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GATA-3: an unexpected regulator of cell lineage determination in skin

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Kaufman, Charles K., Zhou, Ping, Amalia Pasolli, H., Rendl, Michael, Bolotin, Diana, Lim, Kim-Chew, Dai, Xing, Alegre, Maria-Luisa, Fuchs, Elaine·2003·Genes & Development

Abstract

Multipotent skin stem cells give rise to epidermis and its appendages, including the hair follicle. The Lef-1/Tcf family of Wnt-regulated transcription factors plays a major role in specification of the hair shaft, but little is known about how the equally important hair channel, the inner root sheath (IRS), develops in concert to shape and guide the hair. In a microarray screen to search for transcriptional regulators of hair follicle morphogenesis, we identified GATA-3, a key regulator of T-cell lineage determination. Surprisingly, this transcription factor is essential for stem cell lineage determination in skin, where it is expressed at the onset of epidermal stratification and IRS specification in follicles.GATA-3-null/lacZ knock-in embryos can survive up to embryonic day 18.5 (E18.5), when they fail to form the IRS. Skin grafting unveiled additional defects in GATA-3-null hairs and follicles. IRS progenitors failed to differentiate, whereas cortical progenitors differentiated, but produced an aberrant hair structure. Curiously, some GATA-3-null progenitor cells expressed mixed IRS and hair shaft markers. Taken together, these findings place GATA-3 with Lef-1/Wnts at the crossroads of the IRS versus hair shaft cell fate decision in hair follicle morphogenesis. This newfound function for GATA-3 in skin development strengthens the parallels between the differentiation programs governing hair follicle and lymphocyte differentiation.

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Kaufman, C. K., Zhou, P., Amalia Pasolli, H., Rendl, M., Bolotin, D., Lim, K.-C., Dai, X., Alegre, M.-L., & Fuchs, E.
Venue
Genes & Development
Published
2003-01-01
Volume
17
Issue
17
Pages
2108-2122
ISSN
  • 0890-9369 (ISSN-L)
  • 1549-5477
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W2171997622
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Kaufman, C. K., Zhou, P., Amalia Pasolli, H., Rendl, M., Bolotin, D., Lim, K.-C., Dai, X., Alegre, M.-L., & Fuchs, E. (2003). GATA-3: an unexpected regulator of cell lineage determination in skin. Genes & Development. https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1115203

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