Abstract
Class III β-tubulin (TUBB3)-positive cells from the hair follicle bulge are thought to be neuronal cells derived from a local neural crest stem cell. However, TUBB3 has recently been shown to be expressed in the melanocytic lineage. To evaluate the neural-crest-associated immunophenotype of TUBB3-positive cells from hair follicle bulge explants, we dissected hair follicle bulges out from mouse whisker pads and cultured for 1 month and assessed outgrowing cells by means of immunocytochemistry using the biomarkers TUBB3, nestin, NGFR, SOX9, TYRP1 and laminin. Large amounts of TUBB3-positive cells could be cultured that co-expressed nestin, NGFR, SOX9 and, to a lesser degree, TYRP1, matching a melanoglial phenotype. In addition, a small population of TUBB3-negative but laminin-positive cells was found, which presumably are of glial origin. It can be concluded that cells of melanoglial origin can easily be obtained from hair follicle bulge explants. These cells may be of use in experimental animal or human disease and wound healing models. Notably, the TUBB3-positive cells are of melanoglial rather than neuronal origin.
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