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Phagocytosis by Outer Root Sheath Cells on the Mouse Vibrissae Tu~ ,)oL KNAI or INvunn;A"JJ\ E: DP~MATOLOO\, 62: 54-iii, 1971 Vol. 6:!. Nn. 1 Copyright ® 19i4 b~· The William~ & Wilkir" Co. PrtntPd m U.S.A. PHAGOCYTOSIS BY OUTER ROOT SHEATH CELLS OF THE MOUSE VIBRISSAE (SfNUS HAIRS)* MARlON H . GARRETT. PH.D .. AND KE:-: HASHIMOTO. M. D. ABSTRACT Phagocytic cells are present at all levels of the outer root sheath of mouse vibrissa (sinus hair) follicles. Occasionally these cells are seen in the process of engulfing other cells: more often phagocytic cells are seen which contain one or more ''acuoles whose contents are in various stages of digestion. Most of the phagocytosed cells contain many tonofilaments and a reduced amount of cytoplasm. A few of the vacuoles contam no tilaments. As one vibrissa after another grows from the follicle without an intervening rest period, the outer root sheath changes in size and shape to accommodate both lhe club hair and actively growing vibrissa. Phagocytosis appears to play a role in the continuous reshaping or the outer root sheath Epithelial cells have been shown to be capable of' OBSER\ATIOl'S phagocytosis in response to injury or trauma. Light Microscopy WbjJe some of the injured cells die, other cells in the vicinity have been shown to ingest fibrin [1, 2). The structure of the vibrissa (sinus hair) folLicle serous exudate I 1]. erythrocytes [3 . .q, portions of in mice, in general. corresponds to the description other cells l5]. and injected inert particles [3, 4 j. In given by Melaragno and Montagna [8]. Each cortical cells of the hair matrix, phagocytosis follide is surrounded bv a blood sinus which, in occurs as a normal process as the cells ingest tum, is surrounded by a connective tissue capsule. dendritic processes of melanocytes [6). We wish to The lower part of the sinus (the cavernous sinus) is reporl in this study that phagocytosis also occurs traversed by delicate connective tissue trabeculae; as a normal process in the outer root sheath of the upper part (the ring sinus) contains no trabecu­ mouse vibrissa follicles. lae. A collar-like structure (the ringwulst) extends from the follicle into the ring sinus. fn contrast to the regular hair foil icles of the coat MATERIALS MID METHODS of the mouse, the sinus hair follicles appear to Vibrissa follicles were excised from the upper hp of remain in an actively growing state without going male and female young adult mice. Some of the animals through a periodic resting state (telogen). Soon were albino and others were black and white mice of after a vibrissa stops growing and becomes a club unknown strain. hair, a new hair begins to grow from the bulb oft he For light micro;.copy, tissue was fixed in 10% formalin, follicle. As the club hair moves upward in the washed in tap water, dehydrated in ethanol. embedded in follicle. it is displaced to one side. causing an paraflin, and sect ion eel at 8 ll· The sections were stained with Holmes silver stain and luxol fast blue rounterstain enlargement in that part of the outer root sheath. [7). While mitotic figures of the hair and its inner root For electron microscopy. the tissue was fixed in 4"< sheath are confined to the bulb of the hair. mitotic glutaraldehyde m sodium cacodylate buffer, postfixed in figures are seen at all levels in the outermost layer 2% osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in methanol, and of cells in the ouler root sheath. embedded in Epon. Thick sections ( 1 111 were stained Phagocytic vacuoles are often present in the with toluidine blue and studied with the light micro­ other root sheath (Fig. l). but are easily overlooked scope. Thin sections (about 500 Al were stained with because the contents of the vacunles usually do not uranyl acetate and lead citrate and studied with an RCA EMU3F electron microscope at 50 KV stain. The vacuoles were not noted in Melaragno and Montagna's work. Electron Microscopy Manuscript received .June 21, 1973; in revised form September 18, 1973; accepted for publication September Phagocytic cells may be present in all levels of 21' 1973. the mouse vi brissa outer root sheath, from the This work was supportad m part by USPHS Grant region just abo\'e the bulb to the region just below GM-00202 (MHGl and by Medical lnvestigatorsb.ip the epidermis. These cells were found in each Award and Component Designated Research Fund from the Veterans Administration <KHl. animal studied. Dehydrated-looking cells are often • From the Department of Anatomy, The University of seen in the outer root sheath. Occasionally a Tennessee, College of Basic cience,., (MHG and KHl. phagocytic cell is seen which was fixed while in Lhe and the Memphis Veterans Administration Hospital ond process of engulfing one or more of these cells. In Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, The University of Tennessee College or Medicine CKH). Figure 2, two cells are being engulfed by a phago­ Memphis, Tennessee 38103. cytic cell. The de:;mosome within the forming PliAGOCVTO 'IS I \ IHRI ~SA FOLLICLE.-.; 55 Fac •• I: Cros... ~e<t ion ul a 'thri!>•tl lnllicle '' tlh surruundtng rtnl( sinu, ( RSJ Follicle contairu. a club hair IC> and the up ol an actively g~"0\\10 1[ hair lA). OutE:r root aheath (ORS>. phagocytic cell (arrow!. Holme silver stam with luxol l a~t blue count erst om I f)';J Fac. • 2: Pha)!ocyt it• t·ell fixt•d during engultment >I I\\U dehydrated·looktnl! rl!lb ''hach contam man) lilament:.. !-tome remnant~> of de•m""umes are ~een on the ,.urfac·e of the \"Rl'ttnle (HOI and wathin the cell maN> (01 Also seen ure maw,hundria 1~ 1 1 and J,franular endopla~mic reticulum ( ERl A »moller ..-acunle nf the nonfibrillar type ( ~Fl deeply mdent., the nucleu" Smaller aen..,e bodi('oo; l "I may be remnanh nl phal(ncnic ,·acuole c·ontent« '\ucleus ot phaguc\lic cell (~1. I~ 12,11!kll 56 THE JOLR:-IAL OF 1:0.:\' E~TIC.ATI\ E DER'\1\TOJ.Q(;) F'tG. 3: Port ion of a phagocytic cell cuntainin~t two fibrillar·t~·pe vacuole' ( F\ ' und F\''1 Upper vacuole appears to be in a more advanced sta~te ol dige«tion :'\ucleus ul phagocytic cell (:'\1 I JO.tXXIl FtG. 4· Poninn ot a phagocytic cell containin~ one fibrillar vacuole tF\'t and twu nonhbrillar varuol~ t1'<F' and ~Pl . ole mitochondria (M l, ~rranular endoplasmic reticulum 1ERl. and darkly 'taining nurlear remnants. :'\ uclt>u... of phagocvtic cell I 1\ I I x 15.000) PHAGOCYTOSIS IN VIBRISSA F'OLLICLES 1)7 vacuole show:> that the cell mass be in~ engulfed early cortical cells of hair which ingest melano­ consists of two cells. HaJf-desmosomes at the some-containing processes of melanocytes have surface of the cell mass denote the remains of their been described earlier as being phagocytic [6). former attachment to adjacent cells. More com­ Montagna noted the presence of necrotic cells monly seen are phagocytic cells containing vacu­ and mitotic ligures in the outer root sheath of oles with the•r contents in various stages of diges­ human hair follicles and stated that cell death and tion (Fiw;. 2 4). Small rlectron-dense clumps of cell division have a direct relation to each other [9). material in the cytoplasm (Fig. 2l may represent He did not note the fate of the necrotic cells, the final stages in the digestion of vacuoles. although he mentioned that some of the outer root Phagocytic vacuoles containing recognizable cell sheath cells were shed into the pilary canal after parts are ot two types. The most common type keratinization. The necrotic cells he described may contams many tonofilaments and a reduced correspond to the dehydrated-looking cells in the amount of cy toplasm (Figs. 2 4). A few mitochon­ outer root sheath of mouse vib ri ssa follicles. dria and some rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticu­ lum may be seen (Fig. 2). Vacuoles in Figures 3 and REFERE~CES 4 show subsequent stages in the digestion of the l. Odland G. Ross H: Humun wound repair. I. Epidermal Bioi ~9: t:lii. 1961! contents of th1s type of vacuole. regeneration. ,J Cell 2. Gibbons .JR: M!ltration of stratified squamou~ epithe· The second type of \·acuole contains few il an) lium m nvo. Am J Pat hoi i'i~:929, 196R filaments (Figs. 2, 4) Some nuclear remnants. :l. Plall H: Phagocytic aeuvuy m squamou~ epithelia along with some mitochondria and rough endoplas­ and it5 role m cellular suscepttbility to foot and mouth diseru;e :\ature l Londl 190:1075. 1961 mic reticulum. are seen. A relatively small number 4. Platt H: The engulfment of paruculate and colloidal of Langerhans cells and Merkle ~e lls. neither of materials by epidermal cells ..) Path Bacterwl ' which have filaments. are presenL in the outer root 86: 113, 196.1 sheath. It may be that remnAnts or these celb are 5. Mouaz .JH, Zehckson AS: The phagoc)ttc nature of the keratinorvte aft l'r tape st rippinj!. ,J ln\'est Drr­ present in the second typr of vacuole. matol !i-k 272. 1970 6. Mottat .JH, Zelirk.<>on AS :\lelanin transfer A pos.~•­ ble phagocyu(· proces~ ..) lnve~t Dermarol 49:fiO!l. OtSCt;SStllN 1967 While se\•eral investigators have shown that 7. Humason GL: Animal Tissue Technique~. San Fran­ ciscl>. WH Freeman and Co, 1962. pp 214 :zu; ·epithelial cells can become phagocytic in response 8. Melanlj!nn HP. Montagnll \\':The tactile h111r follicle;; to injury or trauma, lhe !>resent study shows that in the mouse.
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