TY - JOUR
T1 - Hair cycle control by estrogens
T2 - Catagen induction via estrogen receptor (ER)-α is checked by ERβ signaling
AU - Ohnemus, Ulrich
AU - Uenalan, Murat
AU - Conrad, Franziska
AU - Handjiski, Bori
AU - Mecklenburg, Lars
AU - Nakamura, Motonobu
AU - Inzunza, José
AU - Gustafsson, Jan Åke
AU - Paus, Ralf
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/3
Y1 - 2005/3
N2 - Although 17β-estradiol (E2) is recognized as a potent hair growth modulator, our knowledge of estrogen function, signaling, and target genes in hair biology is still very limited. Between the two recognized estrogen receptors (ERs), ERα and ERβ, only ERα had been detected in murine skin. Here we show that ERα, ERβ, and ERβ ins are all expressed throughout the murine hair cycle, both at the protein and RNA level, but show distinct expression patterns. We confirm that topical E2 arrests murine pelage hair follicles in telogen and demonstrate that E2 is a potent inducer of premature catagen development. The ER antagonist ICI 182.780 does not induce anagen prematurely but accelerates anagen development and wave spreading in female mice. ERβ knockout mice display accelerated catagen development along with an increase in the number of apoptotic hair follicle keratinocytes. This suggests that, contrary to previous concepts, ERβ does indeed play a significant role in murine hair growth control: whereas the catagen-promoting properties of E2 are mediated via ERα, ERβ mainly may function as a silencer of ERα action in hair biology. These findings illustrate the complexity of hair growth modulation by estrogens and suggest that one key to more effective hair growth manipulation with ER ligands lies in the use of selective ERα or -β antagonists/agonists. Our study also underscores that the hair cycling response to estrogens offers an ideal model for studying the controls and dynamics of wave propagation in biological systems.
AB - Although 17β-estradiol (E2) is recognized as a potent hair growth modulator, our knowledge of estrogen function, signaling, and target genes in hair biology is still very limited. Between the two recognized estrogen receptors (ERs), ERα and ERβ, only ERα had been detected in murine skin. Here we show that ERα, ERβ, and ERβ ins are all expressed throughout the murine hair cycle, both at the protein and RNA level, but show distinct expression patterns. We confirm that topical E2 arrests murine pelage hair follicles in telogen and demonstrate that E2 is a potent inducer of premature catagen development. The ER antagonist ICI 182.780 does not induce anagen prematurely but accelerates anagen development and wave spreading in female mice. ERβ knockout mice display accelerated catagen development along with an increase in the number of apoptotic hair follicle keratinocytes. This suggests that, contrary to previous concepts, ERβ does indeed play a significant role in murine hair growth control: whereas the catagen-promoting properties of E2 are mediated via ERα, ERβ mainly may function as a silencer of ERα action in hair biology. These findings illustrate the complexity of hair growth modulation by estrogens and suggest that one key to more effective hair growth manipulation with ER ligands lies in the use of selective ERα or -β antagonists/agonists. Our study also underscores that the hair cycling response to estrogens offers an ideal model for studying the controls and dynamics of wave propagation in biological systems.
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U2 - 10.1210/en.2004-1219
DO - 10.1210/en.2004-1219
M3 - Article
C2 - 15591132
AN - SCOPUS:14344261415
VL - 146
SP - 1214
EP - 1225
JO - Endocrinology
JF - Endocrinology
SN - 0013-7227
IS - 3
ER -