Akinduro O, Sully K, Patel A, Robinson DJ, Chikh A, McPhail G, et al. Constitutive autophagy and nucleophagy during epidermal differentiation. J Invest Dermatol 2016;136:1460–70.
Ando H, Niki Y, Ito M, Akiyama K, Matsui MS, Yarosh DB, et al. Melanosomes are transferred from melanocytes to keratinocytes through the processes of packaging, release, uptake, and dispersion. J Invest Dermatol 2012;132:1222–9.
Azouz NP, Matsui T, Fukuda M, Sagi-Eisenberg R. Decoding the regulation of mast cell exocytosis by networks of Rab GTPases. J Immunol 2012;189:2169–80.
Beaumont KA, Hamilton NA, Moores MT, Brown DL, Ohbayashi N, Cairncross O, et al. The recycling endosome protein Rab17 regulates melanocytic filopodia formation and melanosome trafficking. Traffic 2011;12:627–43.
Bennett DC, Cooper PJ, Hart IR. A line of non-tumorigenic mouse melanocytes, syngeneic with the B16 melanoma and requiring a tumour promoter for growth. Int J Cancer 1987;39:414– 8.
Boissy RE. Melanosome transfer to and translocation in the keratinocyte. Exp Dermatol 2003;12:5–12.
Bowman SL, Bi-Karchin J, Le L, Marks MS. The road to lysosome-related organelles: Insights from Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome and other rare diseases. Traffic 2019;20:404–35.
Correia MS, Moreiras H, Pereira FJC, Neto MV, Festas TC, Tarafder AK, et al. Melanin transferred to keratinocytes resides in nondegradative endocytic compartments. J Invest Dermatol 2018;138:637–46.
Etoh K, Fukuda M. Rab10 regulates tubular endosome formation through KIF13A and KIF13B motors. J Cell Sci 2019;132:jcs226977.
Fukuda M. Distinct Rab binding specificity of Rim1, Rim2, rabphilin, and Noc2: identification of a critical determinant of Rab3A/Rab27A recognition by Rim2. J Biol Chem 2003;278:15373–80.
Fukuda M. Regulation of secretory vesicle traffic by Rab small GTPases. Cell Mol Life Sci 2008;65:2801–13.
Guerra F, Bucci C. Multiple roles of the small GTPase Rab7. Cells 2016;5:34
Homma Y, Kinoshita R, Kuchitsu Y, Wawro PS, Marubashi S, Oguchi ME, et al. Comprehensive knockout analysis of the Rab family GTPases in epithelial cells. J Cell Biol 2019; 218:2035–50.
Humphries WH, IV, Szymanski CJ, Payne CK. Endo-lysosomal vesicles positive for Rab7 and LAMP1 are terminal vesicles for the transport of dextran. PLoS One 2011;6:e26626.
Hurbain I, Romao M, Sextius P, Bourreau E, Marchal C, Bernerd F, et al. Melanosome distribution in keratinocytes in different skin types: melanosome clusters are not degradative organelles. J Invest Dermatol 2018;138:647–56.
Ishida M, Marubashi S, Fukuda M. M-INK, a novel tool for visualizing melanosomes and melanocores. J Biochem 2017;161:323–6.
Ishida M, Ohbayashi N, Maruta Y, Ebata Y, Fukuda M. Functional involvement of Rab1A in microtubule-dependent anterograde melanosome transport in melanocytes. J Cell Sci 2012;125:5177–87.
Itoh T, Satoh M, Kanno E, Fukuda M. Screening for target Rabs of TBC (Tre-2/Bub2/Cdc16) domain-containing proteins based on their Rab-binding activity. Genes Cells 2006;11:1023– 37.
Kim JY, Kim J, Ahn Y, Lee EJ, Hwang S, Almurayshid A, et al. Autophagy induction can regulate skin pigmentation by causing melanosome degradation in keratinocytes and melanocytes. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2019;doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12838.
Kjos I, Borg Distefano M, Sætre F, Repnik U, Holland P, Jones AT, et al. Rab7b modulates autophagic flux by interacting with Atg4B. EMBO Rep 2017;18:1727–39.
Kobayashi N, Nakagawa A, Muramatsu T, Yamashina Y, Shirai T, Hashimoto MW, et al. Supranuclear melanin caps reduce ultraviolet induced DNA photoproducts in human epidermis. J Invest Dermatol 1998;110:806–10.
Matsui T, Fukuda M. Rab12 regulates mTORC1 activity and autophagy through controlling the degradation of amino-acid transporter PAT4. EMBO Rep. 2013;14:450–7.
Matsui T, Itoh T, Fukuda M. Small GTPase Rab12 regulates constitutive degradation of transferrin receptor. Traffic 2011;12:1432–43.
Morita S, Kojima T, Kitamura T. Plat-E: an efficient and stable system for transient packaging of retroviruses. Gene Ther 2000;7:1063–6.
Mrozowska PS, Fukuda M. Regulation of podocalyxin trafficking by Rab small GTPases in 2D and 3D epithelial cell cultures. J Cell Biol 2016;213:355–69.
Murase D, Hachiya A, Takano K, Hicks R, Visscher MO, Kitahara T, et al. Autophagy has a significant role in determining skin color by regulating melanosome degradation in keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol 2013;133:2416–24.
Ohbayashi N, Fukuda M. Role of Rab family GTPases and their effectors in melanosomal logistics. J Biochem 2012;151:343–51.
Pfeffer SR. Rab GTPase regulation of membrane identity. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2013;25:414–9.
Progida C, Cogli L, Piro F, De Luca A, Bakke O, Bucci C. Rab7b controls trafficking from endosomes to the TGN. J Cell Sci 2010;123:1480–91.
Progida C, Nielsen MS, Koster G, Bucci C, Bakke O. Dynamics of Rab7b-dependent transport of sorting receptors. Traffic 2012;13:1273–85.
Raposo G, Marks MS. Melanosomes – dark organelles enlighten endosomal membrane transport. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2007;8:786–97 .
Saitoh T, Nakayama M, Nakano H, Yagita H, Yamamoto N, Yamaoka S. TWEAK induces NF-κB2 p100 processing and long lasting NF-κB activation. J Biol Chem 2003;278:36005– 12.
Seiberg M, Paine C, Sharlow E, Andrade-Gordon P, Costanzo M, Eisinger M, et al. The protease-activated receptor 2 regulates pigmentation via keratinocyte-melanocyte interactions. Exp Cell Res 2000;254:25–32.
Serre C, Busuttil V, Botto JM. Intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of human skin melanogenesis and pigmentation. Int J Cosmet Sci 2018;40:328–47.
Spanò S, Gao X, Hannemann S, Lara-Tejero M, Galán JE. A bacterial pathogen targets a host Rab-family GTPase defense pathway with a GAP. Cell Host Microbe 2016; 19:216–26.
Stenmark H. Rab GTPases as coordinators of vesicle traffic. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2009;10:513– 25.
Tadokoro R, Takahashi Y. Intercellular transfer of organelles during body pigmentation. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2017;45:132–8.
Tamura K, Ohbayashi N, Maruta Y, Kanno E, Itoh T, Fukuda M. Varp is a novel Rab32/38-binding protein that regulates Tyrp1 trafficking in melanocytes. Mol Biol Cell 2009;20:2900–8.
Tarafder AK, Bolasco G, Correia MS, Pereira FJC, Iannone L, Hume AN, et al. Rab11b mediates melanin transfer between donor melanocytes and acceptor keratinocytes via coupled exo/endocytosis. J Invest Dermatol 2014;134:1056–66.
Van Den Bossche K, Naeyaert JM, Lambert J. The quest for the mechanism of melanin transfer. Traffic 2006;7:769–78.
Wang Y, Chen T, Han C, He D, Liu H, An H, et al. Lysosome-associated small Rab GTPase Rab7b negatively regulates TLR4 signaling in macrophages by promoting lysosomal degradation of TLR4. Blood 2007;110:962–71.
Wu XS, Masedunskas A, Weigert R, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Hammer JA. Melanoregulin regulates a shedding mechanism that drives melanosome transfer from melanocytes to keratinocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2012;109:E2101–9.
Yang M, Chen T, Han C, Li N, Wan T, Cao X. Rab7b, a novel lysosome-associated small GTPase, is involved in monocytic differentiation of human acute promyelocytic leukemia cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004;318:792–9.
Yang Z, Zeng B, Pan Y, Huang P, Wang C. Autophagy participates in isoliquiritigenin-induced melanin degradation in human epidermal keratinocytes through PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling. Biomed Pharmacother 2018 ;97:248–54.
Yao M, Liu X, Li D, Chen T, Cai Z, Cao X. Late endosome/lysosome-localized Rab7b suppresses TLR9-initiated proinflammatory cytokine and type I IFN production in macrophages. J Immunol 2009;183:1751–8.
Yokoyama K, Kaji H, He J, Tanaka C, Hazama R, Kamigaki T, et al. Rab27a negatively regulates phagocytosis by prolongation of the actin-coating stage around phagosomes. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:5375–82.