Transactivators for the Odontoblast-specific Gene Targeting
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ㆍ발행기관 : 대한구강생물학회
ㆍ수록지정보 : International Journal of Oral Biology / 34권 / 2호
ㆍ저자명 : Kyung-Chul Chung, Tak-Heun Kim, Yeon-Mee Yang, Jin-A Baek, Seung-O Ko, Eui-Sic Cho
ㆍ저자명 : Kyung-Chul Chung, Tak-Heun Kim, Yeon-Mee Yang, Jin-A Baek, Seung-O Ko, Eui-Sic Cho
영어 초록
Dentin, a major component of teeth, is formed by odontoblasts which produce the dentin matrix beneath the dental epithelium and induce the mineralization of dentin. To date, the biochemical properties of dentin matrix proteins have been well characterized, but upstream regulators of these proteins are not yet well known. Recently in this regard, several transcription factors have been identified as potential regulators of matrix proteins. Most transcription factors are generally involved in diverse biological processes and it is essential to identify those that are odontoblast-specific transactivators to further understand the process of dentin formation. We thus analyzed the expression pattern of dentin matrix proteins and the activities of established transactivators containing a Cre-locus. Expression analyses using in situ hybridization showed that dentin matrix proteins are sequentially expressed in differentiating odontoblasts, including type-I collagen, Dmp-1 and Dspp. The activities of the transactivators were evaluated using β-galactosidase following the generation of double transgenic mice with each transactivator and the ROSA26R reporter line. The β-galactosidase activity of each transactivator paralled the expression of the matrix proteins. These results thus showed that these transactivators could be utilized for odontoblastspecific conditional gene targeting. In addition, time- and tissue-specific conditional gene targeting might also be achieved using a combination of these transactivators. Odontoblast-specific conditional gene targeting with these transactivators will likely also provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying dentin formation.참고 자료
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