UC Irvine UC Irvine Previously Published Works Title Renewal of the Holocrine Meibomian Glands by Label-Retaining, Unipotent Epithelial Progenitors. Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/917445pp Journal Stem cell reports, 7(3) ISSN 2213-6711 Authors Parfitt, Geraint J Lewis, Phillip N Young, Robert D et al. Publication Date 2016-09-01 DOI 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.07.010 Peer reviewed eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California Stem Cell Reports Article Renewal of the Holocrine Meibomian Glands by Label-Retaining, Unipotent Epithelial Progenitors Geraint J. Parfitt,1 Phillip N. Lewis,2 Robert D. Young,2 Alex Richardson,3 J. Guy Lyons,4 Nick Di Girolamo,3 and James V. Jester1,* 1The Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California Irvine, 843 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, CA 92697-4390, USA 2The School of Optometry & Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Maindy Road, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, UK 3School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia 4Centenary Institute and Discipline of Dermatology, Bosch Institute, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia *Correspondence:
[email protected] http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.07.010 SUMMARY The meibomian and sebaceous glands secrete lipids to prevent desiccation of the ocular surface and skin, respectively. Precisely how these holocrine tissues regenerate is not well understood. To address this, we characterized keratin 5+ (K5) label-retaining cells (LRCs) and the lineage tracing of keratin 14 (K14) progenitors in mouse meibomian glands. Using the tet-off H2B-GFP/K5tTA mouse, H2B-GFP fluores- cence dilutes 2-fold with every division in K5+ cell nuclei after doxycycline administration.