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JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 84, Issue 7, Pages 629-633Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/154405910508400709
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elastase; PDGF receptor; periodontal ligament cells; MAP kinase
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Human leukocyte elastase, a neutrophil serine protease, is considered to be a potential immunoregulatory protease. Since the PDGF receptor ( PDGFR) on periodontal ligament ( PDL) cells is a crucial element for various functions, such as wound healing in periodontal tissue, we investigated the effect of elastase on the expression of PDGFR on PDL cells by flow cytometry and Western blotting. We found that PDGFR-alpha disappeared with an increasing dose of elastase, and PDGFR-beta was degraded into several fragments. Elastase degraded both receptors on fixed cells, indicating that the degradation resulted from direct proteolysis on the cell surface. Elastase also then disturbed the phosphorylation of ERK1/ 2, JNK/ SARK, and p38, triggered by PDGF- AA and PDGF- BB, suggesting that elastase inhibited PDGFR- dependent cell activation in PDL cells. These results suggest that elastase may modulate the PDGF- mediated activity of PDL cells during periodontal wound healing.
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