title: Expression of the TGF-beta/BMP inhibitor EVI1 in human dental pulp cells.
abstract: Members of the TGF-beta/BMP family of growth factors induce odontoblast differentiation and reparative dentin synthesis, and their use has been proposed to stimulate pulp healing during dental therapeutics in human. However, factors that modulate TGF-beta and/or BMP signalling during odontoblast differentiation and physiology remain largely unknown. To identify them, we compared expression profiles of TGF-beta/BMP-related genes in pulp fibroblast- and odontoblast-like cells cultured from human dental pulp explants using cDNA gene arrays. We evidenced that the gene encoding ecotropic viral integration site-1 (EVI1), a transcription factor that inhibits TGF-beta/BMP signalling, was under-expressed in odontoblast-like cells. This result was verified by real-time PCR and, at the protein level, by immunohistochemistry. In vivo, real-time PCR analysis revealed that EVI1 was expressed in the dental pulp, at a level similar to brain, but lower than in lung, kidney or trachea. The protein was localized in dental pulp samples in pulp core and subodontoblast cells. Staining intensity progressively decreased from the radicular to the coronal pulp where EVI1 staining was almost undetectable in odontoblasts. Our data suggest that fine regulation of the EVI1 level in the human dental pulp might be important in the TGF-beta/BMP-induced modulation of dental pulp cell kinetics and/or odontoblast differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Université de Lyon, F-69003 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Stéphanie H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Durand
authors.forename: Annick
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romeas
authors.forename: Marie-Lise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Couble
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Langlois
authors.forename: Jacques Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Magloire
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bleicher
authors.forename: Marie-Jeanne
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Staquet
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Farges
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; D009804:Odontoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D000074008:MDS1 and EVI1 Complex Locus Protein; C063575:MECOM protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta