Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 22, Issue 13, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22137195
Keywords
ameloblast; amelogenin; cell adhesion; cell differentiation; induced pluripotent stem cells; transcriptional activation
Funding
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [16H05519, 19K10220, 19H03840, 18K19630, 17KK0182]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19H03840, 19K10220, 16H05519, 17KK0182, 18K19630] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Amelogenin is a major component of enamel proteins, but the role of Amelx transcriptional activation in regulating ameloblast differentiation from iPSCs is unclear. This study induced Amelx expression in mouse iPSCs and used a three-stage strategy to differentiate cells into ameloblast lineage. Lithium chloride was found to enhance differentiation of dental epithelial cells, leading to the formation of ameloblast lineage with specific markers and calcium deposition.
Amelogenin comprises similar to 90% of enamel proteins; however, the involvement of Amelx transcriptional activation in regulating ameloblast differentiation from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) remains unknown. In this study, we generated doxycycline-inducible Amelx-expressing mouse iPSCs (Amelx-iPSCs). We then established a three-stage ameloblast induction strategy from Amelx-iPSCs, including induction of surface ectoderm (stage 1), dental epithelial cells (DECs; stage 2), and ameloblast lineage (stage 3) in sequence, by manipulating several signaling molecules. We found that adjunctive use of lithium chloride (LiCl) in addition to bone morphogenetic protein 4 and retinoic acid promoted concentration-dependent differentiation of DECs. The resulting cells had a cobblestone appearance and keratin14 positivity. Attenuation of LiCl at stage 3 together with transforming growth factor beta 1 and epidermal growth factor resulted in an ameloblast lineage with elongated cell morphology, positivity for ameloblast markers, and calcium deposition. Although stage-specific activation of Amelx did not produce noticeable phenotypic changes in ameloblast differentiation, Amelx activation at stage 3 significantly enhanced cell adhesion as well as decreased proliferation and migration. These results suggest that the combination of inducible Amelx transcription and stage-specific ameloblast induction for iPSCs represents a powerful tool to highlight underlying mechanisms in ameloblast differentiation and function in association with Amelx expression.
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