title: Expression of fibrillins and tropoelastin by human gingival and periodontal ligament fibroblasts in vitro.
abstract: The elastic system fibers consist of three different types, oxytalan, elaunin and elastic fibers, which differ in the relative content of microfibrils and elastin. In periodontal tissues, oxytalan fibers are known to be distributed in the periodontal ligament and gingiva, while elaunin and elastic fibers are present only in the gingiva. We examined the in vitro synthesis of microfibrils and elastin by human gingival fibroblasts (HGF) and periodontal ligament fibroblasts (HPLF). The two kinds of HGF and HPLF were cultured in MEM containing 10% newborn calf serum for 30 days. Since fibrillin-1 and fibrillin-2 are the major components of microfibrils involved in elastogenesis, we investigated the synthesis of fibrillins and tropoelastin in the conditioned medium of HGF and HPLF. Western blot analysis revealed fibrillin-1 and fibrillin-2 to occur in the HGF and HPLF culture medium, HGF exhibiting a higher level of synthesis than HPLF. Tropoelastin, on the other hand, was detected only in the medium of HGF after day 24. In addition, analysis of RNA extracted from HGF and HPLF on day 30 showed that only HGF expressed mRNA encoding tropoelastin. Immunohistochemically, accumulation of tropoelastin in the perinuclear area was found only in HGF. These results show that HGF expressed microfibrils and elastin, while HPLF expressed only microfibrils for the experimental period, and suggest a biochemical basis for the different distribution of elastic system fibers of the gingiva and periodontal ligament in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Ishikari-Tobetsu, Japan. tsuru@hoku-iryo-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Eichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsuruga
authors.forename: Kazuharu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakakura
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yajima
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003285:Contractile Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D003470:Culture Media; D004547:Elastic Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D004549:Elastin / Q000032:analysis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D000071838:Fibrillin-1; D000071840:Fibrillin-2; D000071837:Fibrillins; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005881:Gingiva / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D020894:Microfibrils / Q000378:metabolism; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D010513:Periodontal Ligament / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D014333:Tropoelastin / Q000032:analysis*; D054392:Adipokines
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D004549:Elastin; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D000071838:Fibrillin-1; D000071840:Fibrillin-2; D000071837:Fibrillins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014333:Tropoelastin; C000605722:FBN1 protein, human; D054392:Adipokines; C000605723:FBN2 protein, human; C049028:elaunin; C437744:oxytalan