Summary
The authors have studied pigmentary changes of skin and hair due to the presence of the “nude” gene in pigmented species (C 57 Bl. 6J, C 3H). Morphological (histology, electron microscopy) and biochemical (polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of tyrosinase activities) studies showed that the pigmentary alterations of the “nude” mice were related to the hair cycle and hair growth wave pattern. In fact, in the “nude” mice the hair follicles evolves cyclically similarly to mice of normal coat. In depigmented skin, the hair follicles were in the resting phase and no soluble tyrosinase could be demonstrated.
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Die Autoren untersuchten die Pigmentveränderungen an Haut und Haar an pigmentierten nackten Mäusen. Histologische und elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen und die Polyacrylamid-Elektrophorese der Tyrosinaseaktivitäten zeigten vom morphologischen und biochemischen, daß die Veränderungen der Programmierung solcher “nude” Mäuse auf den Haarcyclus und auf das Haarwachstum bezogen werden kann. In der Tat entwickeln sich die Haarfollikel cyclisch wie die der Mäuse mit normaler Haut. In depigmentierter Haut waren die Haare in der Ruhepause und es konnte keine lösliche Tyrosinase aufgefunden werden.
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Ortonne, J.P., Voulot, C., Schmitt, D. et al. Action of the “nude” gene on pigmentation of the coat in C57 black and C3H mice. Arch Dermatol Res 262, 219–227 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00455393
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