Expression and Localisation of Alphav Integrins in Human Odontoblasts.
From: Développement et Régénération des Tissus Dentaires, EA 1892, IFR 62, INSERM ESPRI, Faculté d’Odontologie, University of Lyon 1, Lyon, France. staquet@sante.univ-lyon1.fr
Cell and tissue research
- Publish Date: Mar 2006
- ISSN: 0302-766X
- Volume: 323
- Issue: 3
- Pages: 457-63
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Staquet M-J, Couble M-L, Roméas A, et al. Expression and Localisation of Alphav Integrins in Human Odontoblasts.. Cell Tissue Res. Mar 2006;323:457-63
Abstract
Integrin alphabeta heterodimers mediate adhesion to the extracellular matrix and at cell-cell contacts and initiate intracellular signalling cascades in response to a variety of inductive factors. Apart from the expression of alphavbeta3 that we have previously reported, little is known about the expression of integrins in odontoblasts. Here, we investigated the expression of alphav-binding beta integrin subunits in healthy human dental pulp in vivo and in odontoblasts differentiated in vitro. Reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed the expression of alphav, beta1, beta5 and beta8 integrin mRNA, but not beta6, in whole pulp cells. Flow cytometry showed that the alphav and beta1 subunits were the most intensely expressed. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that the beta1 subunit was localised in newly differentiated odontoblasts in the root and in mature odontoblasts in the crown, including their intradentinal cell processes. The alphav chain was predominantly expressed by mature odontoblasts and alphavbeta5 was only observed in mature odontoblasts. In vitro differentiated odontoblasts expressed genes for alphav, beta1 and beta5, but not for beta6 and beta8. A comparison of integrin profiles between cultured pulp cells and in vitro differentiated odontoblasts revealed that odontoblast maturation was characterised by a significant increase in the expression of alphav and beta1 subunits and alphavbeta5 integrin. The beta8 subunit was detected in nerve cells only. Histological analysis of teeth from alphav knockout mice showed no obvious structural modification in the odontoblast layer. Thus, human mature odontoblasts express alphavbeta3, alphavbeta5 and perhaps alphavbeta1 integrins, with the possible presence of alpha-beta1 pairs. The roles that these molecules play in the exchange of information throughout the odontoblast layer remain to be determined.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Adolescent, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Cultured, Dental Pulp, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Integrin alphaV, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Odontoblasts, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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