Izumi T, Eida T, Matsumoto N, Inoue H. Immunohistochemical localization of metallothionein in dental pulp after cavity preparation of rat molars.
ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007;
104:e133-7. [PMID:
17656138 DOI:
10.1016/j.tripleo.2007.04.023]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
Metallothionein (MT) is an intracellular cysteine-rich protein associated with cell proliferation and differentiation. Our objective was to examine immunohistochemically the localization of MT in the rat dental pulp after cavity preparation.
STUDY DESIGN
Cavities were prepared on the upper first molars of 9 rats. Specimens were collected at 1, 3, and 5 days after cavity preparation, and paraffin sections were made. For double-immunohistochemical staining, anti-MT monoclonal antibody (E9) and anti-proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) monoclonal antibody (PC10) were applied.
RESULTS
At 3 days after cavity preparation, some odontoblasts corresponding to the cavity, many pulp cells, and some endothelial cells in the pulp under the cavity showed both MT- and PCNA-positive immunostainings.
CONCLUSION
Metallothionein was detected in the dental pulp after pulp injury, and it is likely that MT is closely related to the proliferation of newly differentiating odontoblasts and angiogenesis during the healing process.
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