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JOURNAL OF ENDODONTICS
Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages 516-520Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2005.12.007
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ALP activity; BMP; HDP cell; Smad; TNF-alpha
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In this study, we examined the effects of TNF-alpha on Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP-2), Smads (which play intracellular signaling of BMPs) expression and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of human dental pulp (HDP) cells to clarify the mechanism of tertiary dentin formation. The quantity of RT-PCR product for BMP-2 from the HDP cells stimulated by TNF-alpha is increased. However, ALP activity was not increased on the cells incubated with TNF-alpha. On the other hand, ALP activity was significantly increased on HDP cells treated with Ammonium Pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (PDTC, NF- kappa B inhibitor) groups and combined supplementation of TNF-alpha and PDTC groups. Furthermore, we examined the effect of TNF-alpha and PDTC on Smad7 expression using RT-PCR and western blot analysis. Smad7 expression in HDP cells was increased by TNF-alpha, but decreased by PDTC treatment. These results suggest that NF- kappa B and Smad7 play an important role in the down regulation of ALP activity by TNF-alpha on HDP cells.
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