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Curr Biol. 2003 Jul 1;13(13):1129-33.
Mutation of Celsr1 disrupts planar polarity of inner ear hair cells and causes severe neural tube defects in the mouse.

Curtin JA, Quint E, Tsipouri V, Arkell RM, Cattanach B, Copp AJ, Henderson DJ, Spurr N, Stanier P, Fisher EM, Nolan PM, Steel KP, Brown SD, Gray IC, Murdoch JN.

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, New Frontiers Science Park, Harlow, Essex, CM19 5AW, United Kingdom.

We identified two novel mouse mutants with abnormal head-shaking behavior and neural tube defects during the course of independent ENU mutagenesis experiments. The heterozygous and homozygous mutants exhibit defects in the orientation of sensory hair cells in the organ of Corti, indicating a defect in planar cell polarity. The homozygous mutants exhibit severe neural tube defects as a result of failure to initiate neural tube closure. We show that these mutants, spin cycle and crash, carry independent missense mutations within the coding region of Celsr1, encoding a large protocadherin molecule [1]. Celsr1 is one of three mammalian homologs of Drosophila flamingo/starry night, which is essential for the planar cell polarity pathway in Drosophila together with frizzled, dishevelled, prickle, strabismus/van gogh, and rhoA. The identification of mouse mutants of Celsr1 provides the first evidence for the function of the Celsr family in planar cell polarity in mammals and further supports the involvement of a planar cell polarity pathway in vertebrate neurulation.


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Forensic Sci Int. 2003 Jun 24;134(1):46-53.
The 2000-2001 GEP-ISFG Collaborative Exercise on mtDNA: assessing the cause of unsuccessful mtDNA PCR amplification of hair shaft samples.

Prieto L, Montesino M, Salas A, Alonso A, Albarran C, Alvarez S, Crespillo M, Di Lonardo AM, Doutremepuich C, Fernandez-Fernandez I, de la Vega AG, Gusmao L, Lopez CM, Lopez-Soto M, Lorente JA, Malaghini M, Martinez CA, Modesti NM, Palacio AM, Paredes M, Pena SD, Perez-Lezaun A, Pestano JJ, Puente J, Sala A, Vide M, Whittle MR, Yunis JJ, Gomez J.

Comisara General de Policia Cientifica, Seccion de Biologia-ADN, Madrid, Spain. biologia.adolicia.es

We report the results of Spanish and Portuguese working group (GEP) of International Society of Forensic Genetics (ISFG) Collaborative Exercise 2001-2002 on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis. 64 laboratories from Spain, Portugal and several Latin-American countries participated in this quality control exercise. Five samples were sent to the participating laboratories, four blood stains (M1-M4) and a sample (M5) consisting of two hair shaft fragments. M4 was non-human (Felis catus) in origin; therefore, the capacity of the labs to identify the biological source of this sample was an integral part of the exercise. Some labs detected the non-human origin of M4 by carrying out immuno-diffussion techniques using antihuman serum, whereas others identified the specific animal origin by testing the sample against a set of animal antibodies or by means of the analysis of mtDNA regions (Cyt-b, 12S, and 16S genes). The results of the other three human blood stains (M1-M3) improved in relation to the last Collaborative Exercises but those related to hairs yielded a low rate of success which clearly contrasts with previous results. As a consequence of this, some labs performed additional analysis showing that the origin of this low efficiency was not the presence of inhibitors, but the low quantity of DNA present in these specific hair samples and the degradation.As a general conclusion the results emphasize the need of external proficiency testing as part of the accreditation procedure for the labs performing mtDNA analysis in forensic casework.


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J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Jul;88(7):3333-8.
Androgen receptor gene CAG repeat polymorphism in the development of ovarian hyperandrogenism.

Ibanez L, Ong KK, Mongan N, Jaaskelainen J, Marcos MV, Hughes IA, De Zegher F, Dunger DB.

Endocrine Unit (L.I.), Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, University of Barcelona, E-08950 Barcelona, Spain.

Ovarian hyperandrogenism, a key feature of polycystic ovary syndrome, is preceded by precocious pubarche (PP) (pubic hair < 8 yr) in some populations. We hypothesized that this earlier presentation may relate to increased androgen sensitivity, indicated by androgen receptor gene CAG repeat length. This polymorphism was genotyped in 181 Barcelona girls (age, 10.9 yr; range, 4-19 yr) who had presented with PP, and in 124 Barcelona control girls. PP girls had shorter mean CAG number than Barcelona controls (PP vs. controls: mean, range: 21.3, 7-31 repeats vs. 22.0, 15-32, P = 0.003) and greater proportion of short alleles 20 repeats or less (37.0% vs. 24.6%, P = 0.002). Among post-menarcheal PP girls (n = 69), shorter CAG number (biallelic mean </=20) was associated with higher 17-hydroxy-progesterone levels post leuprolide (P = 0.009), indicative of ovarian hyperandrogenism, higher testosterone levels (P = 0.02), acne (P = 0.03) and hirsutism scores (P = 0.01), and more menstrual cycle irregularities (P = 0.04). In multiple regression, ovarian hyperandrogenism risk was related to both low birth weight (SD <-1.5: odds ratio = 17.0; 95% confidence interval: 4.2-69.2) and shorter mean CAG number (20 or less repeats: odds ratio = 7.3; 1.3-42.0). In summary, shorter androgen receptor gene CAG number, indicative of increased androgen sensitivity, increases risks for PP and subsequent ovarian hyperandrogenism. Shorter CAG repeat alleles in Barcelona compared with United Kingdom women could lead to higher prevalences of these conditions.


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J Neurophysiol. 2003 Jul;90(1):155-64.
Voltage-gated calcium channel currents in type I and type II hair cells isolated from the rat crista.

Bao H, Wong WH, Goldberg JM, Eatock RA.

The Bobby R. Alford Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

When studied in vitro, type I hair cells in amniote vestibular organs have a large, negatively activating K+ conductance. In type II hair cells, as in nonvestibular hair cells, outwardly rectifying K+ conductances are smaller and more positively activating. As a result, type I cells have more negative resting potentials and smaller input resistances than do type II cells; large inward currents fail to depolarize type I cells above -60 mV. In nonvestibular hair cells, afferent transmission is mediated by voltage-gated Ca2+ channels that activate positive to -60 mV. We investigated whether Ca2+ channels in type I cells activate more negatively so that quantal transmission can occur near the reported resting potentials. We used the perforated patch method to record Ca2+ channel currents from type I and type II hair cells isolated from the rat anterior crista (postnatal days 4-20). The activation range of the Ca2+ currents of type I hair cells differed only slightly from that of type II cells or nonvestibular hair cells. In 5 mM external Ca2+, currents in type I and type II cells were half-maximal at -41.1 +/- 0.5 (SE) mV (n = 10) and -37.2 +/- 0.2 mV (n = 10), respectively. In physiological external Ca2+ (1.3 mM), currents in type I cells were half-maximal at -46 +/- 1 mV (n = 8) and just 1% of maximal at -72 mV. These results lend credence to suggestions that type I cells have more positive resting potentials in vivo, possibly through K+ accumulation in the synaptic cleft or inhibition of the large K+ conductance. Ca2+ channel kinetics were also unremarkable; in both type I and type II cells, the currents activated and deactivated rapidly and inactivated only slowly and modestly even at large depolarizations. The Ca2+ current included an L-type component with relatively low sensitivity to dihydropyridine antagonists, consistent with the alpha subunit being CaV1.3 (alpha1D). Rat vestibular epithelia and ganglia were probed for L-type alpha-subunit expression with the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The epithelia expressed CaV1.3 and the ganglia expressed CaV1.2 (alpha1C).


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The average human scalp is covered by approximatey 100,000 hair follicles. Each hair undergoes hair cycle and normally 50-100 hairs randomly fall out a day, which is unnoticeable because lost hair is replaced by as many new hairs springing up daily. Hair loss results from the fall out of hair from the hair follicle. Alopecia or excessive, premature hair loss is the condition caused by many factors. Loss of hair itself does not pose critical health problems because biological role of human hair is relatively marginal. Hair on our scalp protects the head from mechanical shock, heat loss, and exposure to UV-light. The eyelashes and eyebrowes protect the eyes, and hair in the ear canal or the nasal passages help filter out particles and pathogens, thus protecting our internal organs. However, hair does play important social role: it is one of the major determinants of our appearance and identity in daily life. Fullness of hair also implicates or manifests physical integrity and youthfulness of the person. Losing hair could have more than just emotional impacts on individuals. The hair is a unique organ that goes through a characteristic cycle consisting of an immature phase, a growing phase called anagen, a transitional phase between the growing phase and the resting phase called catagen, and finally a resting phase called telogen in which the hair stops growing, waiting to fall out. 85-90% of hairs on our body are in anagen phase or growing phase, which lasts anywhere from two to five years. This phase is followed by a short regression phase, or catagen, which lasts 2-3 weeks. Approximately 1% of hair follicles are in catagen. Approximately 10-15% of hair follicles are in the resting phase, the telogen, which lasts about 3-5 months. Hair follicles typically goes through 10-20 asynchronous cycles during the lifetime. Persistent loss of more than 150 hairs would consist a state of hair loss, or alopecia, albeit it could be temporary.














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