title: Localization of chondroitin sulphate and dermatan sulphate in human dental pulps--an immunohistochemical study.
abstract: The distribution of dermatan sulphate and chondroitin sulphate in human dental pulps has been assessed using monoclonal antibodies and immunoperoxidase localization techniques. The pulpal tissues were reacted with specific antibodies following pretreatment of the sections with chondroitinase ACII or chondroitinase ABC. Both the 4- and 6-sulphates isomers of chondroitin sulphate were detected in the tissues studied. Very little dermatan sulphate could be detected. These glycosaminoglycans appeared throughout the pulpal connective tissues with a particularly strong localization to the region adjacent to the odontoblastic and predentine layers. Such distribution strongly implicates chondroitin sulphate in the mineralization process of human dentine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, University of Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Bartold
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schlagenhauf
mesh_terms: D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000032:analysis*; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009804:Odontoblasts
chemical_list: D003871:Dermatan Sulfate; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates