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Identification of cells at early and late stages of polarization during odontoblast differentiation using pOBCol3.6GFP and pOBCo12.3GFP transgenic mice

Journal

BONE
Volume 47, Issue 5, Pages 948-958

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2010.08.009

Keywords

Odontoblast differentiation; Dental pulp; Progenitors; Type I collagen; Green fluorescent protein

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  1. National Institutes of Health (NIDCR) [DE016689]

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Transgenic mouse lines in which GFP expression is under the control of tissue- and stage specific promoters have provided powerful experimental tools for identification and isolation of cells at specific stage of differentiation along a lineage. In the present study, we used primary cell cultures derived from the dental pulp from pOBCo13.6GFP and pOBCo12.3GFP transgenic mice as a model to develop markers for early stages of odontoblast differentiation from progenitor cells. We analyzed the temporal and spatial expression of 2.3-GFP and 3.6-GFP during in vitro mineralization. Using FACS to separate cells based on GFP expression, we obtained relatively homogenous subpopulations of cells and analyzed their dentinogenic potentials and their progression into odontoblasts. Our observations showed that these transgenes were activated before the onset of matrix deposition and in cells at different stages of polarization. The 3.6-GFP transgene was activated in cells in early stages of polarization, whereas the 2.3-GFP transgene was activated at a later stage of polarization just before or at the time of formation of secretory odontoblast. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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