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Hairless regulates heterochromatin maintenance and muscle stem cell function as a histone demethylase antagonist. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2025281118. [PMID: 34493660 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2025281118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscle possesses remarkable regenerative ability because of the resident muscle stem cells (MuSCs). A prominent feature of quiescent MuSCs is a high content of heterochromatin. However, little is known about the mechanisms by which heterochromatin is maintained in MuSCs. By comparing gene-expression profiles from quiescent and activated MuSCs, we found that the mammalian Hairless (Hr) gene is expressed in quiescent MuSCs and rapidly down-regulated upon MuSC activation. Using a mouse model in which Hr can be specifically ablated in MuSCs, we demonstrate that Hr expression is critical for MuSC function and muscle regeneration. In MuSCs, loss of Hr results in reduced trimethylated Histone 3 Lysine 9 (H3K9me3) levels, reduced heterochromatin, increased susceptibility to genotoxic stress, and the accumulation of DNA damage. Deletion of Hr leads to an acceleration of the age-related decline in MuSC numbers. We have also demonstrated that despite the fact that Hr is homologous to a family of histone demethylases and binds to di- and trimethylated H3K9, the expression of Hr does not lead to H3K9 demethylation. In contrast, we show that the expression of Hr leads to the inhibition of the H3K9 demethylase Jmjd1a and an increase in H3K9 methylation. Taking these data together, our study has established that Hr is a H3K9 demethylase antagonist specifically expressed in quiescent MuSCs.
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Gagnier L, Belancio VP, Mager DL. Mouse germ line mutations due to retrotransposon insertions. Mob DNA 2019; 10:15. [PMID: 31011371 PMCID: PMC6466679 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-019-0157-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Transposable element (TE) insertions are responsible for a significant fraction of spontaneous germ line mutations reported in inbred mouse strains. This major contribution of TEs to the mutational landscape in mouse contrasts with the situation in human, where their relative contribution as germ line insertional mutagens is much lower. In this focussed review, we provide comprehensive lists of TE-induced mouse mutations, discuss the different TE types involved in these insertional mutations and elaborate on particularly interesting cases. We also discuss differences and similarities between the mutational role of TEs in mice and humans.
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- Liane Gagnier
- Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer and Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, V5Z1L3, Vancouver, BC Canada
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer and Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, V5Z1L3, Vancouver, BC Canada
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Kim BK, Yoon SK. Hairless Up-RegulatesTgf-β2Expression via Down-Regulation of miR-31 in the Skin of “Hairpoor” (HrHp) Mice. J Cell Physiol 2015; 230:2075-85. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 01/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Bong-Kyu Kim
- Department of Medical Life Science; The Catholic University of Korea; Seoul Korea
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- Department of Medical Life Science; The Catholic University of Korea; Seoul Korea
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Hsieh JC, Estess RC, Kaneko I, Whitfield GK, Jurutka PW, Haussler MR. Vitamin D receptor-mediated control of Soggy, Wise, and Hairless gene expression in keratinocytes. J Endocrinol 2014; 220:165-78. [PMID: 24190897 PMCID: PMC3947288 DOI: 10.1530/joe-13-0212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The vitamin D receptor (VDR), but not its hormonal ligand, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D), is required for the progression of the mammalian hair cycle. We studied three genes relevant to hair cycle signaling, DKKL1 (Soggy), SOSTDC1 (Wise), and HR (Hairless), to determine whether their expression is regulated by VDR and/or its 1,25D ligand. DKKL1 mRNA was repressed 49-72% by 1,25D in primary human and CCD-1106 KERTr keratinocytes; a functional vitamin D responsive element (VDRE) was identified at -9590 bp in murine Soggy. Similarly, SOSTDC1 mRNA was repressed 41-59% by 1,25D in KERTr and primary human keratinocytes; a functional VDRE was located at -6215 bp in human Wise. In contrast, HR mRNA was upregulated 1.56- to 2.77-fold by 1,25D in primary human and KERTr keratinocytes; a VDRE (TGGTGAgtgAGGACA) consisting of an imperfect direct repeat separated by three nucleotides (DR3) was identified at -7269 bp in the human Hairless gene that mediated dramatic induction, even in the absence of 1,25D ligand. In parallel, a DR4 thyroid hormone responsive element, TGGTGAggccAGGACA, was identified at +1304 bp in the human HR gene that conferred tri-iodothyronine (T3)-independent transcriptional activation. Because the thyroid hormone receptor controls HR expression in the CNS, whereas VDR functions in concert with the HR corepressor specifically in skin, a model is proposed wherein unliganded VDR upregulates the expression of HR, the gene product of which acts as a downstream comodulator to feedback-repress DKKL1 and SOSTDC1, resulting in integration of bone morphogenic protein and Wnt signaling to drive the mammalian hair cycle and/or influencing epidermal function.
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- Jui-Cheng Hsieh
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
- School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85306, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
- School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85306, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ 85004, USA
- Corresponding author: Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, 425 North 5 Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004-2157, USA, (M.R. Haussler)
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Perez C, Parker-Thornburg J, Mikulec C, Kusewitt DF, Fischer SM, Digiovanni J, Conti CJ, Benavides F. SKHIN/Sprd, a new genetically defined inbred hairless mouse strain for UV-induced skin carcinogenesis studies. Exp Dermatol 2012; 21:217-20. [PMID: 22379968 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2011.01430.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Strains of mice vary in their susceptibility to ultra-violet (UV) radiation-induced skin tumors. Some strains of hairless mice (homozygous for the spontaneous Hr(hr) mutation) are particularly susceptible to these tumors. The skin tumors that develop in hairless mice resemble, both at the morphologic and molecular levels, UV-induced squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) and their precursors in human. The most commonly employed hairless mice belong to the SKH1 stock. However, these mice are outbred and their genetic background is not characterized, which makes them a poor model for genetic studies. We have developed a new inbred strain from outbred SKH1 mice that we named SKHIN/Sprd (now at generation F31). In order to characterize the genetic background of this new strain, we genotyped a cohort of mice at F30 with 92 microsatellites and 140 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) evenly distributed throughout the mouse genome. We also exposed SKHIN/Sprd mice to chronic UV irradiation and showed that they are as susceptible to UV-induced skin carcinogenesis as outbred SKH1 mice. In addition, we proved that, albeit with low efficiency, inbred SKHIN/Sprd mice are suitable for transgenic production by classical pronuclear microinjection. This new inbred strain will be useful for the development of transgenic and congenic strains on a hairless inbred background as well as the establishment of syngeneic tumor cell lines. These new tools can potentially help elucidate a number of features of the cutaneous response to UV irradiation in humans, including the effect of genetic background and modifier genes.
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- Carlos Perez
- Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA
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Li J, Akagi K, Hu Y, Trivett AL, Hlynialuk CJ, Swing DA, Volfovsky N, Morgan TC, Golubeva Y, Stephens RM, Smith DE, Symer DE. Mouse endogenous retroviruses can trigger premature transcriptional termination at a distance. Genome Res 2012; 22:870-84. [PMID: 22367191 PMCID: PMC3337433 DOI: 10.1101/gr.130740.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2011] [Accepted: 02/09/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Endogenous retrotransposons have caused extensive genomic variation within mammalian species, but the functional implications of such mobilization are mostly unknown. We mapped thousands of endogenous retrovirus (ERV) germline integrants in highly divergent, previously unsequenced mouse lineages, facilitating a comparison of gene expression in the presence or absence of local insertions. Polymorphic ERVs occur relatively infrequently in gene introns and are particularly depleted from genes involved in embryogenesis or that are highly expressed in embryonic stem cells. Their genomic distribution implies ongoing negative selection due to deleterious effects on gene expression and function. A polymorphic, intronic ERV at Slc15a2 triggers up to 49-fold increases in premature transcriptional termination and up to 39-fold reductions in full-length transcripts in adult mouse tissues, thereby disrupting protein expression and functional activity. Prematurely truncated transcripts also occur at Polr1a, Spon1, and up to ∼5% of other genes when intronic ERV polymorphisms are present. Analysis of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) in recombinant BxD mouse strains demonstrated very strong genetic associations between the polymorphic ERV in cis and disrupted transcript levels. Premature polyadenylation is triggered at genomic distances up to >12.5 kb upstream of the ERV, both in cis and between alleles. The parent of origin of the ERV is associated with variable expression of nonterminated transcripts and differential DNA methylation at its 5'-long terminal repeat. This study defines an unexpectedly strong functional impact of ERVs in disrupting gene transcription at a distance and demonstrates that ongoing retrotransposition can contribute significantly to natural phenotypic diversity.
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- Jingfeng Li
- Human Cancer Genetics Program and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Human Cancer Genetics Program and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Human Cancer Genetics Program and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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- Advanced Biomedical Computing Center, Information Systems Program and
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- Histotechnology Laboratory, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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- Histotechnology Laboratory, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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- Human Cancer Genetics Program and Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Lühken G. Genetic testing for phenotype-causing variants in sheep and goats. Mol Cell Probes 2012; 26:231-7. [PMID: 22554501 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2012.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Revised: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This review gives an overview on ovine and caprine defects/disorders, disease predispositions, production traits and coat colours for which causal gene variants are known. Most phenotypes are inherited autosomal-recessive or dominant and in the majority are caused by single nucleotide substitutions or deletions. Causative sequence variants mainly were identified by sequencing candidate genes in the past, and recently also by whole genome analysis using the ovine 50k SNP chip. While PCR-fragment length polymorphism analyses were developed for the majority of causative sequence variants, other low- to medium-throughput PCR-based methods as PCR-single strand conformation analysis and allele-specific PCR were also established frequently. For processing large sample numbers, high-throughput methods as MALDI-ToF MS or real-time PCR are available for some gene variants. Further progress in development of ovine and caprine genome sequences and SNP chips will be beneficial for the discovery of additional causative variants in these two species.
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- Gesine Lühken
- Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Ludwigstrasse 21B, 35390 Giessen, Germany.
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Unveiling the roots of monogenic genodermatoses: genotrichoses as a paradigm. J Invest Dermatol 2011; 132:906-14. [PMID: 22170492 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The past two decades have seen significant and unprecedented progress in human genetics owing to the advent of novel molecular biological technologies and major developments in computational methods. Dermatology has benefited from and, in some cases, led these advances. In this article, we review major discoveries in the field of inherited hair diseases, which illustrate the changes that genodermatology has undergone in recent years from a mostly descriptive discipline through the elucidation of the molecular basis of numerous disorders, up to the first attempts at translating these new findings into novel preventive and therapeutic tools to the benefit of our patients.
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Kim JK, Kim BK, Park JK, Choi JH, KimYoon SJ. The Hairless Gene: A Putative Navigator of Hair Follicle Development. Genomics Inform 2011. [DOI: 10.5808/gi.2011.9.3.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Safer JD. Thyroid hormone action on skin. DERMATO-ENDOCRINOLOGY 2011; 3:211-5. [PMID: 22110782 DOI: 10.4161/derm.3.3.17027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2011] [Revised: 06/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The skin characteristics associated with thyroid hormone are classic. The name "myxedema" refers to the associated skin condition caused by increased glycosaminoglycan deposition in the skin. Generalized myxedema is still the classic cutaneous sign of hypothyroidism. It is caused by deposition of dermal acid mucopolysaccharides, notably hyaluronic acid. Despite its appearance, the skin does not pit with pressure.
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- Joshua D Safer
- Associate Professor of Medicine and Molecular Medicine; Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition; Boston University School of Medicine; Boston, MA USA
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Kim BK, Baek IC, Lee HY, Kim JK, Song HH, Yoon SK. Gene expression profile of the skin in the 'hairpoor' (HrHp) mice by microarray analysis. BMC Genomics 2010; 11:640. [PMID: 21083932 PMCID: PMC3091768 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 11/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background The transcriptional cofactor, Hairless (HR), acts as one of the key regulators of hair follicle cycling; the loss of function mutations is the cause of the expression of the hairless phenotype in humans and mice. Recently, we reported a new Hr mutant mouse called 'Hairpoor' (HrHp). These mutants harbor a gain of the function mutation, T403A, in the Hr gene. This confers the overexpression of HR and HrHp is an animal model of Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis in humans. In the present study, the expression profile of HrHp/HrHp skin was investigated using microarray analysis to identify genes whose expression was affected by the overexpression of HR. Results From 45,282 mouse probes, differential expressions in 43 (>2-fold), 306 (>1.5-fold), and 1861 genes (>1.2-fold) in skin from HrHp/HrHp mice were discovered and compared with skin from wild-type mice. Among the 1861 genes with a > 1.2-fold increase in expression, further analysis showed that the expression of eight genes known to have a close relationship with hair follicle development, ascertained by conducting real-time PCR on skin RNA produced during hair follicle morphogenesis (P0-P14), indicated that four genes, Wif1, Casp14, Krt71, and Sfrp1, showed a consistent expression pattern with respect to HR overexpression in vivo. Conclusion Wif1 and Casp14 were found to be upregulated, whereas Krt71 and Sfrp1 were downregulated in cells overexpressing HR in transient transfection experiments on keratinocytes, suggesting that HR may transcriptionally regulate these genes. Further studies are required to understand the mechanism of this regulation by the HR cofactor.
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- Bong-Kyu Kim
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, The Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-dong, Seoul 137-701, Korea
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Schaffer BS, Grayson MH, Wortham JM, Kubicek CB, McCleish AT, Prajapati SI, Nelon LD, Brady MM, Jung I, Hosoyama T, Sarro LM, Hanes MA, Rubin BP, Michalek JE, Clifford CB, Infante AJ, Keller C. Immune competency of a hairless mouse strain for improved preclinical studies in genetically engineered mice. Mol Cancer Ther 2010; 9:2354-64. [PMID: 20663932 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-10-0207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Genetically engineered mouse models (GEMM) of cancer are of increasing value to preclinical therapeutics. Optical imaging is a cost-effective method of assessing deep-seated tumor growth in GEMMs whose tumors can be encoded to express luminescent or fluorescent reporters, although reporter signal attenuation would be improved if animals were fur-free. In this study, we sought to determine whether hereditable furlessness resulting from a hypomorphic mutation in the Hairless gene would or would not also affect immune competence. By assessing humoral and cellular immunity of the SKH1 mouse line bearing the hypomorphic Hairless mutation, we determined that blood counts, immunoglobulin levels, and CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were comparable between SKH1 and the C57Bl/6 strain. On examination of T-cell subsets, statistically significant differences in naïve T cells (1.7 versus 3.4 x 10(5) cells/spleen in SKH1 versus C57Bl/6, P = 0.008) and memory T cells (1.4 versus 0.13 x 10(6) cells/spleen in SKH1 versus C57Bl/6, P = 0.008) were detected. However, the numerical differences did not result in altered T-cell functional response to antigen rechallenge (keyhole limpet hemocyanin) in a lymph node cell in vitro proliferative assay. Furthermore, interbreeding the SKH1 mouse line to a rhabdomyosarcoma GEMM showed preserved antitumor responses of CD56+ natural killer cells and CD163+ macrophages, without any differences in tumor pathology. The fur-free GEMM was also especially amenable to multiplex optical imaging. Thus, SKH1 represents an immune competent, fur-free mouse strain that may be of use for interbreeding to other genetically engineered mouse models of cancer for improved preclinical studies.
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- Beverly S Schaffer
- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Spacek DV, Perez AF, Ferranti KM, Wu LKL, Moy DM, Magnan DR, King TR. The mouse frizzy (fr) and rat 'hairless' (frCR) mutations are natural variants of protease serine S1 family member 8 (Prss8). Exp Dermatol 2010; 19:527-32. [PMID: 20201958 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2009.01054.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Please cite this paper as: The mouse frizzy (fr) and rat 'hairless' (fr(CR)) mutations are natural variants of protease serine S1 family member 8 (Prss8). Experimental Dermatology 2010; 19: 527-532. Abstract: We have previously suggested (based on genetic mapping analysis) that the allelic 'fuzzy' and 'hairless' mutations in the rat are likely orthologues of the mouse frizzy mutation (fr). Here, we analysed three large intraspecific backcross panels that segregated for mouse fr to restrict this locus to a 0.6-Mb region that includes fewer than 30 genes. DNA sequencing of one of these candidates known to be expressed in skin, protease serine S1 family member 8 (Prss8), revealed a T to A transversion associated with the fr allele that would result in a valine to aspartate substitution at residue 170 in the gene product. To test whether this missense mutation might be the molecular basis of this frizzy variant, we crossed fr/fr mice with mice that carried a recessive perinatal lethal mutation in Prss8. Hybrid offspring that inherited both fr and the Prss8 null allele displayed abnormal hair and skin, showing that these two mutations are allelic, and suggesting strongly that the T to A mutation in Prss8 is responsible for the mutant frizzy phenotype. Sequence analysis of all Prss8 coding regions in the 'hairless' rat identified a 12-bp deletion in the third exon, indicating that mouse fr and the rat 'hairless' mutations are indeed orthologues. However, this analysis failed to detect any alterations to Prss8 coding sequences in the allelic 'fuzzy' rat variant.
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- Damek V Spacek
- Biomolecular Sciences, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA
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Thompson CC. Hairless is a nuclear receptor corepressor essential for skin function. NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SIGNALING 2009; 7:e010. [PMID: 20087431 PMCID: PMC2807636 DOI: 10.1621/nrs.07010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2009] [Accepted: 12/11/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The activity of nuclear receptors is modulated by numerous coregulatory factors. Corepressors can either mediate the ability of nuclear receptors to repress transcription, or can inhibit transactivation by nuclear receptors. As we learn more about the mechanisms of transcriptional repression, the importance of repression by nuclear receptors in development and disease has become clear. The protein encoded by the mammalian Hairless (Hr) gene was shown to be a corepressor by virtue of its functional similarity to the well-established corepressors N-CoR and SMRT. Mutation of the Hr gene results in congenital hair loss in both mice and men. Investigation of Hairless function both in vitro and in mouse models in vivo has revealed a critical role in maintaining skin and hair by regulating the differentiation of epithelial stem cells, as well as a putative role in regulating gene expression via chromatin remodeling.
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Baek IC, Kim JK, Cho KH, Cha DS, Cho JW, Park JK, Song CW, Yoon SK. A novel mutation in Hr causes abnormal hair follicle morphogenesis in hairpoor mouse, an animal model for Marie Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis. Mamm Genome 2009; 20:350-8. [PMID: 19513791 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-009-9191-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2009] [Accepted: 05/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hairpoor mice (Hr(Hp)) were derived through N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) mutagenesis. These mice display sparse and short hair in the Hr(Hp)/+ heterozygous state and complete baldness in the Hr(Hp)/Hr(Hp) homozygous state. This phenotype was irreversible and was inherited in an autosomal semidominant manner. Hair follicles (HFs) of Hr(Hp)/+ mice underwent normal cycling and appeared normal, although smaller than those of the wild-type mice. In contrast, HFs of Hr(Hp)/Hr(Hp) mice became cyst-like structures by postnatal day (P) 21. The number and length of vibrissae decreased in a dose-dependent manner as the number of mutant alleles increased. A positional candidate gene approach was used to identify the gene responsible for the hairpoor phenotype. Genetic linkage analysis determined that the hairpoor locus is 2 cm from D14Mit34 on chromosome 14. Sequence analysis of the exons of the candidate gene hairless revealed a T-to-A transversion mutation at nucleotide position 403 (exon 2), presumably resulting in abolishment of an upstream open reading frame (uORF). In addition, we also found that the near-naked mouse (Hr(N)), a spontaneously arising mutant, harbors a A402G transition in its genome. Both mutations were in the uATG codon of the second uORF in the 5' UTR and corresponded to the mutations identified in Marie Unna Hereditary Hypotrichosis (MUHH) patients. In the present study we describe the phenotype, histological morphology, and molecular etiology of an animal model of MUHH, the hairpoor mouse.
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- In Cheol Baek
- Research Institute of Molecular Genetics, Catholic Research Institutes of Medical Science, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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CONTEXT Vitamin D receptors are found in most tissues, not just those participating in the classic actions of vitamin D such as bone, gut, and kidney. These nonclassic tissues are therefore potential targets for the active metabolite of vitamin D, 1,25(OH)(2)D. Furthermore, many of these tissues also contain the enzyme CYP27B1 capable of producing 1,25(OH)(2)D from the circulating form of vitamin D. This review was intended to highlight the actions of 1,25(OH)(2)D in several of these tissues but starts with a review of vitamin D production, metabolism, and molecular mechanism. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Medline was searched for articles describing actions of 1,25(OH)(2)D on parathyroid hormone and insulin secretion, immune responses, keratinocytes, and cancer. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Vitamin D production in the skin provides an efficient source of vitamin D. Subsequent metabolism to 1,25(OH)(2)D within nonrenal tissues differs from that in the kidney. Although vitamin D receptor mediates the actions of 1,25(OH)(2)D, regulation of transcriptional activity is cell specific. 1,25(OH)(2)D inhibits PTH secretion but promotes insulin secretion, inhibits adaptive immunity but promotes innate immunity, and inhibits cell proliferation but stimulates their differentiation. CONCLUSIONS The nonclassic actions of vitamin D are cell specific and provide a number of potential new clinical applications for 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) and its analogs. However, the use of vitamin D metabolites and analogs for these applications remains limited by the classic actions of vitamin D leading to hypercalcemia and hypercalcuria.
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- Daniel Bikle
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center (111N), 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, California 94121, USA.
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Benavides F, Oberyszyn TM, VanBuskirk AM, Reeve VE, Kusewitt DF. The hairless mouse in skin research. J Dermatol Sci 2008; 53:10-8. [PMID: 18938063 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2008.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2008] [Revised: 07/21/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The hairless (Hr) gene encodes a transcriptional co-repressor highly expressed in the mammalian skin. In the mouse, several null and hypomorphic Hr alleles have been identified resulting in hairlessness in homozygous animals, characterized by alopecia developing after a single cycle of relatively normal hair growth. Mutations in the human ortholog have also been associated with congenital alopecia. Although a variety of hairless strains have been developed, outbred SKH1 mice are the most widely used in dermatologic research. These unpigmented and immunocompetent mice allow for ready manipulation of the skin, application of topical agents, and exposure to UVR, as well as easy visualization of the cutaneous response. Wound healing, acute photobiologic responses, and skin carcinogenesis have been extensively studied in SKH1 mice and are well characterized. In addition, tumors induced in these mice resemble, both at the morphologic and molecular levels, UVR-induced skin malignancies in man. Two limitations of the SKH1 mouse in dermatologic research are the relatively uncharacterized genetic background and its outbred status, which precludes inter-individual transplantation studies.
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- Fernando Benavides
- Department of Carcinogenesis, Science Park Research Division, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA
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Paul EL, Badal R, Thompson DS, Magnan DR, Soucy FM, Khan IM, Haughton RA, King TR. The mouse frizzy mutation (fr) maps between D7Csu5 and D7Mit165. Exp Dermatol 2007; 17:640-4. [PMID: 18177347 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2007.00676.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have previously shown that the rat fuzzy and Charles River 'hairless' mutations are defects in the same gene on rat Chr 1, and are likely orthologues of the frizzy mutation (fr) on mouse Chr 7. To test the hypothesis that these variants could result from defects in Fgfr2, we crossed fr/fr mice (from the inbred FS/EiJ strain) with mice that carry a recessive lethal mutation in Fgfr2. Mice inheriting both mutations were phenotypically normal, indicating that fr is not an allele of Fgfr2. To genetically map fr, we crossed these hybrid mice, or F(1) mice made by crossing FS/EiJ with the wild-type C57BL/6J or BALB/cBy strains, back to the FS/EiJ strain. The resulting 546 backcross progeny were typed for linked markers to position fr centromeric of Fgfr2, between D7Csu5 and D7Mit165; an interval that contains only 2.7 Mb and fewer than 70 genes. Further characterization of regional recombinants for sequence-level polymorphisms should allow sufficient refinement of fr's location to facilitate an eventual molecular assignment for this classical mutation.
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- Emily L Paul
- Biomolecular Sciences, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut, USA
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Arita K, Nanda A, Wessagowit V, Akiyama M, Alsaleh QA, McGrath JA. A novel mutation in the VDR gene in hereditary vitamin D-resistant rickets. Br J Dermatol 2007; 158:168-71. [PMID: 17970811 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- K Arita
- Genetic Skin Disease Group, St John's Institute of Dermatology, Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, The Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' School of Medicine, London, UK.
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Brancaz-Bouvier MV, Folco EJG, Salameire D, Romero Y, Iratni R, Nonchev S. The "bald Mill Hill" mutation in the mouse is associated with an abnormal, mislocalized HR bmh protein. J Invest Dermatol 2007; 128:311-21. [PMID: 17657241 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We have previously identified a mutation in the mouse hairless locus-hairless rhino bald Mill Hill (Hr(rhbmh)). The genetic alteration in these mice consists in a large 296 bp deletion at the 3' part of the hairless gene (ID:MGI:3039558; J:89321). Here, we show that this deletion removes the stop codon and creates a new reading frame at the C terminus of the hairless protein, generating a larger mutant protein harboring an additional sequence of 117 amino acids. The mutant hairless gene mRNA is expressed during the embryonic and post-natal development of the hair follicle. The mutant protein is identified in bmh mouse skin at different stages of development by a specific antibody. We demonstrate that the HR bmh protein is able to interact with the vitamin D receptor (VDR), but is not able to repress VDR-mediated transactivation. Immunofluorescence analysis reveals that HR bmh protein displays an abnormal cellular localization in transfected cell lines, as well as in the epidermis and hair follicle of bmh mutant mice. We discuss the relevance of the hairless protein mis localization in cell signalling pathways and with respect to the specific skin phenotype of mouse hairless mutants.
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Konyukhov BV, Martynova MY, Nesterova AP. Gene angora as a modifier of the hairless gene in mouse. RUSS J GENET+ 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795407020147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Krizhanovsky V, Soreq L, Kliminski V, Ben-Arie N. Math1 target genes are enriched with evolutionarily conserved clustered E-box binding sites. J Mol Neurosci 2007; 28:211-29. [PMID: 16679559 DOI: 10.1385/jmn:28:2:211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor Math1 and its orthologs are fundamental for proper development of various neuronal subpopulations, such as cerebellar granule cells, D1 interneurons in the spinal cord, and inner ear hair cells. Although crucial for neurogenesis, the mechanisms by which Math1 specifically recognizes its direct targets are not fully understood. To search for direct and indirect target genes and signaling pathways controlled by Math1, we analyzed the effect of Math1 knockout on the expression profile of multiple genes in the embryonic cerebellum. Eighteen differentially expressed transcripts were identified and found to belong to a few developmentally-related functional groups, such as transcriptional regulation, proliferation, organogenesis, signal transduction, and apoptosis. Importantly, genomic analysis of E-box motifs has identified a significant enrichment and clustering of MATH1-binding E-boxes only in a subset of differentially expressed genes (Nr2f6, Hras1, and Hes5) in both mouse and man. Moreover, Math1 was shown by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) to bind, and by a luciferase reporter assay to activate transcription, of an upstream genomic fragment of Nr2f6. Taken together, we propose that when putative direct targets of Math1 are being selected for detailed studies on DNA microarray hybridization, the enrichment and clustering of binding E-boxes in multiple species may be helpful criteria. Our findings may be useful to the study of other bHLH transcription factors, many of which control the development of the nervous system.
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- Valery Krizhanovsky
- Department of Cell and Animal Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
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Zhang JT, Fang SG, Wang CY. A Novel Nonsense Mutation and Polymorphisms in the Mouse Hairless Gene. J Invest Dermatol 2005; 124:1200-5. [PMID: 15955095 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202x.2005.23744.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A novel autosomal recessive mutation arose spontaneously in a breeding colony of Chinese Kunming mice. The characteristics of these mutant mice include progressive irreversible hair loss soon after birth, rhinocerotic appearance, and shorter life span. Histological evaluation of skin revealed the homogeneous enlargement of utriculi, and the formation of several rows of large cysts. Sequencing the complete cDNA of the hairless gene identified two polymorphisms and a homozygous transition for a G-->A at nucleotide position 3110 (exon 12) leading to the substitution of tryptophan by a nonsense codon, designated W911X. This allele was named rhinocerotic and short-lived, with the symbol hr(rhsl). Addition of hairless gene mutation into the expanding hairless mutation database allows further development of genotype/phenotype correlations towards understanding inherited atrichia.
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- Jin-Tao Zhang
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, and the State Conservation Center for Gene Resources of Endangered Wildlife, Zhejiang, China
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Kim H, Panteleyev AA, Jahoda CAB, Ishii Y, Christiano AM. Genomic organization and analysis of the hairless gene in four hypotrichotic rat strains. Mamm Genome 2005; 15:975-81. [PMID: 15599556 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-004-2383-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2004] [Accepted: 06/21/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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More than 25 different hypotrichotic mutations have been described in laboratory rats, yet the molecular basis for these mutations has not been determined for most of these phenotypes. Their similarity to the hairless (hr) mutations described in mice suggests a possible role for the hairless gene in the formation of rat hypotrichotic phenotypes, though whether hr is responsible for these rat phenotypes has yet to be determined. Therefore, in order to understand the basis for the rat hypotrichotic phenotypes and their relationship to the hr gene, we determined the genomic organization of the hr gene and subsequently analyzed the coding sequence in four hypotrichotic rat strains. Analysis revealed that the first two exons of the mouse, monkey, and human hr gene were fused in the rat gene, while the rest of the gene showed strong evolutionary conservation. Despite their designation as "hairless," no mutations within the coding sequences were identified, indicating that the "hairless" phenotype in all four hypotrichotic rat strains are not allelic with hr.
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- Hyunmi Kim
- Departments of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Zarach JM, Beaudoin GMJ, Coulombe PA, Thompson CC. The co-repressor hairless has a role in epithelial cell differentiation in the skin. Development 2004; 131:4189-200. [PMID: 15280217 DOI: 10.1242/dev.01303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Although mutations in the mammalian hairless (Hr) gene result in congenital hair loss disorders in both mice and humans, the precise role of Hr in skin biology remains unknown. We have shown that the protein encoded by Hr (HR) functions as a nuclear receptor co-repressor. To address the role of HR in vivo, we generated a loss-of-function (Hr-/-) mouse model. The Hr-/- phenotype includes both hair loss and severe wrinkling of the skin. Wrinkling is correlated with increased cell proliferation in the epidermis and the presence of dermal cysts. In addition,a normally undifferentiated region, the infundibulum, is transformed into a morphologically distinct structure (utricle) that maintains epidermal function. Analysis of gene expression revealed upregulation of keratinocyte terminal differentiation markers and a novel caspase in Hr-/- skin, substantiating HR action as a co-repressor in vivo. Differences in gene expression occur prior to morphological changes in vivo, as well as in cultured keratinocytes, indicating that aberrant transcriptional regulation contributes to the Hr-/-phenotype. The properties of the cell types present in Hr-/- skin suggest that the normal balance of cell proliferation and differentiation is disrupted, supporting a model in which HR regulates the timing of epithelial cell differentiation in both the epidermis and hair follicle.
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- Joanna M Zarach
- Kennedy Krieger Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Transcriptional repression by the thyroid hormone receptor: function of corepressor complexes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1097/01.med.0000137761.03533.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Brancaz MV, Iratni R, Morrison A, Mancini SJC, Marche P, Sundberg J, Nonchev S. A new allele of the mouse hairless gene interferes with Hox/LacZ transgene regulation in hair follicle primordia. Exp Mol Pathol 2004; 76:173-81. [PMID: 15010296 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2003.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A new autosomal recessive mouse mutation, causing loss of hair in homozygous mice 2-3 weeks after birth, arose spontaneously in a colony at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mill Hill, London in early 1998. Complementation analysis confirmed that this mutation was an allele of the hairless gene (hr). The gene symbol hr(rhbm) (hairless-rhino-bald Mill Hill) was assigned to reflect the source of the colony. Here we show the molecular defect in these mutants, which is a substantial deletion at the 3'-end of the hairless gene. Morphological and immunological analysis of the new hairless mutation was performed at early postnatal stages. In an effort to address the molecular and cellular mechanisms of the hairless phenotype, we analysed developmental stages before the establishment of alopecia. Using a HoxLacZ reporter line of transgenic mice, epidermal placode formation was followed in embryos. Homozygous mutant embryos (hr(rhbmh)/hr(rhbmh)), containing the LacZ reporter under the control of a Hoxb4 gene enhancer, display sharp loss of LacZ staining in epidermal cells invaginating to form the embryonic hair follicle placode. In the light of targeted mutagenesis data involving a Hox gene in the hair development, we discuss the potential implication of the hr(rhbmh) locus in cascades of Hox gene regulation during embryogenesis.
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Schlake T, Beibel M, Weger N, Boehm T. Major shifts in genomic activity accompany progression through different stages of the hair cycle. Gene Expr Patterns 2004; 4:141-52. [PMID: 15161094 DOI: 10.1016/j.modgep.2003.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2003] [Revised: 09/11/2003] [Accepted: 09/15/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Hair follicles display a unique pattern of cyclic growth and regression involving cell proliferation, differentiation and migration. The molecular details of these processes are largely unexplored. Global expression analyses on the basis of about 20,000 genes for each morphologically distinguishable stage of the hair cycle revealed unexpected complexities of and major temporal shifts in transcriptional programs involving about 13% of all genes. In particular, hundreds of genes characterise the pattern of genomic activity during regression and resting phases; selected genes can be used to monitor hair growth in mice. We demonstrate that temporal expression patterns predict gene expression domains within the hair follicle. Expression of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins and anti-angiogenic factors is associated with the regression phase of the hair cycle.
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- Thomas Schlake
- Department of Developmental Immunology, Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology, Stuebeweg 51, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany.
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Zlotogorski A, Panteleyev AA, Aita VM, Christiano AM. Clinical and molecular diagnostic criteria of congenital atrichia with papular lesions. J Invest Dermatol 2002; 118:887-90. [PMID: 11982770 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2001.01767.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Congenital atrichia with papular lesions is a rare, autosomal recessive form of total alopecia and mutations in the hairless (hr) gene have been implicated in this disorder. Published estimates of the prevalence of this disorder remain surprisingly low considering pathogenetic mutations in hr have been found in distinct populations around the world. Therefore, it is likely that congenital atrichia with papular lesions is more common than previously thought and is often mistaken for the putative autoimmune form of alopecia universalis. To clarify this discrepancy, we propose criteria for the clinical diagnosis of congenital atrichia with papular lesions. Among these is the novel report of the consistent observation of hypopigmented whitish streaks on the scalp surface of affected individuals. Additionally, we report the identification of a novel missense mutation in hr from a family of Arab Palestinian origin that exhibits the pathognomonic features of atrichia with papular lesions. Collectively, we anticipate that an increased recognition of this disorder will result in more accurate diagnosis and the sparing of unnecessarily treatment to patients.
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Recent studies have provided insights into the neurodevelopmental functions of thyroid hormone signaling. The nuclear thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) are ligand-activated transcription factors and a variety of TR isotypes, generated by two genes, mediate distinct processes. In addition, deiodinase enzymes that regulate levels of the main active form of thyroid hormone, T3, are likely to cooperate closely with TRs in specifying a localized and timely response to thyroid hormones in target tissues. Some of the most sensitive processes controlled by these pathways are in the auditory and visual sensory systems.
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- Douglas Forrest
- Department of Human Genetics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1425 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10029, USA.
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Nakamura M, Sundberg JP, Paus R. Mutant laboratory mice with abnormalities in hair follicle morphogenesis, cycling, and/or structure: annotated tables. Exp Dermatol 2001; 10:369-90. [PMID: 11737257 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2001.100601.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Numerous transgenic, targeted mutagenesis (so-called knockouts), conditional (so-called "gene switch") and spontaneous mutant mice develop abnormal hair phenotypes. The number of mice that exhibit such abnormalities is increasing exponentially as genetic engineering methods become routine. Since defined abnormalities in hair follicle morphogenesis, cycling and/or structure in such mutant mice provide important clues to the as yet poorly understood functional roles of many gene products, it is useful to summarize and classify these mutant mice according to their hair phenotype. This review provides a corresponding, annotated table of mutant mice with hair abnormalities, classifying the latter into 6 categories, 1) abnormally low number of hair follicles, 2) disorders of hair morphogenesis, 3) of hair follicle cycling, 4) of hair follicle structure 5) of sebaceous gland structure, and 6) hair growth disorders as a consequence of immunological abnormalities. This annotated table should serve as a useful source of reference for anyone who is interested in the molecular controls of hair growth, for investigators who are looking for mouse models to explore or compare the functional activities of their gene of interest, and for comparing the hair phenotype of newly generated mouse mutants with existing ones.
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- M Nakamura
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246, Hamburg, Germany
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Zlotogorski A, Panteleyev AA, Aita VM, Christiano AM. Clinical and molecular diagnostic criteria of congenital atrichia with papular lesions. J Invest Dermatol 2001; 117:1662-5. [PMID: 11886538 DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01618.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Congenital atrichia with papular lesions is a rare, autosomal recessive form of total alopecia and mutations in the hairless (hir) gene have been implicated in this disorder. Published estimates of the prevalence of this disorder remain surprisingly low considering pathogenetic mutations in hir have been found in distinct ethnicities around the world. Therefore, it is likely that congenital atrichia with papular lesions is far more common than previously thought and is often mistaken for its phenocopy, the putative autoimmune form of alopecia universalis. To clarify this discrepancy, we propose criteria for the clinical diagnosis of congenital atrichia with papular lesions. Among these is the novel report of the consistent observation of hypopigmented whitish streaks on the scalp surface of affected individuals. Additionally, we report the identification of a novel missense mutation in hir from a family of Arab Palestinian origin that exhibits the pathognomonic features of atrichia with papular lesions. Collectively, we anticipate that an increased recognition of this disorder will result in more accurate diagnosis and the sparing of unnecessarily treatment to patients.
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- A Zlotogorski
- Department of Dermatology, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Joliat MJ, Shultz LD. The molecular bases of spontaneous immunological mutations in the mouse and their homologous human diseases. Clin Immunol 2001; 101:113-29. [PMID: 11683570 DOI: 10.1006/clim.2001.5120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- M J Joliat
- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609, USA
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Potter GB, Beaudoin GM, DeRenzo CL, Zarach JM, Chen SH, Thompson CC. The hairless gene mutated in congenital hair loss disorders encodes a novel nuclear receptor corepressor. Genes Dev 2001; 15:2687-701. [PMID: 11641275 PMCID: PMC312820 DOI: 10.1101/gad.916701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2001] [Accepted: 08/28/2001] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The mammalian hairless (hr) gene plays a critical role in the maintenance of hair growth. Although the hr gene has been identified, the biochemical function of its encoded protein (Hr) has remained obscure. Here, we show that Hr functions as a transcriptional corepressor for thyroid hormone receptors (TRs). We find that two independent regions of Hr mediate TR binding and that interaction requires a cluster of hydrophobic residues similar to the binding motifs proposed for nuclear receptor corepressors (N-CoR and SMRT). Similarly, we show that Hr binds to the same region of TR as known corepressors. We show that Hr interacts with histone deacetylases (HDACs) and is localized to matrix-associated deacetylase (MAD) bodies, indicating that the mechanism of Hr-mediated repression is likely through associated HDAC activity. Thus, Hr is a component of the corepressor machinery, and despite its lack of sequence identity with previously described corepressors, its mode of action is remarkably conserved. On the basis of its thyroid hormone-inducible and tissue- and developmental-specific expression, Hr likely defines a new class of nuclear receptor corepressors that serve a more specialized role than ubiquitous corepressors. The discovery that Hr is a corepressor provides a molecular basis for specific hair loss syndromes in both humans and mice.
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- G B Potter
- Kennedy Krieger Research Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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San Jose I, García-Atares N, Pelaez B, Cabo R, Esteban I, Vega JA, Represa J. Reduction of glial fibrillary acidic protein-immunoreactive astrocytes in some brain areas of old hairless rhino-j mice (hr-rh-j). Neurosci Lett 2001; 309:81-4. [PMID: 11502350 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(01)02041-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mutations in the hairless (hr) gene of mice result in hair follicle and other epithelial defects. The hr gene is expressed at high levels in the brain where it probably participates in the survival and maintenance of some neuronal populations, but whether it also supports glial populations of the central nervous system has been not investigated. To clarify this, quantitative immunohistochemistry for astrocytes (glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)) and microglial cells (CD11b macrophage antigen) was used in the brain of a mutant mouse strain, the hairless (hr-rh-j) type, which carries the homozygous hr gene rhino mutation. The glial cell density was assessed in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, striatum, hypothalamus and cerebellum of young (3 months) and old (9 months) hr-rh-j mice. No significant differences were found between young wild-type and hr-rh-j mice. The density of GFAP immunoreactive astrocytes normally increased as a function of age, but in older hr-rh-j mice there was a severe reduction (P<0.01) in the striatum, hypothalamus, and hippocampus. Conversely, the microglial cells were insensible to aging or to hr-rh-j mutation. These results suggest that the hr gene is involved in the maintenance of the GFAP immunoreactive cells in some cerebral areas. Nevertheless, because these animals do not show any neurological signs, the functional significance of the present findings remains to be established.
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- I San Jose
- Departamento de Anatomía Humana, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
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SAN JOSE I, GARCÍA-SUÁREZ O, HANNESTAD J, CABO R, GAUNA L, REPRESA J, VEGA JA. The thymus of the hairless rhino-j (hr/rh-j) mice. J Anat 2001; 198:399-406. [PMID: 11327202 PMCID: PMC1468226 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.2001.19840399.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The hairless (hr) gene is expressed in a large number of tissues, primarily the skin, and a mutation in the hr gene is responsible for the typical cutaneous phenotype of hairless mice. Mutant hr mouse strains show immune defects involving especially T cells and macrophages, as well as an age-related immunodeficiency and an accelerated atrophy of the thymus. These data suggest that the hr mutation causes a defect of this organ, although hr transcripts have not been detected in fetal or adult mice thymus. The present study analyses the thymus of young (3 mo) and adult (9 mo) homozygous hr-rh-j mice (a strain of hairless mice) by means of structural techniques and immunohistochemistry to selectively identify thymic epithelial cells, dendritic cells, and macrophages. There were structural alterations in the thymus of both young and adult rh-rh-j mice, which were more severe in older animals. These alterations consisted of relative cortical atrophy, enlargement of blood vessels, proliferation of perivascular connective tissue, and the appearance of cysts. hr-rh-j mice also showed a decrease in the number of epithelial and dendritic cells, and macrophages. Taken together, present results strongly suggest degeneration and accelerated age-dependent regression of the thymus in hr-rh-j mice, which could explain at least in part the immune defects reported in hairless mouse strains.
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- Departamento de Anatomía, Universidad de Valladolid – CSIC, Valladolid, Spain
- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Universidad de Valladolid – CSIC, Valladolid, Spain
- Both authors contributed equally to this paper
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- Departamento de Morfologia y Biología Celular, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- Istituto di Anatomia, Facoltà di Veterinaria, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
- Both authors contributed equally to this paper
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- Departamento de Morfologia y Biología Celular, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- UCA Brain Research Institute and Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Departamento de Anatomía, Universidad de Valladolid – CSIC, Valladolid, Spain
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- Departamento de Morfologia y Biología Celular, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- Cátedra de Histología, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Anatomía, Universidad de Valladolid – CSIC, Valladolid, Spain
- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Universidad de Valladolid – CSIC, Valladolid, Spain
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- Departamento de Morfologia y Biología Celular, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto Universitario de Oncología, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
- Correspondence to Dr José A. Vega, Departamento de Morfología y, Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, C/ Julián Claveria, s/n, 33006 Oviedo, Spain. Tel. and fax: +34 985 103671; e-mail:
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Djabali K, Aita VM, Christiano AM. Hairless is translocated to the nucleus via a novel bipartite nuclear localization signal and is associated with the nuclear matrix. J Cell Sci 2001; 114:367-76. [PMID: 11148138 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.2.367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hair follicle cycling is an exquisitely regulated and dynamic process consisting of phases of growth, regression and quiescence. The transitions between the phases are governed by a growing number of regulatory proteins, including transcription factors. The hairless (hr) gene encodes a putative transcription factor that is highly expressed in the skin, where it appears to be an essential regulator during the regression of the catagen hair follicle. In hairless mice, as well as humans with congenital atrichia, the absence of hr gene function initiates a premature and abnormal catagen due to a dysregulation of apoptosis and cell adhesion, and defects in the signaling required for hair follicle remodeling. Here, we report structure-function studies of the hairless gene product, in which we identify a novel bipartite nuclear localization signal (NLS) of the form KRA(X13) PKR. Deletion analysis of the mouse hr gene mapped the NLS to amino acid residues 409–427. Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy of cells transiently transfected with hairless-green fluorescent fusion proteins demonstrated that these amino acid residues are necessary and sufficient for nuclear localization. Furthermore, nuclear fractionation analysis revealed that the hr protein is associated with components of the nuclear matrix.
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- K Djabali
- Departments of Dermatology and Genetics & Development, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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Nearly 50 years ago, Chase published a review of hair cycling in which he detailed hair growth in the mouse and integrated hair biology with the biology of his day. In this review we have used Chase as our model and tried to put the adult hair follicle growth cycle in perspective. We have tried to sketch the adult hair follicle cycle, as we know it today and what needs to be known. Above all, we hope that this work will serve as an introduction to basic biologists who are looking for a defined biological system that illustrates many of the challenges of modern biology: cell differentiation, epithelial-mesenchymal interactions, stem cell biology, pattern formation, apoptosis, cell and organ growth cycles, and pigmentation. The most important theme in studying the cycling hair follicle is that the follicle is a regenerating system. By traversing the phases of the cycle (growth, regression, resting, shedding, then growth again), the follicle demonstrates the unusual ability to completely regenerate itself. The basis for this regeneration rests in the unique follicular epithelial and mesenchymal components and their interactions. Recently, some of the molecular signals making up these interactions have been defined. They involve gene families also found in other regenerating systems such as fibroblast growth factor, transforming growth factor-beta, Wnt pathway, Sonic hedgehog, neurotrophins, and homeobox. For the immediate future, our challenge is to define the molecular basis for hair follicle growth control, to regenerate a mature hair follicle in vitro from defined populations, and to offer real solutions to our patients' problems.
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- K S Stenn
- Beauty Genome Sciences Inc., Skillman, New Jersey, USA.
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Panteleyev AA, Paus R, Christiano AM. Patterns of hairless (hr) gene expression in mouse hair follicle morphogenesis and cycling. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2000; 157:1071-9. [PMID: 11021810 PMCID: PMC1850155 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64621-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The hr (hairless) gene encodes a putative transcription factor with restricted expression in the skin and brain. Mutations in the hr locus cause papular atrichia in humans and complete hair loss in mice and other mammals. To further elucidate the role of hr in skin biology, and to identify potential target cells for hr regulation, we studied hr mRNA localization during hair follicle (HF) morphogenesis and cycling in normal C57BL/6J mice. In situ hybridization revealed that hr expression was present in the suprabasal cell layers of the epidermis, whereas the basal and highly differentiated keratinocytes of the granular layer were hr-negative. During the early stages of HF morphogenesis, hr mRNA was detected in the developing hair peg. Later, it became concentrated in the HF infundibulum, in the HF matrix, and in the inner root sheath (IRS), whereas the dermal papilla (DP) and outer root sheath were consistently hr mRNA-negative. During catagen, hr gene expression gradually declined in the regressing IRS, shortly but dramatically increased in the zone of developing club hair, and became up-regulated in the epithelial cells adjacent to the DP. The co-localization of hr mRNA with the site of the morphological defects in mutant skin implicates hr as a key factor in regulating basic cellular processes during catagen, including club hair formation, maintenance of DP-epithelial integrity, IRS disintegration, and keratinocyte apoptosis in the HF matrix.
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- A A Panteleyev
- Departments of Dermatology and Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, USA
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