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Characterization of Dental Epithelial Progenitor Cells Derived from Cervical-loop Epithelium in a Rat Lower Incisor

¹ Department of Oral Anatomy and Cell Biology, Kyushu Dental College, 2-6-1, Manazuru, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan, 803-8580;
² Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, 812-8582;
³ Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Kanagawa Dental College, 82, Inaoka-cho, Yokosuka, Japan, 238-8580; and
⁴ Department of Oral Biology, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Kasumi 1-2-3, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan, 734-8553;

Correspondence: ⁵ corresponding author, present address, Department of Oral Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan 565-0871, hide-h{at}dent.osaka-u.ac.jp

Dental epithelial progenitor cells differentiate into various cell types during development of tooth germs. To study this mechanism, we produced immortalized dental epithelial progenitor cells derived from the cervical-loop epithelium of a rat lower incisor. The expression patterns of cytokeratin 14, nerve growth factor receptor p75, amelogenin, Notch2, and alkaline phosphatase were examined by immnohistochemistry in both lower and higher cell densities. The patterns of each were compared in the dental epithelium of rat lower incisors. The results demonstrated that these cells could produce ameloblast lineage cells, stratum intermedium cells, stellate reticulum, and outer enamel epithelium. Furthermore, fibroblast growth factor 10 stimulated proliferation of dental progenitor cells and subsequently increased the number of cells expressing alkaline phosphatase. These results suggest that fibroblast growth factor 10 plays a role in coupling mitogenesis of the cervical-loop cells and the production of stratum intermedium cells in rat incisors.

Key Words: progenitor cells • ameloblasts • Fgf10 • stratum intermedium • rat incisor

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 83, No. 2, 129-133 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/154405910408300209


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