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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
Dental papilla mesenchymal cells differentiate into odontoblasts through epithelial-mesenchymal interactions. However, the mechanism by which enamel epithelial cells affect the differentiation of dental mesenchymal cells remains unknown. Alkaline phosphatase (ALPase) is a marker for odontoblast-like differentiation, because odontoblasts show much higher ALPase activity than dental undifferentiated mesenchymal cells. The continuously growing rabbit incisor is a good model for the epithelial-mesenchymal interaction during odontogenesis. In the present study, we isolated and maintained rabbit incisor-derived epithelial cells and rabbit incisor pulp-derived fibroblastic cells, and examined the effect of epithelial cells on ALPase activity in fibroblastic cells. Epithelial cells were stained with anti-cytokeratin 5 and 8 antibodies and showed the expression of tuftelin mRNA. In separate cultures of epithelial cells or fibroblastic cells, ALPase activity and mRNA levels were very low, but were upregulated in co-cultures of epithelial and fibroblastic cells. Histochemical analysis found high ALPase activity in fibroblastic cells close to epithelial cells. These findings suggest that epithelial cells play an important role in promoting ALPase expression in pulp fibroblastic cells. The co-culture system developed here will be useful for examining the role of the epithelial-mesenchymal interaction during odontoblast differentiation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1065-6995
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
815-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Alkaline Phosphatase, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Dental Pulp, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Keratins, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Microscopy, Phase-Contrast, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:14499661-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhancement of alkaline phosphatase synthesis in pulp cells co-cultured with epithelial cells derived from lower rabbit incisors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Periodontal Medicine, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-2-3, Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan. bashihi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't