Translation Approach for Dentine Regeneration Using GSK-3 Antagonists.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_996B49A0B938
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Translation Approach for Dentine Regeneration Using GSK-3 Antagonists.
Journal
Journal of dental research
Author(s)
Zaugg L.K., Banu A., Walther A.R., Chandrasekaran D., Babb R.C., Salzlechner C., Hedegaard MAB, Gentleman E., Sharpe P.T.
ISSN
1544-0591 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0022-0345
Publication state
Published
Issued date
05/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
99
Number
5
Pages
544-551
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is crucial for reparative dentinogenesis following tooth damage, and the modulation of this pathway affects the rate and extent of reparative dentine formation in damaged mice molars by triggering the natural process of dentinogenesis. Pharmacological stimulation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling activity by small-molecule GSK-3 inhibitor drugs following pulp exposure in mouse molars results in reparative dentinogenesis. The creation of similar but larger lesions in rat molars shows that the adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-competitive GSK-3 inhibitor, CHIR99021 (CHIR), and the ATP noncompetitive inhibitor, Tideglusib (TG), can equally enhance reparative dentine formation to fully repair an area of dentine damage up to 10 times larger, mimicking the size of small lesions in humans. To assess the chemical composition of this newly formed dentine and to compare its structure with surrounding native dentine and alveolar bone, Raman microspectroscopy analysis is used. We show that the newly formed dentine comprises equal carbonate to phosphate ratios and mineral to matrix ratios to that of native dentine, both being significantly different from bone. For an effective dentine repair, the activity of the drugs needs to be restricted to the region of damage. To investigate the range of drug-induced Wnt-activity within the dental pulp, RNA of short-term induced (24-h) molars is extracted from separated roots and crowns, and quantitative Axin2 expression is assayed. We show that the activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling is highly restricted to pulp cells in the immediate location of the damage in the coronal pulp tissue with no drug action detected in the root pulp. These results provide further evidence that this simple method of enhancement of natural reparative dentinogenesis has the potential to be translated into a clinical direct capping approach.
Keywords
Animals, Dental Pulp, Dental Pulp Capping, Dentin, Dentin, Secondary, Dentinogenesis, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3, Mice, Rats, Regeneration, Raman microspectroscopy, Wnt signaling, mineralization, pulp, repair, stem cells
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Web of science
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Yes
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