Capacity of dental pulp differentiation after tooth transplantation |
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Authors: | Ryoichiro Ogawa Chikara Saito Han-Sung Jung Hayato Ohshima |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Anatomy and Cell Biology of the Hard Tissue, Department of Tissue Regeneration and Reconstruction, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 2-5274 Gakkocho-dori, Niigata 951-8514, Japan;(2) Division of Reconstructive Surgery for Oral and Maxillofacial Region, Department of Tissue Regeneration and Reconstruction, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan;(3) Division of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Department of Oral Biology, Research Center for Orofacial Hard Tissue Regeneration, Oral Science Research Center, College of Dentistry, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea;(4) Department of Pathology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba, Japan |
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Abstract: | Under pathological conditions, dental pulp elaborates both bone and dentin matrix in which the contribution of periodontal tissue cannot be excluded. This study has aimed to clarify the capability of dental pulp to deposit bone matrix in an auto-graft experiment by using (1) immunohistochemistry for 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine (BrdU) and nestin and (2) histochemistry for tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP). Following the extraction of the molars of 3-week-old mice, the roots and pulp floor were resected and immediately transplanted into the sublingual region. On Days 5–7, tubular dentin formation commenced next to the pre-existing dentin at the pulp horn in which nestin-positive odontoblast-like cells were arranged. Up until Day 14, bone-like tissue formation occurred in the pulp chamber in which intense TRAP-positive cells appeared. These results suggest that odontoblast- and osteoblast-lineage cells reside in the dental pulp. Overall, specific dental pulp regeneration should provide fundamental knowledge for the realization of human tooth regeneration in the near future.This work was supported in part by a grant from MEXT to promote the 2001-multidisciplinary research project (in 2001–2005), KAKENHI (B) (no. 16390523 to H.O.) from MEXT, and the Japan-Korea Joint Research Project from JSPS and KOSEF (no. F01-2005-000-10212-0). |
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Keywords: | Auto-graft Bone development Dental pulp Tooth transplantation Mouse (Crlj:CD1 ICR) |
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