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Cell Tissue Res ; 340(3): 459-70, 2010 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20387077

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Morphogenesis and cytodifferentiation are distinct processes in tooth development. Cell proliferation predominates in morphogenesis; differentiation involves changes in form and gene expression. The cytoskeleton is essential for both processes, being regulated by Rho GTPases. The aim of this study was to verify the expression, distribution, and role of Rho GTPases in ameloblasts and odontoblasts during tooth development in correlation with actin and tubulin arrangements and amelogenin and dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP) expression. RhoA, Rac1, and Cdc42 were strongly expressed during morphogenesis; during cytodifferentiation, RhoA was present in ameloblasts and odontoblasts, Rac1 and its effector Pak3 were observed in ameloblasts; and Cdc42 was present in all cells of the tooth germ and mesenchyme. The expression of RhoA mRNA and its effectors RockI and RockII, Rac1 and Pak3, as analyzed by real-time polymerase chain reaction, increased after ameloblast and odontoblast differentiation, according to the mRNA expression of amelogenin and DSPP. The inhibition of all Rho GTPases by Clostridium difficile toxin A completely abolished amelogenin and DSPP expression in tooth germs cultured in anterior eye chamber, whereas the specific inhibition of the Rocks showed only a partial effect. Thus, both GTPases are important during tooth morphogenesis. During cytodifferentiation, Rho proteins are essential for the complete differentiation of ameloblasts and odontoblasts by regulating the expression of amelogenin and DSPP. RhoA and its effector RockI contribute to this role. A specific function for Rac1 in ameloblasts remains to be elucidated; its punctate distribution indicates its possible role in exocytosis/endocytosis.


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Ameloblastos/citologia , Amelogenina/metabolismo , Diferenciação Celular , Proteínas da Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Odontoblastos/citologia , Fosfoproteínas/metabolismo , Sialoglicoproteínas/metabolismo , Proteínas rac1 de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , Proteína rhoA de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , Ameloblastos/enzimologia , Amelogenina/genética , Animais , Diferenciação Celular/genética , Proteínas da Matriz Extracelular/genética , Imunofluorescência , Regulação Enzimológica da Expressão Gênica , Odontoblastos/enzimologia , Fosfoproteínas/genética , RNA Mensageiro/genética , RNA Mensageiro/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Sialoglicoproteínas/genética , Dente/citologia , Dente/enzimologia , Dente/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Germe de Dente/citologia , Germe de Dente/enzimologia , Germe de Dente/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Quinases Associadas a rho/genética , Quinases Associadas a rho/metabolismo , Proteína rhoA de Ligação ao GTP/genética
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