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STEM CELL REPORTS
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 304-314Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.05.006
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- CNPq [246296/2012-7]
- UM faculty grant
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [AMFDP-72425]
- NCI/NIH [P30CA046592]
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Tissue integrity requires constant maintenance of a quiescent, yet responsive, population of stem cells. In the skin, hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) that reside within the bulge maintain tissue homeostasis in response to activating cues that occur with each new hair cycle or upon injury. We found that PTEN, a major regulator of the PI3K-AKT pathway, controlled HFSC number and size in the bulge and maintained genomically stable pluripotent cells. This regulatory function is central for HFSC quiescence, where PTEN-deficiency phenotype is in part regulated by BMAL1. Furthermore, PTEN ablation led to downregulation of BMI-1, a critical regulator of adult stem cell self-renewal, and elevated senescence, suggesting the presence of a protective system that prevents transformation. We found that shortand long-term PTEN depletion followed by activated BMAL1, a core clock protein, contributed to accumulation of HFSC.
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