Collagen alpha-1(XVII) chain (180 kDa bullous pemphigoid antigen 2) (Bullous pemphigoid antigen 2) [Contains: 120 kDa linear IgA disease antigen (120 kDa linear IgA dermatosis antigen) (Linear IgA disease antigen 1) (LAD-1); 97 kDa linear IgA disease antigen (97 kDa linear IgA bullous dermatosis antigen) (97 kDa LAD antigen) (97-LAD) (Linear IgA bullous disease antigen of 97 kDa) (LABD97)] [BP180] [BPAG2]
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Hair follicle aging is driven by transepidermal elimination of stem cells via
COL17A1 proteolysis.
Hair thinning and loss are prominent aging phenotypes but have an unknown mechanism. We show that hair follicle stem cell (HFSC) aging causes the stepwise miniaturization of hair follicles and eventual hair loss in wild-type mice and in humans. In vivo fate analysis of HFSCs revealed that the DNA damage response in HFSCs causes proteolysis of type XVII collagen (COL17A1/BP180), a critical molecule for HFSC maintenance, to trigger HFSC aging, characterized by the loss of stemness signatures and by epidermal commitment. Aged HFSCs are cyclically eliminated from the skin through terminal epidermal differentiation, thereby causing hair follicle miniaturization. The aging process can be recapitulated by Col17a1 deficiency and prevented by the forced maintenance of COL17A1 in HFSCs, demonstrating that COL17A1 in HFSCs orchestrates the stem cell-centric aging program of the epithelial mini-organ.
MeSH Terms
- Aged
- Aging
- Alopecia
- Animals
- Autoantigens
- Cell Differentiation
- Cellular Senescence
- DNA Damage
- Desmosomes
- Female
- Genomic Instability
- Hair Follicle
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Middle Aged
- Non-Fibrillar Collagens
- Proteolysis
- Stem Cells