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Publication : Vasculature atrophy causes a stiffened microenvironment that augments epidermal stem cell differentiation in aged skin.

First Author  Ichijo R Year  2022
Journal  Nat Aging Volume  2
Issue  7 Pages  592-600
PubMed ID  37117774 Mgi Jnum  J:347265
Mgi Id  MGI:7616636 Doi  10.1038/s43587-022-00244-6
Citation  Ichijo R, et al. (2022) Vasculature atrophy causes a stiffened microenvironment that augments epidermal stem cell differentiation in aged skin. Nat Aging 2(7):592-600
abstractText  Stem cell loss causes tissue deterioration associated with aging. The accumulation of genomic and oxidative stress-induced DNA damage is an intrinsic cue for stem cell loss(1,2); however, whether there is an external microenvironmental cue that triggers stem cell loss remains unclear. Here we report that the involution of skin vasculature causes dermal stiffening that augments the differentiation and hemidesmosome fragility of interfollicular epidermal stem cells (IFESCs) in aged mouse skin. Aging-related IFESC dysregulation occurs in plantar and tail skin, and is correlated with prolonged calcium influx, which is contributed by the mechanoresponsive ion channel Piezo1 (ref. (3)). Epidermal deletion of Piezo1 ameliorated IFESC dysregulation in aged skin, whereas Piezo1 activation augmented IFESC differentiation and hemidesmosome fragility in young mice. The dermis stiffened with age, which was accompanied by dermal vasculature atrophy. Conversely, induction of the dermal vasculature softened the dermis and ameliorated IFESC dysregulation in aged skin. Single-cell RNA sequencing of dermal fibroblasts identified an aging-associated anti-angiogenetic secretory molecule, pentraxin 3 (ref. (4)), which caused dermal sclerotization and IFESC dysregulation in aged skin. Our findings show that the vasculature softens the microenvironment for stem cell maintenance and provide a potential mechanobiology-based therapeutic strategy against skin disorders in aging.
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