title: Sulfated glycosaminoglycan synthesis and its regulation by transforming growth factor-beta in rat clonal dental pulp cells.
abstract: Dental pulps contain sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), such as chondroitin 4-sulfate (CSA/4CS), dermatan sulfate (CSB/DS), and chondroitin 6-sulfate (CSC/6CS). Sulfated GAGs play important roles in mineralization and collagen fibrillogenesis during primary, secondary, and reparative dentin formations. Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is a potent regulator for several extracellular matrix (ECM) components and modulates the proliferation and differentiation. Using rat clonal dental pulp cells (RPC-C2A), we investigated the constituents of GAGs synthesized by the cells and the effect of TGF-beta on their synthesis by measuring the radioactivity of [35S]sulfate incorporated into GAG fractions. Cellulose acetate electrophoresis analysis revealed that RPC-C2A cells synthesized CSA and CSB but not CSC and that 10 ng/ml of TGF-beta increased the production of CSA and CSB in the cell/ECM fraction. Measurement of [35S]sulfate incorporation showed a significant increase in the amount of GAGs by TGF-beta, 1.3-fold CSA, and 1.2-fold CSB in the cell/ECM fraction. In the medium fraction the most secreted GAG was CSA, whereas CSB was stored in the cell/ECM fraction. Secreted CSA in the medium was markedly increased by 10 ng/ml of TGF-beta (1.7-fold). These findings indicate that CSA and CSB are major sulfated GAGs synthesized by RPC-C2A cells and that TGF-beta acts as a stimulator of sulfated GAG synthesis in dental pulp cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Tokushima University School of Dentistry, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D002999:Clone Cells; D003094:Collagen / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003809:Dentin, Secondary / Q000502:physiology; D003810:Dentinogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D004588:Electrophoresis, Cellulose Acetate; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D051381:Rats; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D014074:Tooth Calcification / Q000502:physiology; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates; D003094:Collagen