Chondroitin sulfates in developing mouse tooth germs. An immunohistochemical study with monoclonal antibodies against chondroitin-4 and chondroitin-6 sulfates.
Chondroitin sulfates in developing mouse tooth germs. An immunohistochemical study with monoclonal antibodies against chondroitin-4 and chondroitin-6 sulfates.
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小鼠牙胚发育过程中的硫酸软骨素。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-0436.1990.tb00428.x
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1990
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Ruch,JV
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Mark,MP;Baker,JR;Morrison,K;Ruch,JV
The role of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglyans during ontogenesis is not known. The developing tooth offers a potentially important model for studies of structure‐function relationships. In this study, we have analysed the temporal and spatial expression of chondroitins of differing sulfation patterns in embryonic molars and incisors. For this purpose, we have used monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) specific for unsulfated, 4‐sulfated, and 6‐sulfated forms of chondroitin in conjunction with indirect immuno‐fluorescence or immunoperoxidase labeling. Unsulfated chondroitin was not detected in embryonic teeth. Chondroitin 4‐ and chondroitin 6‐sulfates were present in the stellate reticulum but otherwise they were confined to the dental mesenchyme. The3B3andMC21C‐epitope, which are markers of 6‐sulfated chondroitin, were uniformly distributed in the dental mesenchyme during the bud stage; they disappeared from the dental papilla of the cusps and of the anterior region of the incisor as development proceeded. These epitopes were absent from the basement membrane and from the predentin. In the odontoblastic cell lineage, the3B3andMC21C‐epitopes were detected only between preodontoblasts at an early stage of differentiation. The monoclonal antibody2B6served as a probe to localize chondroitin 4‐sulfate. This glycosaminoglycan was detected as early as the dental lamina stage but its expression was restricted to the basement membrane of the teeth until the late bell stage. After the onset of cusp formation, strong staining was also observed over the occlusal region of the dental papilla while the cervical region of the dental papilla remained 256‐negative. Incisors at the bell stage exhibited a decreasing gradient of immunostaining by2B6from their anterior region to their posterior end. The extracellular matrix surrounding preodontoblasts reacted with2B6and the predentin, produced by the odontoblasts, was also intensely labeled with this antibody. Comparison between immunostaining with3B3and2B6, on consecutive sections revealed a mutually exclusive pattern of distribution of the corresponding epitopes during odontogenesis. Furthermore, in the continuously growing incisor, a striking positive correlation was found between the immunostaining patterns produced by3B3andMC21Cand the mitotic indices along the anterior‐posterior axis of the tooth. Hence, sulfation of chondroitin seems developmentally regulated. We postulate that changes in the sulfation pattern of chondroitin might play a role in ontogenesis by locally altering the functional properties of the extracellular matrix.