A Pig Model Exploring the Postnatal Hair Follicle Cycle

Overview

Journal Front Cell Dev Biol

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2024 Oct 11

PMID 39391350

Authors

Shujuan Li

Quan Zou

Yao Jiang

Yi Wang

Xiangdong Ding

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Abstract

Introduction: The hair follicle (HF) is a micro-organ capable of regeneration. A HF cycle consists of an anagen, catagen and telogen. Abnormalities in the HF cycle can lead to many hair disorders such as hair loss. The pig is a good biomedical model, but there are few data on their HF cycle. The aim of this study was to classify the pig HF cycle and determine the feasibility of the pig as an animal model for human HF cycle.

Methods: Skin samples from 10 different postnatal (P) days Yorkshire pigs was collected to determine the key time points of the first HF cycle in pig by H&E staining, immunofluorescence staining, q-PCR and western-blot.

Results: By morphological observation and detection of markers at different stages, pig HF cycle was classified into three main periods - the first anagen until P45, catagen (P45-P85), telogen (P85-P100), and next anagen (>P100). In addition, we examined the expression of important genes , , , et al. related to the HF cycle at different stages of pig HF, indicating that pig and human share similarities in morphology and marker gene expression patterns of HF cycle.

Discussion: Our findings will facilitate the study of HF cycle and offer researchers a suitable model for human hair research.

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