Requirement of DHCR24 for postnatal development of epidermis and hair follicles in mice.

Abstract

Desmosterolosis is an autosomal recessive disorder with severe developmental anomalies due to mutations in the DHCR24 gene, encoding an enzyme to convert desmosterol to cholesterol. We reported that DHCR24 [knockout (KO)] mice were born with wrinkleless taut skin and with impaired development of epidermis. In this study, we investigated the postnatal development of epidermis and hair follicle in the skin of KO mice grafted to the nude mice. Skin graft was required since the KO mice die within few hours after birth. Forty days after the skin graft, epidermis from the KO mice revealed the characteristic phenotype observed at birth. Furthermore, the number of hair follicles in the skin graft from KO mice to the nude mice was significantly less and development was delayed than that from control. These findings implicate that DHCR24 plays important roles for normal development of epidermis and hair follicle even in postnatal life.

• Authors: Rusella Mirza, Shanlou Qiao, Yoshiharu Murata, Hisao Seo
• Journal: The American Journal of dermatopathology (Am J Dermatopathol) Vol. 31 Issue 5 Pg. 446-52 (Jul 2009) ISSN: 1533-0311 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19542918 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Nerve Tissue Proteins
• Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors
• Dhcr24 protein, mouse

Topics

• Animals
• Epidermis (growth & development, metabolism)
• Hair Follicle (growth & development, metabolism)
• Immunohistochemistry
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred C57BL
• Mice, Knockout
• Mice, Nude
• Nerve Tissue Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors (genetics, metabolism)