1. Dental Enamel Structure Is Altered by Expression of Dominant Negative RhoA in Ameloblasts
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Megan K. Pugach, Melissa A. Kuehl, Li Peng, Yong Li, Carolyn W. Gibson, Jessica Bouchard, and Soon Y. Hwang
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Paper ,Molar ,Histology ,RHOA ,Mice, Transgenic ,Filamentous actin ,law.invention ,Mice ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,stomatognathic system ,Confocal microscopy ,law ,Sodium fluoride ,Ameloblasts ,medicine ,Animals ,Transgenes ,Dental Enamel ,Protein Kinase Inhibitors ,Genes, Dominant ,Enamel paint ,biology ,Tooth Germ ,Enamel hypoplasia ,medicine.disease ,Molecular biology ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,visual_art ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,biology.protein ,Anatomy ,rhoA GTP-Binding Protein ,Ameloblast - Abstract
Using in vitrotooth germ cultures and analysis by confocal microscopy, ameloblasts treated with sodium fluoride were found to have elevated amounts of filamentous actin. Because this response is reduced by inhibitors of the Rho/ROCK signaling pathway, we generated mice that express dominant negative RhoA (RhoADN) in ameloblasts for in vivo analysis. Expression of the EGFP-RhoADN fusion protein was evaluated by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry, and teeth were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The 3 strains expressed at either low (TgEGFP-RhoADN-8), intermediate (TgEGFP-RhoADN-2), or high (TgEGFP-RhoADN-13) levels, and the molar teeth from the 3 strains had enamel hypoplasia and surface defects. We conclude that RhoADN expressed in ameloblasts interferes with normal enamel development through the pathway that is induced by sodium fluoride.
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- 2011
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