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FGFs-1 and -2, and TGFβ 1 as Inductive Signals Modulating in vitro Odontoblast Differentiation

Departamento de Biologia Celular y Ciencias Morfologicas. Facultad de Medicina y Odontologia, Universidad Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Leioa 48940, Vizcaya, Spain, gcpunrof{at}ehu.es

A. Martín

Departamento de Biologia Celular y Ciencias Morfologicas. Facultad de Medicina y Odontologia, Universidad Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Leioa 48940, Vizcaya, Spain

C. Hernandez

Departamento de Biologia Celular y Ciencias Morfologicas. Facultad de Medicina y Odontologia, Universidad Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Leioa 48940, Vizcaya, Spain

G. Pérez-Nanclares

Departamento de Biologia Celular y Ciencias Morfologicas. Facultad de Medicina y Odontologia, Universidad Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Leioa 48940, Vizcaya, Spain

E. Hilario

Departamento de Biologia Celular y Ciencias Morfologicas. Facultad de Medicina y Odontologia, Universidad Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Leioa 48940, Vizcaya, Spain

J. Aréchaga

Departamento de Biologia Celular y Ciencias Morfologicas. Facultad de Medicina y Odontologia, Universidad Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Leioa 48940, Vizcaya, Spain

We have studied the expression of FGF1 and FGF2 during mouse odontogenesis by immunohistochemistry. FGF1 was detected in differentiated odontoblasts and at the secretory pole of ameloblasts. Localization of FGF2 was mainly observed within the basement membrane interposed between dental epithelium and dental mesenchyme. These findings indicate that FGF1 and FGF2 may participate in the control of odontoblast and ameloblast differentiation. Thereafter, we studied the ability of FGF1 and FGF2, alone or in combination with TGFβ1, to induce polarization and/or functional differentiation of pre-odontoblasts. Dental papillae (DP) obtained from first lower molars of 17-day-old mouse embryo were cultured in the presence or the absence of growth factors. DP cultured with FGFl+TGFβ1 showed gradients of odontoblast-like cell differentiation, which displayed alkaline phosphatase reactivity. DP treated with FGF2+TGFβ1 exhibited pre-odontoblast cell polarization, and the cell bodies displayed long cytoplasm processes. However, following this treatment we did not observe extracellular matrix secretion, and alkaline phosphatase activity was completely inhibited. In summary, our results show that exogenous addition of FGF1 to pre-odontoblasts induces their terminal differentiation, by synergistically acting with TGFβ1. In contrast, FGF2 may regulate the effect of TGFβ1, permitting cell polarization but restraining pre-odontoblast functions.

Key Words: Tooth development • odontoblast differentiation • growth factors.

Advances in Dental Research, Vol. 15, No. 1, 34-38 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/08959374010150010801


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