kack K. Kim, Ruth Halaban, and Richard T. Pickard
398 The Mouse Pink-Eyed Dilution Gene: Association with Hypopigmentation in Prader-Willi and Angelman Syndromes and with Human OCA2. Murray H. Brilliant, Richard King, Uta Francke, Simone Schuffenhauer, Thomas Meitinger, John M. Gardner, Donna Durham-Pierre, and Yoshimichi Nakatsu
403 0-Methylation of L-dopa in Melanin Metabolism and the Presence of Catechol-0 Methyltransferase in Melanocytes. Nico Smit, Carolo Tilgmann, Tuula Karbunen, Robbert Slingerland, lsmo Ulmanen, Wiete Westerhof, and Stan Pavel
409 Premature Avian Melanocyte Death Due to Low Antioxidant Levels of Protection: Fowl Model for Vitiligo. Roger R. Bowers, Jason Lujan, Arcadio Biboso, Steven Kridel, and Cibby Varkey
419 Melanins In IGR I Melanoma Cells. Gerd Odh, Annika Hindemith, Ragnar Carstam, Jan Paulson, Evald Rosengren, and Hans Rorsman
428 Evolutionary Origin and Molecular Biology of the Melanoma-Inducing Oncogene of Xiphophorus. Angelika Schartl, Nicola Dimitrijevic, and Manfred Schartl
433 Increasing Melanoma Incidence: Putatively Explainable by Retrotransposons - Experimental Contribution of the Xiphophorine Gordon-Kosswig Melanoma System. Annerose Anders, Harald Petry, Christine Fleming, Kerstin Petry, Petra Brix, Wolfgang Lüke, Harald Groger, Eckart Schneider, Jürgen Kiefer, and Fritz Anders
451 The Role of 8OK/MARCKS, a Specific Substrate of Protein Kinase C, in Cell Growth and Tumour Progression. Gavin Brooks
458 Tissue Distribution of an Immunogenic Melanoma Associated Antigen, D-1. Kazuhito Hayashibe, Hiroshi Nagai, Satoru Kako, Hidekazu Tsukamoto, and Masamitsu Ichihashi
461 Selective Expression of PAN-Binding Glycoconjugates by Invasive Human Melanomas: A New Marker of Metastatic Potential. Jean-François Doré, Odile Berthier-Vergnes, Noureddine Zebda, Maryse Bailly, Luc Thomas, Christiane Bailly, and Alistair J. Cochran
465 Postscript - XVth International Pigment Cell Conference: A Meeting for All Seasons. Alistair J. Cochran
Volume 7, Supplement 3 1994
Program and Abstracts of the 5th Meeting of the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research, Philadelphia, PA, June 25 - 29, 1994
Volume 8, Number 1 February 1995
1 N-CAM and N-Cadherin Are Specifically Expressed in Xanthophores, but not in the Other Types of Pigment Cells, Melanophores, and Iridophores. Toshihiko Fukuzawa and Masataka Obika
10 Keratinocyte Extracellular Matrix-Mediated Regulation of Normal Human Melanocyte Function. Keiko Nakazawa, Hisayoshi Nakazawa, Christian Collombel, and Odile Damour
19 Stimulation of Cultured Melanocytes in Medium Containing a Serum Substitute: Ultroser-G. Nico P.M. Smit, Wiete Westerhof, Wilma J. Menko, Netty M. Verbeek, and Stan Pavel
28 A Transmission Electron Microscopic (TEM) Method for Determining Structural Colors Reflected by Lizard Iridophores. Randall L. Morrison
37 Changes in Adrenergic Innervation to Chromatophores During Prolonged Background Adaptation in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes. Masazumi Sugimoto and Noriko Oshima
46 The Identification and Partial Cloning by PCR of the Gene for Tyrosinase-Related Protein-1 in the Mexican Axolotl. Kenneth A. Mason and Sally K. Mason
53 Characterization of Vitiligo Antigens. Jian Cui, Yuko Arita, and Jean-Claude Bystryn
60 Antimelanoma Antibodies in Swine With Spontaneously Regressing Melanoma. Jian Cui, DunLu Chen, Michael L. Misfeldt, Ronald W. Swinfard, and Jean-Claude Bystryn
Volume 8, Number 2 April 1995
65 Editorial: Studying Pigment Cells Inside-Out. Takuji Takeuchi
66 Confrontation of Developing Melanophore Bars of Dark and White Axolotls With Endogenous Dark-Embryo Mannose-Binding Lectin Correlates with Melanophore Bar Disruption. Gale N. Martha and Nadine C. Milos
75 Ultrastructural Immunogold Localization of Some Organelle-Transport Relevant Proteins in Wholemounted Permeabilized Nonextracted Goldfish Xanthophores. Victoria A. Kimler and John D. Taylor
83 Effect of Penicillin-Streptomycin and Other Antibiotics on Melanogenic Parameters in Cultured B16/F10 Melanoma Cells. José Martinez-Liarte, Francisco Solano, and José A. Lozano
89 Some Aspects of Melanin Formation of Melanocytes Cultured on Collagen-Coated Microcarrier Beads. Nico P.M. Smit, Wiete Westerhof, Wilma Smit, Bart Nanninga, and Stan Pavel
97 The Expression of Tyrosinase, Tyrosinase-Related Proteins 1 and 2 (TRP1 and TRP2), the Silver Protein, and a Melanogenic Inhibitor in Human Melanoma Cells of Differing Melanogenic Activities. Koichiro Kameyama, Chie Sakai, Sakae Kuge, Shiego Nishiyama, Yashusi Tomita, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, and Vincent J. Hearing
105 Inhibitory Effects of Melanin Monomers, Dihydroxyindole-2-Carboxylic Acid (DHICA) and Dihydroxyindole (DHI) on Mammalian Tyrosinase, With a Special Reference to the Role of DHICA/DHI Ratio in Melanogenesis. Adam Wilczek and Yutaka Mishima
113 Turtle Lung Cells Produce a Melanization-Stimulating Activity That Promotes Melanocytic Differentiation of Avian Neural Crest Cells. Ling Hou and Byoung S. Kown
Volume 8, Number 3 June 1995
121 Biologic, Immunocytochemical, and Cytogenetic Characterization of Two New Human Melanoma Cell Lines: IIB-MEL-LES and IIB-MEL-IAN. Claudia Kairiyama, Irma Slavutsky, Irene Larripa, Veronica Morvillo, Alicia I. Bravo, Laura Bover, Oswaldo L. Podhajcer, and Jose Mordoh
132 Seasonal Variation in Serum Concentration of 5-S-Cysteinyldopa and 6-Hydroxy-5Methoxyindole-2-Carboxylic Acid in Healthy Japanese. Kazumasa Wakamatsu and Shosuke Ito
135 Atypical Androgen Receptor in the Human Melanoma Cell Line IIB-MEL-J. Veronica Morvillo, Isabel A. Luthy, Alicia I. Bravo, Mariana I. Capurro, Mónica Donaldson, Carlos Quintans, Ricardo S. Calandra, and José Mordoh
142 Corticotropin Expression by Human Melanocytes in the Skin. Bhanu Iyengar
147 Characterization of the Melanogenic System in Vibrio cholerae, ATCC 14035. Carolina Ruzafa, Antonio Sanchez-Amat, and Francisco Solano
153 Comparative Analysis of Melanins and Melanosomes Produced by Various Coat Color Mutants. Giuseppe Prota, M. Lynn Lamoreux, Jacqueline Muller; Takeshi Kobayashi, Alessandra Napolitano, M. Rosario Vincensi, Chie Sakai, and Vincent J. Hearing
164 Influences of Sex, Castration, and Androgens on the Eumelanin and Pheomelanin Contents of Different Feathers in Wild Mallards. Eberhard Haase, Shosuke Ito, and Kazumasa Wakamatsu
Volume 8, Number 4 August 1995
173 Comparative Study of Experimental Ocular Melanoma Using Two Implantation Techniques of B16-F10 Melanocytes. Jose Garcia Gonzalez, Vicente Vicente Ortega, Manuel Redondo, and Jose Rodriguez Vicente
180 Complex Formation Between Mushroom Tyrosinase and Manduca Dopachrome Isomerase. Manickam Sugumaran, Kaliappan Nellaiappan, Timothy Scott, and Chamanie Amaratunga
187 Melanosome Formation in Cultured Amelanotic Melanophores of Rana brevipoda by a Frog Tyrosinase cDNA Transfection. Hitoshi Okumoto, Midori Nishioka, Ikuo Miura, and Masataka Obika
194 New Thioureas and Related Substances Intended for Melanoma Targeting. Ulla Mårs and Bengt S. Larsson
202 Eumelanin and Phaeomelanin Contents of Human Epidermis and Cultured Melanocytes. Gillian Hunt, Sylvia Kyne, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Carole Todd, and Anthony J. Thody
209 Transport of Endocytosed Material into Melanin Granules in Cultured Choroidal Melanocytes of Cattle-New Insights into the Relationship of Melanosomes with Lysosomes. Ulrich Schraermeyer
215 Cytoskeleton and PCH-Induced Pigment Aggregation in Macrobrachium potiuna Erythrophores. Maria Carolina B. Tuma, Lars Josefsson, and Ana Maria de L. Castrucci
221 Developmental Regulation of Focal Contact Protein Expression in Human Melanocytes. Glynis A. Scott, Hong Liang, and Linda L. Cassidy
Volume 8, Number 5 October 1995
229 Melanosomal Tyrosine Transport in Normal and Pink-eyed Dilution Murine Melanocytes. William A. Gahl, Brian Potterf, Donna Durham-Pierre, Murray H. Brilliant, and Vincent J. Hearing
234 Effect of Kojic Acid on the Oxidation of DL-DOPA, Norepinephrine, and Dopamine by Mushroom Tyrosinase. Varda Kahn
241 Ex Vivo Reconstruction of the Epidermis With Melanocytes and the Influence of UVB. Sandrine Bessou, Jean-Etienne Surleve-Bazeille, Evelyne Sorbier, and Alain Taieb
250 Oxidation of 3,4-Dihydroxybenzylamine Affords 3,4-Dihydroxybenzaldehyde via the Quinone Methide Intermediate. Manickam Sugumaran
255 Ca2+ and UVB Radiation Have No Effect on E-Cadherin-Mediated Melanocyte-Keratinocyte Adhesion. Keiko Nakazawa, Hisayoshi Nakazawa, Michelle Bonnard, Odile Damour, and Christian Collombel
263 The Pinkeyed-Dilution Protein and the Eumelanin/Pheomelanin Switch: In Support of a Unifying Hypothesis. M. Lynn Lamoreux, Bao-Kang Zhou, Susana Rosemblat, and Seth J. Orlow
271 Melanocytes in the Stria Vascularis and Vestibular Labyrinth of the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Carlos Escobar, Adelina Zuasti, Concepcion Ferrer, and Felix Garcia-Ortega
279 Melanins in Physiological Conditions Protect Against Lipoperoxidation. A Study on Albino and Pigmented Xenopus. Concetta Corsaro, Marina Scalia, Anna Rita Blanco, Ivana Aiello, and Giovanni Sichel
Volume 8, Number 6 December 1995
283 The Effects of Hydroxyl Radical Attack on Dopa, Dopamine, 6-Hydroxydopa, and 6-Hydroxydopamine. Anthony J. Nappi, Emily Vass, Giuseppe Prota, and Sofia Memoli
294 In Vivo and In Vitro Morphological Analysis of Melanocytes Homozygous for the misp Allele at the Murine Microphthalmia Locus. Raymond E. Boissy and M. Lynn Lamoreux
302 Agouti Alleles Influence Thiol Concentrations in Hair Follicles and Extrafollicular Tissues of Mice (AY/a, AwJ/AwJ, a/a). David E. Granholm, R. Neil Reese, and Nels H. Granholm
307 Incomplete Expression of the Tyrosinase Gene Family (tyrosinase, TRP-1, and TRP-2) in Human Malignant Melanoma Cells In Vitro. Jurgen Eberle, Claus Garbe, Nanping Wang, and Constantin E. Orfanos
314 The Melanotropic Peptide, [Nle4,D-Phe7]a -MSH, Stimulates Human Melanoma Tyrosinase Activity and Inhibits Cell Proliferation. Jinwen Jiang, Shubh D. Sharma, Shelley Nakamura, Jeng-Yu Lai, Jody L. Fink, Victor J. Hruby, and Mac E. Hadley
325 10th Meeting of the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research, Osaka, Japan, December 2 - 3, 1995
326 Abstracts
Volume 8, Supplement 4 1995
Program and Abstracts of the 6th Meeting of the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research, Kansas City, MO, June 25 - 28, 1995
Volume 9, Number 1 February 1996
1 Tribute to Takuji Takeuchi: An Admirable Example of Scientific Passion and Restrained Style. Giuseppe Prota
3 In Memorium: Takuji Takeuchi (1930-1996) . Jiro Matsumoto and Hiroaki Yamamoto
4 Publisher's Note. Hanne Freno
5 Distribution of Keratan Sulphate and Chondroitin Sulphate in Wild Type and White Mutant Axolotl Embryos During Neural Crest Cell Migration. Lennart Olsson, Michael Stigson, Roberto Perris, J. Michael Sorrell, and Jan Löfberg
18 Effects of Extracellular Matrix Molecules on Subepidermal Neural Crest Cell Migration in Wild Type and White Mutant (dd) Axolotl Embryos. Lennart Olsson, Kristian Svensson, and Roberto Perris
28 Effects of Calphostin C, Specific PKC Inhibitor on TPA-Induced Normal Human Melanocyte Growth, Morphology and Adhesion. Keiko Nakazawa, Hisayoshi Nakazawa, Florent Sahuc, Odile Damour, and Christian Collombel
35 Yellow Marking and Pteridine Contents in the Integument of Albino Armadillidium vulgare. Sumiko Negishi, Terumi Sueoka, Yuriko Hasegawa, and Setsuko Katoh
42 Genomic Organization and FISH Mapping of Human Pmel 17, the Putative Silver Locus. K.-K. Kim, B.-S. Youn, H.H.Q. Heng, X.M. Shi, L.-C. Tsui, Z.H. Lee, R.T Pickard, and B.S. Kwon
Volume 9, Number 2 April 1996
51 Chemical Characterization of Melanins in Sheep Wool and Human Hair. Hiroyuki Ozeki, Shosuke Ito, and Kazumasa Wakamatsu
58 Effective Elimination of Fibroblasts in Cultures of Melanocytes by Lowering Calcium Concentration in TPA Depleted Medium Following Geneticin Treatment. Tatsuya Horikawa, David A. Norris, Tamara Zekman, and Joseph G. Morelli
63 Composition of Mammalian Eumelanins: Analyses of DHICA-Derived Units in Pigments From Hair and Melanoma Cells. Adam Wilczek, Hirofumi Kondoh, and Yutaka Mishima
68 Interference by Cellular Melanin With Assay of DNA-Protein Crosslinks by the Potassium Dodecyl Sulfate Precipitation Method. Robert M. Goodman and Helene Z. Hill
72 Monoclonal Antibody MAT-1 Against Human Tyrosinase Can Detect Melanogenic Cells on Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Sections. Noriko Sato, Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Takimoto, Shigeki Masui, Koushi Shibata, Hiroyuki Nakano, and Yasushi Tomita
77 Activation of Tyrosinase Reduces the Cytotoxic Effects of the Superoxide Anion in B16 Mouse Melanoma Cells. Paloma Valverde, Philip Manning, Calum J. McNeil, and Anthony J. Thody
85 Tumor Suppressor p53 Down-Regulates Tissue-Specific Expression of Tyrosinase Gene in Human Melanoma Cell Lines. Julia Kichina, Albert Green, and Sikha Rauth
92 Enzymatic and Non-Enzymatic Oxygenation of Tyrosine. Anna Wittbjer, Gerd Odh, Evald Rosengren, and Hans Rorsman
96 Characterization of the Reflective Materials and Organelles in the Bright Irides of North American Blackbirds (Icterinae) . Jocelyn Hudon and Alister D. Muir
Volume 9, Number 3 June 1996
107 Vitiligo, Psoralen, and Melanogenesis: Some Observations and Understanding. D.P. Chakraborty, S. Roy, and A.K. Chakraborty
117 Pheomelanin Production by the Lipoxygenase-Catalyzed Oxidation of 5-S-Cysteinyldopa and 5-S-Cysteinyldopamine. Luciana Mosca, Cesira Foppoli, Raffaella Coccia, and Maria Anna Rosei
126 Foetal Human Melanocytes: In Situ Detection, In Vitro Culture and Differentiation Characteristics at 6-11 Weeks EGA. I. Caroline Le Poole, Rene M.J.G.J. van den Wijngaard, Ronald P. Verkruisen, Wout H. Lamers, Dirk Troost, Wiete Westerhof, and Pranab K. Das
134 Stem Cell Factor Regulates the Melanocyte Cytoskeleton. Glynis Scott, Hong Liang, and Dipika Luthra
142 On the Melanization of the Rat's Eye. Michael Ansorge, Bernd Sahlmann, and Peter Stanka
148 The Administration of an a -MSH Analogue Reduces the Serum Release of ILl-a and TNFa Induced by the Injection of a Sublethal Dose of Lipopolysaccharides in the BALB/c Mouse. Christophe Gonindard, Catherine Goigoux, Etienne Hollande, and Lucien Dussourd D'Hinterland
154 Increase in Shedding of Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 in Human Malignant Melanoma Cell Lines Treated With Hyperthermia In Vitro. Juichiro Nakayama, Toshiro Kageshita, Manabu Nakashima, Masayuki Tsujisaki, Kozo Imai, and Yoshiaki Hori
Volume 9, Number 4 August 1996
161 llth Meeting of the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research, Kawasaki, Japan, December 6 - 7, 1996
162 Abstracts
175 Characterization of Melanogenesis in Normal Human Epidermal Melanocytes by Chemical and Ultrastructural Analysis. Hidemi Nakagawa and Genji Imokawa
179 Transcription of Melanogenesis Enzymes in Melanocytes: Dependence upon Culture Conditions and Co-Cultivation With Keratinocytes. Stefan Kippenberger, August Bernd, Jurgen Bereiter-Hahn, Ana Ramirez-Bosca, Roland Kaufmann, and Hans Holzmann
185 Melanomacrophage Aggregations and Their Age Relationships in the Yellow Mud Turtle, Kinosternon flavescens (Kinosternidae). James L. Christiansen, John M. Grzybowski, and Robert M. Kodama
191 The Interaction of Agouti Signal Protein and Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone to Regulate Melanin Formation in Mammals. Minao Furumura, Chie Sakai, Zalfa Abdel-Malek, Gregory S. Barsh, and Vincent J. Hearing
204 Effect of Pituitary and Ovarian Hormones on Human Melanocytes In Vitro. Kazuhisa Maeda, Masako Naganuma, Minoru Fukuda, Jun Matsunaga, and Yasushi Tomita
Volume 9, Number 5 October 1996
213 Invited Review - Melanocortin Receptors: Identification and Characterization by Melanotropic Peptide Agonists and Antagonists. Mac E. Hadley, Victor J. Hruby, Jiwen Jiang, Shubh D. Sharma, Jody L. Fink, Carrie Haskell-Luevano, David L. Bentley, Fahad Al-Obeidi, and Tomi K. Sawyer
235 k -Casein Suppresses Melanogenesis in Cultured Pigment Cells. Mitsunari Nakajima, Ichizo Shinoda, Yoshiko Samejima, Hirofumi Miyauchi, Yasuo Fukuwatari, and Hirotoshi Hayasawa
240 Human Epidermal Melanocyte and Keratinocyte Melanocortin Receptors: Visualization by Melanotropic Peptide Conjugated Microspheres (Latex Beads). Jinwen Jiang, Shubh D. Sharma, Victor J. Hruby, David L. Bentley, Jody L. Fink, and Mac E. Hadley
248 Detection of a Fine Lamellar Gridwork After Degradation of Ocular Melanin Granules by Cultured Peritoneal Macrophages. Ulrich Schraermeyer and Marianne Dohms
255 The Proteolytic Potential of Normal Human Melanocytes: Comparison With Other Skin Cells and Melanoma Cell Lines. Jozef Bizik, Sandrine Bessou, Diana Felnerova, Antti Vaheri, and Alain Taieb
265 Spectrophotometric Characterization of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin in Hair. Hiroyuki Ozeki, Shosuke Ito, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, and Anthony J. Thody
Volume 9, Number 6 December 1996
273 Melanins From Opioid Peptides. Maria Anna Rosei
281 Insights Into Pigmentary Phenomena Provided by Grafting and Chimera Formation in the Axolotl. Charles Houillon and Joseph T. Bagnara
289 Quantitative Analysis of Striped Coat-Color Patterns in Large White® Duroc Chimeric Pigs With Special Reference to the Genetic Control Mechanisms of the Dominant Black-Eyed White Phenotype. Kaori Inoue, Satoshi Tanaka, Naomi Kashiwazaki, Haruhiko Nakao, Norio Nakatsuji, Nobuo Sakaki, Hideaki Tojo, and Chikashi Tachi
298 Detection of Mouse Tyrosinase With a Monoclonal Antibody MAT-1 Against Human Tyrosinase. Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Takimoto, Shigeki Masui, Tomomi Kato, Koushi Shibata, Yasushi Tomita, Shigeki Shibahara, and Hiroyuki Nakano
304 Different Populations of Melanocytes Are Present in Hair Follicles and Epidermis. Desmond J. Tobin and Jean-Claude Bystryn
311 The Amphibian Melanization Inhibiting Factor (MIF) Blocks the a -MSH Effect on Mouse Malignant Melanocytes. Ana M. López-Contreras, José H. Martínez-Liarte, Francisco Solano, Preminda Samaraweera, J.M. Newton, and Joseph T. Bagnara
317 Azelaic Acid Has Sensitizing Effect in the Chemotherapeutic Treatment of Several Melanoma Cell Lines. J. Rodriguez-Vicente, V Vicente-Ortega, and Canteras-Jordana
Volume 9, Supplement 5 1996
Program and Abstracts from the XVIth International Pigment Cell Conference, Anaheim, CA, USA, October 29 - November 3, 1996
Volume 10, Number 1 / 2 February / April 1997
1 XVIth International Pigment Cell Conference, Anaheim, CA, USA, October 28 - November 3, 1996
2 Foreword. Giuseppe Prota
3 Preface. Sally K. Frost Mason
4 Introduction. Frank L. Meyskens, Jr, Organizer
5 Review Article - Pigment Cell Research: What Directions? Giuseppe Prota
12 Molecular Basis of Congenital Hypopigmentary Disorders in Humans: A Review. Raymond E. Boissy and James J. Nordlund
25 Review Article - Evidence to Suggest That Expression of MITF Induces Melanocyte Differentiation and Haploinsufficiency of MITF Causes Waardenberg Syndrome Type 2A. Masayoshi Tachibana
34 Signal Transduction by the Oncogenic Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Xmrk in Melanoma Fomation of Xiphophorus. Claudia Wellbrock, Ana Gómez, and Manfred Schartl
41 The Role of Alpha-MSH, Its Agonists, and cAMP in In Vitro Avian Melanocytes. Roger R. Bowers, Arcadia Biboso, and Ofelia Chavez
46 Melanogenesis, Tyrosinase Expression and Reproductive Differentiation in Black and White Truffles (Ascomycotina). Michele Miranda, Osvaldo Zarivi, Antonella Bonfigli, Fernanda Amicarelli, Pierpaolo Aimola, Anna Maria Ragnelli, and Giovanni Pacioni
54 The Influence of Extracellular Matrix Proteins On Cutaneous and Uveal Melanocytes. S.J. Hedley, M. Wagner, S. Bielby, L. Smith-Thomas, D.J. Gawkrodger, and S. MacNeil
60 Proposed Reclassification of Melanoma: A Meeting Held at the XVIth International Pigment Cell Congress, 3rd November 1996. Alistair J. Cochran
64 Sequence Analysis of the Human Tyrosinase Promoter From a Patient With Tyrosinase-Negative Oculocutaneous Albinism. Jun Matsunaga, Miwako Dakeishi, Yoshinori Miyamura, and Yasushi Tomita
68 The Effect Of Ultraviolet B Induced Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Derived Factor/ Thioredoxin (ADF/TRX) on Survival and Growth of Human Melanocytes. Yoko Funasaka and Masamitsu Ichihashi
74 Living and Working in the Sun: A Symposium Held as Part of the XVIth International Pigment Cell Conference. Alistair J. Cochran and Helene Brown
77 Application of the New Stereological Probes to the Study of the Melanosome in Cloudman S91 Melanoma Cells. Dong Fang, Peter Dockery, and Brian Weatherhead
85 Melanocytes In Vitro: How Do They Undergo Mitosis? Stefan Kippenberger, August Bernd, Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn, Ana Ramirez-Bosca, and Roland Kaufmann
100 Abstracts
Volume 10, Number 3 June l997
127 The Regulation of Tyrosinase Gene Transcription. Christine A. Ferguson and Susan H. Kidson
139 Effect of Maltol on the Oxidation of DL-DOPA, Dopamine, N-Acetyldopamine (NADA) and Norepinephrine by Mushroom Tyrosinase. Varda Kahn and Noah Ben-Shalom
150 The Effects of Calcium and Magnesium Ions on the Proliferation of Normal Human Epidermal Melanocytes. Hiroshi Yanase, Hisashi Torishima, and Ryohei Yamamoto
153 Review Article - Regulation of the Tyrosinase Promoter in Transgenic Mice: Expression of a Tyrosinase-lacZ Fusion Gene in Embryonic and Adult Brain. Kirsten Tief, Andrea Schmidt, and Friedrich Beermann
158 Review Article - Melanin: A Two Edged Sword? Helene Z Hill, Weixjiong Li, Patrick Xin, and David L Mitchell
162 Review Article - Prediction of Outcome for Patients with Cutaneous Melanoma. Alistair J. Cochran
168 Transgenic Medaka Fish Bearing the Mouse Tyrosinase Gene: Expression and Transmission of the Transgene Following Electroporation of the Orange-Colored Variant. Hirotake Ono, Euichi Hirose, Katsumi Miyazaki, Hiroaki Yamamoto, and Jiro Matsumoto
176 Clinical, Pathological, and Etiologic Aspects of Acquired Dermal Melanocytosis. Masako Mizoguchi, Fumiko Murakami, Masaru Ito, Mori Asano, Takako Baba. Yoko Kawa, and Yasuo Kubota
184 Luminol-Enhanced Chemiluminescent Response of Human Melanocytes and Melanoma Cells to Hydrogen Peroxide Stress. Frank L Meyskens, Jr, Hung Van Chau, Nilou Tohidian, and Julie Buckmeier
190 Addendum of Abstracts from the 7th Meeting of the Pan American Society for Pigment Cell Research, Providence, Rhode Island, June 15-18, 1997
Volume 10, Number 4 August 1997
193 Survival of Cloudman Mouse Melanoma Cells After Irradiation by Solar Wavelengths of Light. Krystyna Cieszka, Helene Z. Hill, Patrick Xin, Michael Azure, George J. Hill, Markus F Meyenhofer, Raymond E. Boissy and David L Mitchell
201 Ganglioside Expression in Melanomas From Japanese Individuals: Unusual Pattern in Two Patients With Metastatic Lesions of Acral Lentiginous Melanomas. Junji Nakano, Masahiko Muto, Takahira Shimizu, Toru Hirota, Makoto Ichimiya, and Chidori Asagami
206 Review Article - Biological Role of Tyrosinase Related Protein and its Biosynthesis and Transport From TGN to Stage I Melanosome, Late Endosome, Through Gene Transfection Study. Kowichi Jimbow, Paul Fabian Gomez, Kazutomo Toyofuku, Daniel Chang, Shunsuke Miura, Hidenobu Tsujiya, and Jong Sung Park
214 Electron Transfer and Photoprotective Properties of Melanins in Solution. Julian M. Menter and Isaac Willis
218 The Role of Endothelin-1 In Epidermal Hyperpigmentation and Signaling Mechanisms of Mitogenesis and Melanogenesis. G. Imokawa, T. Kobayashi. M. Miyagishi, X. Higashi, and Y. Yada
229 Comparison of TRPs from Murine and Human Malignant Melanocytes. Maria Martinez-Esparza, Celia Jimenez-Cervantes, Jose C. Garcia-Borron, Jose A. Lozano, Veronique del Marmol, Ghanem Ghanem, and Francisco Solano
236 Selective and Synergistic Activity of L-S, R-Buthionine Sulfoximine on Malignant Melanoma is Accompanied by Decreased Expression of Glutathione-S-Transferase. John P Fruehauf, Svetlana Zonis, Mohammed Al-Bassam, Atinura Kyshtoobayeva, Chiranjib Dasgupta, Tatjana Milovanovic, Ricardo J. Parker, and Antonio C. Buzaid
Volume 10, Number 5 October, 1997
251 Modeling Drug-Melanin Interaction With Theoretical Linear Solvation Energy Relationships. Alfred H. Lowrey, George R. Famini, Valery Loumbev, Leland Y. Wilson, and Jeffrey M. Tosk
257 X-Ray Microanalysis and Phagocytotic Activity of Cultured Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells in Hypoxia. Kiyoshi Akeo, Tatsushi Fujiwara, Hiroshi Yorifuji, and Shigekuni Okisaka
265 Genetic and Biochemical Studies on Ommochrome Genesis in an Albino Strain of a Terrestrial Isopod, Armadillidium vulgare. Y. Hasegawa. S. Negishi, J. Naito, I. Ishiguro, G. Martin, P. Juchault, and Y. Katakura
271 The Amphibian Kupffer Cells Build and Demolish Melanosomes: An Ultrastructural Point of View. Giovanni Sichel, Marina Scalia, Filippo Mondio, and Concetta Corsaro
288 Characterisation of ACTH Peptides in Human Skin and Their Activation of the Melanocortin-1 Receptor. Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Alison Graham, David Cook, and Anthony J. Thody
298 Agouti Protein Inhibits the Production Of Eumelanin and Phaeomelanin in the Presence and Absence of a -Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone. Alison Graham, Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Gillian Hunt, Shosuke Ito, and Anthony J. Thody
304 Establishment of a Murine Model for Metastasis of Cytokine-Producing Tumor to the Brain. Masamichi Nakai, Shigeru Takauchi, Tooru Yamaguchi, Toshio Kawamata, Kiyoshi Maeda, and Chikako Tanaka
312 Abstracts
Volume 10, Number 6 December 1997
369 Editorial. Jiro Matsumoto
370 Review Article - Biosynthesis, Structure, and Function of Neuromelanin and Its Relation to Parkinson's Disease: A Critical Update. Marco d'Ischia and Giuseppe Prota
377 Review Article - Albinism Due to Transposable Element Insertion in Fish. Akihiko Koga and Hiroshi Hori
382 Pigmented Human Skin Equivalent: New Method of Reconstitution by Grafting an Epithelial Sheet Onto a Non-Contractile Dermal Equivalent. Keiko Nakazawa, Hisayoshi Nakazawa, Florent Sahuc, Annie Lepavec, Christian Collombel, and Odile Damour
391 The Effect of 3-Aminobenzamide on Thymidine Incorporation In Ultra-Violet Irradiated Chick Pigment Epithelium Cells. Annette Baich, Paul E. Wanda, and Michael D. Mitchell
395 Multiple a 2-Adrenoceptor Signalling Pathways Mediate Pigment Aggregation Within Melanophores. Samuel P.S. Svensson, Per I. Adolfsson, Nils Grundström, and Jan Olof G. Karlsson
401 The Site and Time of Expression of MIF in Frog Development. Toshihiko Fukuzawa, Hitoshi Okumoto, and Midori Nishioka
410 b -Lactoglobulin Suppresses Melanogenesis in Cultured Human Melanocytes. Mitsunari Nakajima, Ichizo Shinoda, Takashi Mikogami, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Shin-Ichi Hashimoto, Hirofumi Miyauchi, Yasuo Fukuwatari, and Hirotoshi Hayasawa
414 Book Review. Frank L. Meyskens, Jr.
418 Abstracts.