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Synaptotagmin‐4 (SYT4) is a membrane protein that regulates membrane traffic in neurons in a calcium‐dependent or calcium‐independent manner. In melanocytes, the intracellular free calcium ion (Ca 2+ ) may be important for dendrite growth and melanogenesis. Mammalian melanocytes originating from neural crest cells produce melanins. Therefore, we predicted that SYT4 might play a role in melanogenesis and the dendrite morphology of melanocytes. To investigate whether SYT4 is involved in melanocyte physiology, SYT4 was overexpressed in alpaca melanocytes and B16‐F10 cells. The results showed that SYT4 overexpression resulted in a phenotype consistent with melanogenesis and dendrite extension. At the molecular level, SYT4 interacted with extracellular regulated MAP kinase (ERK) to decrease p‐ERK activity, which negatively regulated CREB expression. Furthermore, cyclic AMP‐responsive element‐binding protein (CREB) was upregulated and caused the downregulation of the expression of melanogenic regulatory proteins, including microphthalmia‐associated transcription factor (MITF), tyrosinase (TYR), tyrosinase‐related protein‐1 (TYRP1), dopachrome tautomerase (DCT), and transient receptor potential melastatin 1 (TRPM1). Intracellular free Ca 2+  promoted the upregulation of calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase IV (CAMK4) expression, which phosphorylated CREB (p‐CREB). In turn, p‐CREB participated in the transcription of MITF. These results demonstrated that SYT4 promoted melanogenesis through dendrite extension and tyrosinase activity, during which the regulation of Ca 2+  influx via the TRPM1 channel was a key factor .Significance of the study  Intracellular Ca 2+  is important for the function and survival of melanocytes and melanoma cells. SYT4 stimulated melanogenesis through calcium. These results provide evidence that SYT4 regulates Ca 2+  influx through TRPM1 to cause melanogenesis and axonal elongation in alpaca melanocytes and further suggesting that the growth and metastasis of melanoma is controlled by the inhibited expression of SYT4 in melanoma cells.

Synaptotagmin‐4 promotes dendrite extension and melanogenesis in alpaca melanocytes by regulating Ca 2+ influx via TRPM1 channels