Transcriptome sequencing reveals differences between primary and secondary hair follicle-derived dermal papilla cells of the Cashmere goat (Capra hircus)

PLoS One. 2013 Sep 19;8(9):e76282. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076282. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

The dermal papilla is thought to establish the character and control the size of hair follicles. Inner Mongolia Cashmere goats (Capra hircus) have a double coat comprising the primary and secondary hair follicles, which have dramatically different sizes and textures. The Cashmere goat is rapidly becoming a potent model for hair follicle morphogenesis research. In this study, we established two dermal papilla cell lines during the anagen phase of the hair growth cycle from the primary and secondary hair follicles and clarified the similarities and differences in their morphology and growth characteristics. High-throughput transcriptome sequencing was used to identify gene expression differences between the two dermal papilla cell lines. Many of the differentially expressed genes are involved in vascularization, ECM-receptor interaction and Wnt/β-catenin/Lef1 signaling pathways, which intimately associated with hair follicle morphogenesis. These findings provide valuable information for research on postnatal morphogenesis of hair follicles.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Goats / genetics*
  • Hair Follicle / cytology*
  • Hair Follicle / metabolism*
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Primary Cell Culture
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Transcriptome*

Grants and funding

The Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31160228); The National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program)(Grant No. 2013AA102506); The National Genetically Modified Organisms Breeding Major Projects (Grant No. 2011ZX08008-002). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.