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A striking difference was observed for cellular-bound drug in HaCaT and Sk-Mel-1 cells for a fixed drug exposure time of 72 h and varying 3H-haloperidol concentrations in the culture media. Drug uptake was dependent on drug concentration and linearly correlated for both the non-pigment- and the pigment-producing cells which however was different in magnitude. In an additional investigation the time course of drug uptake during 3H-haloperidol exposure (400 pmol/ml; 28 days) revealed increasing drug concentrations in the Sk-Mel-1 population, whereas drug concentrations in the keratinocytes reached a plateau within a short time period. In contrast to the HaCaT cells no tendency to saturation was observed for the pigment-producing cell line. At the end of the experiments 3H-haloperidol concentrations in Sk-Mel-1 were found to be approximately tenfold higher than in HaCaT.
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Received: 7 November 2000 / Accepted: 31 May 2001
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Pötsch, L., Emmerich, P. & Skopp, G. Preliminary approach to elucidate the role of pigment as a binding site for drugs and chemicals in anagen hair: differential uptake of 3H-haloperidol by pigment-producing compared to non-pigment-producing cell lines. Int J Leg Med 116, 58–61 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140100242
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140100242