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FoxA1 regulates sweat secretion through Best2 and Nkcc1 ion transporters

ABSTRACT: Body temperature is maintained in a narrow range in mammals, primarily controlled by sweating. In humans, the dynamic thermoregulatory organ, comprised of 2-4 million sweat glands distributed over the body, can secrete up to 4 liters of sweat per day1, thereby making it possible to withstand high temperatures and run long distances. The genetic basis for sweat gland function, however, is largely unknown. We find that a forkhead transcription factor, FoxA1, is required to generate mouse sweating capacity. When FoxA1 is ablated, mice are otherwise healthy and sweat gland morphogenesis occurs, but no sweating ensues, with the Nkcc1 sodium/potassium/chloride co-transporter and a specialized Ca2+-activated bicarbonate channel protein, Best2, both sharply down-regulated, and glycoprotein accumulating in gland lumens and ducts. Furthermore, Best2 knockout mice display comparable anhidrosis and glycoprotein accumulation. These findings link earlier observations that both sodium/potassium/chloride exchange and Ca2+ are required for sweat production. FoxA1 is inferred to regulate two corresponding features of sweat secretion. One, via Best2, catalyzes a bicarbonate gradient that could help to drive calcium-associated ionic transport; the other, requiring Nkcc1, facilitates monovalent ion exchange into sweat. These mechanistic components can be pharmaceutical targets to defend against hyperthermia and alleviate defective thermoregulation in the elderly2, and may provide a model relevant to more complex secretory processes. For expression profiling of FoxA1, hairless fore footpad skin (6) was collected from FoxA1 knockouts and wild-type littermates at P10, P14 and P31. Three skin samples from 3 embryos for each genotype at each time point were used for biological replicates. Total RNAs were isolated with Trizol (Invitrogen), precipitated by 7.5M LiCl (Ambion), and cyanine-3-labeled cRNAs were hybridized to the NIA Mouse 44K Microarray v3.0 (Agilent Technologies). Triplicate data were analyzed by ANOVA (6). Genes with FDR<0.05, fold difference>1.5 and mean log intensity>2.0 were considered to be significant.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Minoru Ko

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32347 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Forkhead transcription factor FoxA1 regulates sweat secretion through Bestrophin 2 anion channel and Na-K-Cl cotransporter 1.

Cui Chang-Yi CY Childress Victoria V Piao Yulan Y Michel Marc M Johnson Adiv A AA Kunisada Makoto M Ko Minoru S H MS Kaestner Klaus H KH Marmorstein Alan D AD Schlessinger David D

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20120105 4

Body temperature is maintained in a narrow range in mammals, primarily controlled by sweating. In humans, the dynamic thermoregulatory organ, comprised of 2-4 million sweat glands distributed over the body, can secrete up to 4 L of sweat per day, thereby making it possible to withstand high temperatures and endure prolonged physical stress (e.g., long-distance running). The genetic basis for sweat gland function, however, is largely unknown. We find that the forkhead transcription factor, FoxA1, ...[more]

PMID: 22223659

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