title: Adaptive calcified matrix response of dental pulp to bacterial invasion is associated with establishment of a network of glial fibrillary acidic protein+/glutamine synthetase+ cells.
abstract: We report evidence for anatomical and functional changes of dental pulp in response to bacterial invasion through dentin that parallel responses to noxious stimuli reported in neural crest-derived sensory tissues. Sections of resin-embedded carious adult molar teeth were prepared for immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, ultrastructural analysis, and microdissection to extract mRNA for quantitative analyses. In odontoblasts adjacent to the leading edge of bacterial invasion in carious teeth, expression levels of the gene encoding dentin sialo-protein were 16-fold greater than in odontoblasts of healthy teeth, reducing progressively with distance from this site of the carious lesion. In contrast, gene expression for dentin matrix protein-1 by odontoblasts was completely suppressed in carious teeth relative to healthy teeth. These changes in gene expression were related to a gradient of deposited reactionary dentin that displayed a highly modified structure. In carious teeth, interodontoblastic dentin sialo-protein(-) cells expressing glutamine synthetase (GS) showed up-regulation of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). These cells extended processes that associated with odontoblasts. Furthermore, connexin 43 established a linkage between adjacent GFAP(+)/GS(+) cells in carious teeth only. These findings indicate an adaptive pulpal response to encroaching caries that includes the deposition of modified, calcified, dentin matrix associated with networks of GFAP(+)/GS(+) interodontoblastic cells. A regulatory role for the networks of GFAP(+)/GS(+) cells is proposed, mediated by the secretion of glutamate to modulate odontoblastic response.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Dental Research, Westmead Millennium Institute and Westmead Centre for Oral Health, Westmead, Australia. rmos4386@usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: Ramin M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Farahani
authors.forename: Ky-Anh
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simonian
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015153:Blotting, Western; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003784:Dental Pulp Calcification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D003804:Dentin / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D005974:Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D009804:Odontoblasts / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005974:Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase
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