title: Calbindins D-9kDa and -28kDa and enamel secretion in vitamin D-deficient and control rats.
abstract: The present study focuses on the ultrastructure of enamel organ cells and the immunolocalization of calbindins D-9kDa and -28kDa during enamel secretion in Vitamin D-deficient rats. Vitamin D-deficiency disturbed the deposition of the layer of inner enamel and depleted the calbindins-content of ameloblasts. These data raise the possibility of a direct action of Vitamin D on the physiology of ameloblasts through ionic calcium homeostasis.
authors.affiliation: U 120 INSERM Le Vésinet France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berdal
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Balmain
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomasset
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brehier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hotton
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cuisinier-Gleizes
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mathieu
mesh_terms: D000565:Ameloblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D064026:Calbindins; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051381:Rats; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000378:metabolism*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D064026:Calbindins; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G