Lgr6标记指甲干细胞,是指尖再生所必需的。

Lgr6 marks nail stem cells and is required for digit tip regeneration.

作者信息

Lehoczky Jessica A, Tabin Clifford J

机构信息

Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.

Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115

出版信息

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Oct 27;112(43):13249-54. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1518874112. Epub 2015 Oct 12.

Abstract

The tips of the digits of some mammals, including human infants and mice, are capable of complete regeneration after injury. This process is reliant on the presence of the overlaying nail organ and is mediated by a proliferative blastema. Epithelial Wnt/β-catenin signaling has been shown to be necessary for mouse digit tip regeneration. Here, we report on Lgr5 and Lgr6 (leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 5 and 6), two important agonists of the Wnt pathway that are known to be markers of several epithelial stem cell populations. We find that Lgr5 is expressed in a dermal population of cells adjacent to the specialized epithelia surrounding the keratinized nail plate. Moreover, Lgr5-expressing cells contribute to this dermis, but not the blastema, during digit tip regeneration. In contrast, we find that Lgr6 is expressed within cells of the nail matrix portion of the nail epithelium, as well as in a subset of cells in the bone and eccrine sweat glands. Genetic lineage analysis reveals that Lgr6-expressing cells give rise to the nail during homeostatic growth, demonstrating that Lgr6 is a marker of nail stem cells. Moreover, Lgr6-expressing cells contribute to the blastema, suggesting a potential direct role for Lgr6-expressing cells during digit tip regeneration. This role is confirmed by analysis of Lgr6-deficient mice, which have both a nail and bone regeneration defect.

摘要

包括人类婴儿和小鼠在内的一些哺乳动物的指尖在受伤后能够完全再生。这个过程依赖于覆盖其上的甲器官的存在,并由增殖性芽基介导。上皮Wnt/β-连环蛋白信号已被证明对小鼠指尖再生是必需的。在此,我们报告Lgr5和Lgr6(富含亮氨酸重复序列的G蛋白偶联受体5和6),这是Wnt通路的两个重要激动剂,已知是几个上皮干细胞群体的标志物。我们发现Lgr5在与围绕角质化指甲板的特化上皮相邻的真皮细胞群体中表达。此外,在指尖再生过程中,表达Lgr5的细胞对真皮有贡献,但对芽基没有贡献。相反,我们发现Lgr6在甲上皮的甲母质部分的细胞中表达,以及在骨骼和外分泌汗腺的一部分细胞中表达。遗传谱系分析表明,在稳态生长过程中,表达Lgr6的细胞产生指甲,这表明Lgr6是甲干细胞的标志物。此外,表达Lgr6的细胞对芽基有贡献,这表明表达Lgr6的细胞在指尖再生过程中可能具有直接作用。对Lgr6基因敲除小鼠的分析证实了这一作用,这些小鼠存在指甲和骨骼再生缺陷。

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