Journal
CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 46, Issue 5, Pages 737-746Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cbin.11765
Keywords
cell-cycle; epidermis; keratinocytes; skin; stem
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [P30ES025128]
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CDK4 protein level plays a role in regulating the proliferation and number of hair follicle stem cells.
Hair follicles regenerate periodically by spontaneously undergoing cycles of growth, regression, and relative quiescence. During the hair cycle, follicle stem cells residing in a specialized niche remain quiescent, and they are stimulated to proliferate throughout the growth phase of the hair follicle. Although cell cycle regulators play a prominent role during the activation of hair follicle stem cells, the identity and the role of these regulators have not been confirmed. Herein, we reported that stem cells located in the bulge region of the HF (BuSCs) express high levels of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) through the quiescent phase of the hair cycle. Using gain- and loss-of-function studies, we have determined that the CDK4 protein level affects the number of BuSCs. Transgenic expression of CDK4 in the bulge region of the hair follicles reduces the number of BuSCs, whereas CDK4 ablation resulted in an increasing number of BuSCs. These results suggest that deregulation of CDK4 protein levels contributes to distorting the self-renewal/proliferation balance and, in turn, altering the number of BuSCs.
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