Studies have revealed that taurine upregulated gene 1 (TUG1), an important member of the long non-coding RNA family, is involved in the regulation of cell growth, tumorigenesis and invasion, insulin secretion and so on. However, its role in melanogenesis has not been explored. This study attempts to explore the effects of TUG1 on melanogenesis and its regulatory mechanisms. We evaluated the expression changes in melanogenesis-related genes and detected phosphorylation levels of ERK, JNK and P38 in TUG1 downregulated melanocytes. After exposure of melanocytes to UVB irradiation, the expression of TUG1 and melanogenesis-related genes was detected. We found that the expression of tyrosinase (TYR), tyrosine-related protein 1 (TYRP1) and tyrosine-related protein 2 (TYRP2) was upregulated and that the phosphorylation level of ERK was downregulated by downregulating TUG1. Inhibition of TUG1 could further upregulate the expression of UVB-induced melanogenesis-related genes. In conclusion, TUG1 negatively regulates melanocyte melanogenesis via the ERK pathway and plays a negative role in UVB-induced melanogenesis.
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