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JOURNAL OF ENDODONTICS
Volume 42, Issue 9, Pages 1355-1361Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2016.04.025
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Calcium hydroxide; dental pulp stem cells; migration; mineralization; proliferation
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11572030, 11102015, 61227902, 11120101001, 11421202, 11302020, 11402017]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Beijing Higher Education Young Elite Teacher Project
- 111 Project [B13003]
- Beihang University [YWF-15-YG-003]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [20131102130004]
- National Basic Research Program of China (973 program) [2011CB710901]
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Introduction: Calcium hydroxide has been extensively used as the gold standard for direct pulp capping in clinical dentistry. It induces proliferation, migration, and mineralization in dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs), but the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway in calcium hydroxide induced proliferation, migration, osteogenic differentiation, and mineralization in human DPSCs. Methods: Human DPSCs between passages 3 and 6 were used. DPSCs were preincubated with inhibitors of MAP kinases and cultured with calcium hydroxide. The phosphorylated MAP kinases were detected by Western blot analysis. Cell viability was analyzed via the methylthiazol tetrazolium assay. Cell migration was estimated using the wound healing assay. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) expression was analyzed using the ALP staining assay. Mineralization was studied by alizarin red staining analysis. Results: Calcium hydroxide significantly promoted the phosphorylation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), p38, and extracellular signal regulated kinase. The inhibition of JNK and p38 signaling abolished calcium hydroxide induced proliferation of DPSCs. The inhibition of JNK, p38, and extracellular signal regulated kinase signaling suppressed the migration, ALP expression, and mineralization of DPSCs. Conclusions: Our study showed that the MAP kinase pathway was involved in calcium hydroxide induced proliferation, migration, osteogenic differentiation, and mineralization in human DPSCs.
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