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Phospholipase C-1 is an essential molecule downstream of Foxn1, the gene responsible for the nude mutation, in normal hair development

Yoshikazu Nakamura^*, Manabu Ichinohe^*, Masayuki Hirata^*, Hirokazu Matsuura^*, Takashi Fujiwara, Takahiro Igarashi^*, Masamichi Nakahara^*, Hideki Yamaguchi^*, Sadao Yasugi, Tadaomi Takenawa and Kiyoko Fukami^*,1

^* Laboratory of Genome and Biosignal, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan;

Department of Biological Resources, Integrated Center for Sciences, Ehime University, Shitsukawa, Toon City, Ehime, Japan;

Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan; and

Department of Lipid Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Chuou-ku, Kobe City, Japan

¹Correspondence: Laboratory of Genome and Biosignal, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, 192-0392 Tokyo, Japan. E-mail: kfukami{at}ls.toyaku.ac.jp

Nude mice exhibit athymia and hairlessness by a loss-of-function mutation in the transcription factor Foxn1 gene. Although the immunological functions of Foxn1 have been studied intensively, there have been relatively few studies of its functions in skin. Foxn1 regulates expression of hair keratins, which is essential for normal hair structure; however, how Foxn1 regulates hair keratin expression and hair formation is largely unknown. In the present study, we found that mice lacking phospholipase C (PLC)-1, a key molecule in the phosphoinositide signaling pathway, and nude mice show similar hair abnormalities, such as lack of cuticle and bending. We also found that expression of hair keratins was remarkably decreased in skin of PLC-1 knockout mice. Furthermore, expression of PLC-1 was induced in Foxn1-transfected U2OS cells. In addition, we showed that PLC-1 expression was remarkably decreased in skin of nude mice. In skin and keratinocytes of nude mice as well as PLC-1 KO mice, activation of PLC downstream effectors, such as PKC and nuclear factor of activated T cells, was impaired. These results indicate that PLC-1 is an essential molecule downstream of Foxn1 in normal hair formation, and strongly suggest that hairlessness in nude mice is caused by insufficient expression of PLC-1.—Nakamura, Y., Ichinohe, M., Hirata, M., Matsuura, H., Fujiwara, T., Igarashi, T., Nakahara, M., Yamaguchi, H., Yasugi, S., Takenawa, T., Fukami, K. Phospholipase C-1 is an essential molecule downstream of Foxn1, the gene responsible for the nude mutation, in normal hair development.

Key Words: phosphoinositide • nude mice • hair follicle • hair keratin

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