title: Adenovirus-mediated recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-7 expression promotes differentiation of human dental pulp cells.
abstract: Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP-7) has been shown to stimulate new reparative dentin formation in animal models. However, little is known about whether BMP-7 could promote the odontoblast-like differentiation and the formation of mineralized nodules in human dental pulp cells. Here, we reported that the infection with adenovirus-BMP-7 (Ad-BMP-7), a BMP-7-expressing adenoviral vector, induced the expression of BMP-7 in primarily cultured human dental pulp cells in the long term with little effect on their proliferation and viability. Importantly, BMP-7 expression significantly increased alkaline phosphatase activity and induced the dentin sialophosphoprotein expression in a dose- and time-dependent manner, suggesting that BMP-7 promoted the odontoblast differentiation. Furthermore, BMP-7 expression stimulated the formation of many mineralized dentin-like calcified nodules. Our data suggest that Ad-BMP-7-mediated BMP-7 expression can promote the differentiation of human pulp cells into odontoblast-like cells and mineralization in vitro, which may provide insight for the design of new gene therapy for the pulp capping in the clinic.
authors: Department of Operative and Endodontics, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
authors: Zheng-Mei
authors: ZM
authors: Lin
authors: Wei
authors: W
authors: Qin
authors: Nian-Hua
authors: NH
authors: Zhang
authors: Lin
authors: L
authors: Xiao
authors: Jun-Qi
authors: JQ
authors: Ling
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D055419:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D003809:Dentin, Secondary / Q000378:metabolism*; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D009804:Odontoblasts / Q000187:drug effects; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D000099311:Dentin Sialophosphoprotein
chemical_list: D055419:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D000099311:Dentin Sialophosphoprotein; C525819:BMP7 protein, human