title: Extracellular matrix proteins and the dynamics of dentin formation.
abstract: Dentinogenesis involves controlled reactions that result in conversion of unmineralized predentin to dentin when apatite crystals are formed. This process is dynamic: Maturation events occur within predentin beginning at the proximal layer and progressing to the predentin-dentin (PD) border. One type of controlled reaction is the proteolytic processing of dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP) to dentin sialoprotein (DSP) and dentin phosphoprotein (DPP), by cleavage of at least three highly conserved peptide bonds. We postulate that this processing event represents an activation step, resulting in release of DPP, which is active in its effects on formation and growth of apatite crystals. Dentin matrix protein 1 (DPM1), present as a processed fragment (57-kD protein) in bone, is seen in dentin on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis as one intact protein of 150-200 kD. Anti-57-kD antibodies elicit immunoreactivity in bone, dentin, and cellular cementum. In bone, the reactivity is associated with osteocytes and their cell processes. Similarly, dentin shows reactivity in odontoblasts, predentin, and the odontoblast processes. In summary, the processing of large sialic acid-rich proteins into smaller fragments may be an important part of the controlled conversion of predentin to dentin and osteoid to bone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dental Branch, 6516 MD Anderson Blvd., Houston, Texas 77030, USA. wbutler@mail.db.uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Jan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Brunn
authors.forename: Chunlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Marc D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: McKee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D003804:Dentin / Q000378:metabolism; D003810:Dentinogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C513308:Dmp1 protein, mouse; C081635:Dmp1 protein, rat; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid