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Thennavan A, Sharma M, Chandrashekar C, Hunter K, Radhakrishnan R. Exploring the potential of laser capture microdissection technology in integrated oral biosciences. Oral Dis 2016; 23:737-748. [DOI: 10.1111/odi.12578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2016] [Revised: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- A Thennavan
- Department of Oral Pathology; Manipal College of Dental Sciences; Manipal Karnataka India
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- Pacific Academy of Higher Education and Research (PAHER) University; Udaipur Rajasthan India
- Department of Oral Pathology; ITS Dental College; Hospital and Research Center; Greater Noida India
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- Department of Oral Pathology; Manipal College of Dental Sciences; Manipal Karnataka India
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- School of Clinical Dentistry; The University of Sheffield; Sheffield UK
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- Department of Oral Pathology; Manipal College of Dental Sciences; Manipal Karnataka India
- School of Clinical Dentistry; The University of Sheffield; Sheffield UK
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Hanghøj K, Seguin-Orlando A, Schubert M, Madsen T, Pedersen JS, Willerslev E, Orlando L. Fast, Accurate and Automatic Ancient Nucleosome and Methylation Maps with epiPALEOMIX. Mol Biol Evol 2016; 33:3284-3298. [PMID: 27624717 PMCID: PMC5100044 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msw184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The first epigenomes from archaic hominins (AH) and ancient anatomically modern humans (AMH) have recently been characterized, based, however, on a limited number of samples. The extent to which ancient genome-wide epigenetic landscapes can be reconstructed thus remains contentious. Here, we present epiPALEOMIX, an open-source and user-friendly pipeline that exploits post-mortem DNA degradation patterns to reconstruct ancient methylomes and nucleosome maps from shotgun and/or capture-enrichment data. Applying epiPALEOMIX to the sequence data underlying 35 ancient genomes including AMH, AH, equids and aurochs, we investigate the temporal, geographical and preservation range of ancient epigenetic signatures. We first assess the quality of inferred ancient epigenetic signatures within well-characterized genomic regions. We find that tissue-specific methylation signatures can be obtained across a wider range of DNA preparation types than previously thought, including when no particular experimental procedures have been used to remove deaminated cytosines prior to sequencing. We identify a large subset of samples for which DNA associated with nucleosomes is protected from post-mortem degradation, and nucleosome positioning patterns can be reconstructed. Finally, we describe parameters and conditions such as DNA damage levels and sequencing depth that limit the preservation of epigenetic signatures in ancient samples. When such conditions are met, we propose that epigenetic profiles of CTCF binding regions can be used to help data authentication. Our work, including epiPALEOMIX, opens for further investigations of ancient epigenomes through time especially aimed at tracking possible epigenetic changes during major evolutionary, environmental, socioeconomic, and cultural shifts.
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- Kristian Hanghøj
- Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Laboratoire d'Anthropobiologie Moléculaire et d'Imagerie de Synthèse, Université de Toulouse, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Danish National High-Throughput DNA Sequencing Center, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Medicine (MOMA), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,Bioinformatics Research Centre (BiRC), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Medicine (MOMA), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,Bioinformatics Research Centre (BiRC), Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.,Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark .,Laboratoire d'Anthropobiologie Moléculaire et d'Imagerie de Synthèse, Université de Toulouse, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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Lim WH, Liu B, Cheng D, Hunter DJ, Zhong Z, Ramos DM, Williams BO, Sharpe PT, Bardet C, Mah SJ, Helms JA. Wnt signaling regulates pulp volume and dentin thickness. J Bone Miner Res 2014; 29:892-901. [PMID: 23996396 PMCID: PMC4541795 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Revised: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Odontoblasts, cementoblasts, ameloblasts, and osteoblasts all form mineralized tissues in the craniofacial complex, and all these cell types exhibit active Wnt signaling during postnatal life. We set out to understand the functions of this Wnt signaling, by evaluating the phenotypes of mice in which the essential Wnt chaperone protein, Wntless was eliminated. The deletion of Wls was restricted to cells expressing Osteocalcin (OCN), which in addition to osteoblasts includes odontoblasts, cementoblasts, and ameloblasts. Dentin, cementum, enamel, and bone all formed in OCN-Cre;Wls(fl/fl) mice but their homeostasis was dramatically affected. The most notable feature was a significant increase in dentin volume and density. We attribute this gain in dentin volume to a Wnt-mediated misregulation of Runx2. Normally, Wnt signaling stimulates Runx2, which in turn inhibits dentin sialoprotein (DSP); this inhibition must be relieved for odontoblasts to differentiate. In OCN-Cre;Wls(fl/fl) mice, Wnt pathway activation is reduced and Runx2 levels decline. The Runx2-mediated repression of DSP is relieved and odontoblast differentiation is accordingly enhanced. This study demonstrates the importance of Wnt signaling in the homeostasis of mineralized tissues of the craniofacial complex.
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- Won Hee Lim
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry & Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Stelzig I, Karnati S, Valerius KP, Baumgart-vogt E. Peroxisomes in dental tissues of the mouse. Histochem Cell Biol 2013; 140:443-62. [DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1131-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/21/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ichikawa H, Kim HJ, Shuprisha A, Shikano T, Tsumura M, Shibukawa Y, Tazaki M. Voltage-dependent sodium channels and calcium-activated potassium channels in human odontoblasts in vitro. J Endod 2012; 38:1355-62. [PMID: 22980177 DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2012.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2012] [Revised: 06/12/2012] [Accepted: 06/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Transmembrane ionic signaling regulates many cellular processes in both physiological and pathologic settings. In this study, the biophysical properties of voltage-dependent Na(+) channels in odontoblasts derived from human dental pulp (HOB cells) were investigated together with the effect of bradykinin on intracellular Ca(2+) signaling and expression of Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels. METHODS Ionic channel activity was characterized by using whole-cell patch-clamp recording and fura-2 fluorescence. RESULTS Mean resting membrane potential in the HOB cells was -38 mV. Depolarizing steps from a holding potential of -80 mV activated transient voltage-dependent inward currents with rapid activation/inactivation properties. At a holding potential of -50 mV, no inward current was recorded. Fast-activation kinetics exhibited dependence on membrane potential, whereas fast-inactivation kinetics did not. Steady-state inactivation was described by a Boltzmann function with a half-maximal inactivation potential of -70 mV, indicating that whereas the channels were completely inactivated at physiological resting membrane potential, they could be activated when the cells were hyperpolarized. Inward currents disappeared in Na(+)-free extracellular solution. Bradykinin activated intracellular Ca(2+)-releasing and influx pathways. When the HOB cells were clamped at a holding potential of -50 mV, outward currents were recorded at positive potentials, indicating sensitivity to inhibitors of intermediate-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels. CONCLUSIONS Human odontoblasts expressed voltage-dependent Na(+) channels, bradykinin receptors, and Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels, which play an important role in driving cellular functions by channel-receptor signal interaction and membrane potential regulation.
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- Hideki Ichikawa
- Department of Physiology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan
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Tsumura M, Sobhan U, Muramatsu T, Sato M, Ichikawa H, Sahara Y, Tazaki M, Shibukawa Y. TRPV1-mediated calcium signal couples with cannabinoid receptors and sodium-calcium exchangers in rat odontoblasts. Cell Calcium 2012; 52:124-36. [PMID: 22656960 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2012.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2011] [Revised: 04/24/2012] [Accepted: 05/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Odontoblasts are involved in the transduction of stimuli applied to exposed dentin. Although expression of thermo/mechano/osmo-sensitive transient receptor potential (TRP) channels has been demonstrated, the properties of TRP vanilloid 1 (TRPV1)-mediated signaling remain to be clarified. We investigated physiological and pharmacological properties of TRPV1 and its functional coupling with cannabinoid (CB) receptors and Na(+)-Ca(2+) exchangers (NCXs) in odontoblasts. Anandamide (AEA), capsaicin (CAP), resiniferatoxin (RF) or low-pH evoked Ca(2+) influx. This influx was inhibited by capsazepine (CPZ). Delay in time-to-activation of TRPV1 channels was observed between application of AEA or CAP and increase in [Ca(2+)](i). In the absence of extracellular Ca(2+), however, an immediate increase in [Ca(2+)](i) was observed on administration of extracellular Ca(2+), followed by activation of TRPV1 channels. Intracellular application of CAP elicited inward current via opening of TRPV1 channels faster than extracellular application. With extracellular RF application, no time delay was observed in either increase in [Ca(2+)](i) or inward current, indicating that agonist binding sites are located on both extra- and intracellular domains. KB-R7943, an NCX inhibitor, yielded an increase in the decay time constant during TRPV1-mediated Ca(2+) entry. Increase in [Ca(2+)](i) by CB receptor agonist, 2-arachidonylglycerol, was inhibited by CB1 receptor antagonist or CPZ, as well as by adenylyl cyclase inhibitor. These results showed that TRPV1-mediated Ca(2+) entry functionally couples with CB1 receptor activation via cAMP signaling. Increased [Ca(2+)](i) by TRPV1 activation was extruded by NCXs. Taken together, this suggests that cAMP-mediated CB1-TRPV1 crosstalk and TRPV1-NCX coupling play an important role in driving cellular functions following transduction of external stimuli to odontoblasts.
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- Maki Tsumura
- Oral Health Science Center hrc8, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan
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Sroga GE, Karim L, Colón W, Vashishth D. Biochemical characterization of major bone-matrix proteins using nanoscale-size bone samples and proteomics methodology. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 10:M110.006718. [PMID: 21606484 PMCID: PMC3186195 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.006718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2010] [Revised: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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There is growing evidence supporting the need for a broad scale investigation of the proteins and protein modifications in the organic matrix of bone and the use of these measures to predict fragility fractures. However, limitations in sample availability and high heterogeneity of bone tissue cause unique experimental and/or diagnostic problems. We addressed these by an innovative combination of laser capture microscopy with our newly developed liquid chromatography separation methods, followed by gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry analysis. Our strategy allows in-depth analysis of very limited amounts of bone material, and thus, can be important to medical sciences, biology, forensic, anthropology, and archaeology. The developed strategy permitted unprecedented biochemical analyses of bone-matrix proteins, including collagen modifications, using nearly nanoscale amounts of exceptionally homogenous bone tissue. Dissection of fully mineralized bone-tissue at such degree of homogeneity has not been achieved before. Application of our strategy established that: (1) collagen in older interstitial bone contains higher levels of an advanced glycation end product pentosidine then younger osteonal tissue, an observation contrary to the published data; (2) the levels of two enzymatic crosslinks (pyridinoline and deoxypiridinoline) were higher in osteonal than interstitial tissue and agreed with data reported by others; (3) younger osteonal bone has higher amount of osteopontin and osteocalcin then older interstitial bone and this has not been shown before. Taken together, these data show that the level of fluorescent crosslinks in collagen and the amount of two major noncollagenous bone matrix proteins differ at the level of osteonal and interstitial tissue. We propose that this may have important implications for bone remodeling processes and bone microdamage formation.
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- Grażyna E. Sroga
- From the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies‡
- Department of Biomedical Engineering‖; and
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- From the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies‡
- Department of Biomedical Engineering‖; and
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- From the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies‡
- Department of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry§, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180
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- From the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies‡
- Department of Biomedical Engineering‖; and
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Chokechanachaisakul U, Kaneko T, Okiji T, Kaneko R, Suda H, Nör JE. Laser capture microdissection in dentistry. Int J Dent 2010; 2010:592694. [PMID: 21274283 DOI: 10.1155/2010/592694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2010] [Accepted: 12/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Laser capture microdissection (LCM) allows for the microscopic procurement of specific cell types from tissue sections that can then be used for gene expression analysis. According to the recent development of the LCM technologies and methodologies, the LCM has been used in various kinds of tissue specimens in dental research. For example, the real-time polymerase-chain reaction (PCR) can be performed from the formaldehyde-fixed, paraffin-embedded, and immunostained sections. Thus, the advance of immuno-LCM method allows us to improve the validity of molecular biological analysis and to get more accurate diagnosis in pathological field in contrast to conventional LCM. This paper is focused on the presentation and discussion of the existing literature that covers the fields of RNA analysis following LCM in dentistry.
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Wu G, Deng ZH, Fan XJ, Ma ZF, Sun YJ, Ma DD, Wu JJ, Shi JN, Jin Y. Odontogenic Potential of Mesenchymal Cells from Hair Follicle Dermal Papilla. Stem Cells Dev 2009; 18:583-9. [DOI: 10.1089/scd.2008.0066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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- Gang Wu
- Department of Endodontics, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Oral Histology and Pathology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Oral Histology and Pathology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Developmental Biology, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Oral Histology and Pathology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Implantology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Oral Histology and Pathology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Oral Histology and Pathology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
- Research and Development Center for Tissue Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Oral Histology and Pathology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Endodontics, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Oral Histology and Pathology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
- Research and Development Center for Tissue Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China
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Jacquet R, Hillyer J, Landis WJ. Analysis of connective tissues by laser capture microdissection and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Anal Biochem 2005; 337:22-34. [PMID: 15649372 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2004.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Studies of gene expression from bone, cartilage, and other tissues are complicated by the fact that their RNA, collected and pooled for analysis, often represents a wide variety of composite cells distinct in individual phenotype, age, and state of maturation. Laser capture microdissection (LCM) is a technique that allows specific cells to be isolated according to their phenotype, condition, or other marker from within such heterogeneity. As a result, this approach can yield RNA that is particular to a subset of cells comprising the total cell population of the tissue. This study reports the application of LCM to the gene expression analysis of the cartilaginous epiphyseal growth plate of normal newborn mice. The methodology utilized for this purpose has been coupled with real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR) to quantitate the expression of certain genes involved in growth plate development and calcification. In this paper, the approaches used for isolating and purifying RNA from phenotypically specific chondrocyte populations of the murine growth plate are detailed and illustrate and compare both qualitative and quantitative RT-PCR results. The technique will hopefully serve as a guide for the further analysis of this and other connective tissues by LCM and RT-PCR.
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- Robin Jacquet
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH 44272, USA
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Tooth eruption is a localized event in which many of the genes required for eruption are expressed in the dental follicle. A major function of the follicle is to recruit mononuclear cells for osteoclastogenesis such that the alveolar bone can be resorbed. Osteoclastogenesis is primarily regulated by receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL), colony-stimulating factor-one (CSF-1) and osteoprotegerin (OPG). In the rat first mandibular molar, osteoclastogenesis is maximal at day 3 and CSF-1 is maximally expressed in the follicle at this time whereas OPG expression is reduced. Whether or not RANKL is expressed in vivo in the follicle is controversial, however. It is critical to determine this because others have shown that in partially-rescued mice null for RANKL, teeth do not erupt. This suggests that RANKL should be expressed in the follicle for eruption to occur. Thus, to precisely determine if RANKL is expressed in the follicle in vivo, laser capture microdissection (LCM) was used to excise dental follicle tissue from frozen sections followed by RNA isolation and RT-PCR. The results show that RANKL is expressed in the dental follicle at days 1-9 postnatally. The technique was confirmed by controls showing that LCM isolates of the follicle, and alveolar bone, express OPG. Also, LCM isolates of alveolar bone were positive for RANKL. Thus, RANKL has now been shown to be expressed in the follicle and it is probable that interactions between it, CSF-1 and OPG regulate locally the osteoclastogenesis needed for tooth eruption.
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- Shaomian Yao
- Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Isolation of sufficient quantities of pure populations of odontoblasts from healthy and diseased teeth will facilitate our understanding of dentinogenesis during development and repair. Here we describe a novel Piezo-power microdissection (PPMD) technique for the isolation of pure populations of odontoblasts and pulpal tissue from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded, mature, healthy and carious human teeth. Odontoblasts and pulpal tissue gene expression were subsequently studied in ribonucleic acid isolated from PPMD preparations using a semi-quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction approach. Data confirmed that the genes for dentine sialophosphoprotein and Nestin are preferentially expressed in odontoblasts, whilst the genes for both collagen-1alpha and collagen-3alpha were expressed preferentially in pulpal tissue, particularly in carious samples. PPMD provides a novel and powerful approach to isolate pure populations of dental tissues and cells from fixed specimens for subsequent downstream molecular analyses.
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- Julia L McLachlan
- Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham, St. Chads Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK
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- Brian Henderson
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, UK.
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Studying the mechanisms of molecular interactions in developing tissues demands sensitive molecular biological in vivo and in vitro techniques. Laser capture microdissection (LCM) allows for the isolation of mRNA in histological sections even from single cells, thus enabling the identification of in vivo gene expression products in closely circumscribed tissue areas. The aims of this study were to assess the optimal fixation, processing, and staining conditions to retrieve RNA from microdissected odontoblasts. Fluorometric assays and RT-PCR analysis of alpha 1(I) collagen, dentin sialophosphoprotein (Dspp), and osteocalcin (OC) confirmed that the total RNA isolated from day 0 and day 3 captured odontoblasts was sufficient in quantity and quality. Our results indicate that individual odontoblasts obtained by LCM are morphologically intact and chemically unaltered, allowing accurate molecular and biochemical analyses.
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- Matthias Hoffmann
- Department of Orthodontics, Dental Branch, University of Texas Health Science Center, 6516 John Freeman Ave., Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Knowledge of the molecular events that occur in carious disease has so far been constrained due to difficulties in obtaining sufficient quantities of the dental tissues and cells involved. Our histological findings indicate that a pulp-odontoblast cellular complex can be obtained from carious and healthy human teeth when exposed to low-temperatures prior to pulpal extirpation and from rodent teeth processed at room-temperature. In contrast, pulpal tissue extracted from room-temperature processed human teeth and low-temperature processed rodent teeth resulted in the odontoblast layer remaining attached to the pulp chamber. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR (sq-RT-PCR) analysis confirmed that markers previously shown to be preferentially expressed in odontoblasts, namely dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP) and Nestin, amplified more readily from the extracted pulp-odontoblast complex, as compared to pulpal tissue alone, in both human and rodent samples. Subsequent gene expression analysis of collagen-1alpha and collagen-3alpha indicated levels were significantly higher in carious pulpal tissue. In addition, analysis characterising the expression of members of the transforming growth factor and bone morphogenic protein families and their receptors indicated in general, that these genes were expressed by healthy odontoblasts and up-regulated in both pulpal cells and odontoblasts in response to carious injury. Use of this temperature-sensitive dental tissue preparation procedure allows detection of differential gene expression in odontoblasts and other pulpal cells in healthy and carious tissue.
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- Julia L McLachlan
- Oral Biology, School Of Dentistry, University of Birmingham, St. Chads Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK
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Mason GI, Hamburger J, Bowman S, Matthews JB. Salivary gland expression of transforming growth factor beta isoforms in Sjogren's syndrome and benign lymphoepithelial lesions. Mol Pathol 2003; 56:52-9. [PMID: 12560464 PMCID: PMC1187290 DOI: 10.1136/mp.56.1.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/16/2002] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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AIM Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) is involved in the control of autoimmune reactions, cell proliferation, and the accumulation of lymphocytes within organs. The aim of this study was to determine the expression of TGF-beta in salivary glands from patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome (SS) and benign lymphoepithelial lesions (BLEL) with emphasis on ductal epithelium. METHODS Immunoperoxidase staining for TGF-beta isoforms and Ki67 antigen was performed on formalin fixed sections of labial glands from patients with primary SS (n = 15) and controls (n = 5) and parotid glands reported as BLEL (n = 5) or normal (n = 5). Ductal expression of TGF-beta was quantified by absorbance measurements using image analysis. The specificity of staining was confirmed by peptide blocking studies. RESULTS All TGF-beta isoforms were detected within the cytoplasm of most lymphocytes, endothelial cells, and ducts in all specimens. Acinar expression was variable and weaker than that seen in ducts. Absorbance measurements revealed that the expression of all isoforms was greater in ducts within primary SS glands than in control glands. Ductal expression in control parotid glands was greater than that seen in BLEL glands, irrespective of the presence of adjacent lymphoid infiltrates. Comparisons between control specimens showed that ductal expression of all isoforms was highest in parotid glands, whereas no differences were detected between primary SS and BLEL glands. Ki67 positive lymphocytes and duct cells were mainly restricted to pathological specimens, with BLEL glands containing larger populations of positive cells than primary SS glands. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate complex and variable changes in ductal expression of TGF-beta in primary SS and BLEL, which may be important in the control of lymphoid infiltration and the proliferation of lymphocytes and ductal epithelium.
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- Unit of Oral Pathology and Biology, School of Dentistry, The University of Birmingham, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham B4 6NN, UK
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