title: Disturbed tooth germ development in the absence of MINT in the cultured mouse mandibular explants.
abstract: The Msx2-interacting nuclear target protein (MINT) is a nuclear matrix protein that regulates the development of many tissues. However, little is known regarding the role of MINT in tooth development. In this study, we prepared polyclonal antibodies against MINT, and found that that MINT was expressed in different cells at each stage of tooth germ development by immunohistochemistry. The role of MINT in tooth development was further illustrated by the misshapen and severely hypoplastic tooth organ in the cultured mandibular explants of MINT deficient mice. From the initiation to cap stage, the differences between mutants and wild-type molars were more and more distinguished histologically. In the MINT-deficient mandibular explants, the tooth germ was reduced in the overall size and lacked enamel knot, with abnormal dental lamina and collapsed stellate reticulum. Furthermore, the BrdU incorporation experiment showed that the proliferation activity was significantly reduced in MINT-deficient dental epithelium. Our results suggest that MINT plays an important role in tooth development, in particular, epithelial morphogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Emergency Dentistry, College of Stomatology, Xian, China.
authors.forename: Ming-Hui
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Wen-Bo
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Guang-Ying
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yong-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Bu-Ling
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000494:pharmacology; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D008334:Mandible / Q000166:cytology*; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000166:cytology; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D014070:Tooth / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014083:Tooth Germ / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; C121253:Spen protein, mouse; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine
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