Tez Banu Çiçek, Durukan Sebahat Melike, Yıldır Selin Kübra, Çokkeçeci Murat, Boyvat Dudu, Altınsoy Nilay, Fındık Fatma, Güner Şerife Ayaz, Acar Mustafa Burak, Galderisi Umberto, Özcan Servet
Deparment of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara Medipol University, Ankara, Türkiye.
Genome and Stem Cell Center, GENKÖK, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Türkiye.
Stem Cell Rev Rep. 2025 Jul 21. doi: 10.1007/s12015-025-10936-2.
Teeth are a significant source of stem cells and have clinical importance for regenerative medicine. A human tooth harbors different kinds of stem cells in the dental pulp (DPSC) or the periodontal ligament (PDLSC). Also exfoliated teeth in childhood contain a special type of stem cells in their pulp called Stem cells from Human Exfoliated Deciduous teeth (SHED). All these stem cells have features and capacities that vary depending on their niche. Here we investigated the proteomic properties of three types of stem cells that originated from human teeth. We isolated and cultured the DPSCs, PDLSCs, and SHED cells. After validating MSC populations via immunophenotyping, we performed a mass spectrometry-based proteomic approach to identify and relatively quantify whole cell and secreted proteins. Identified proteins were evaluated by using Gene Ontology and Reactome pathway analysis tools. Our data reveal that SHED cells represented inflammation, hypoxia, and nutrient deficiency-associated ontologies in both their secretome and whole-cell proteomes. The whole-cell proteome of PDLSCs consisted of differentiation and proliferation-associated molecules while their secretory molecules were mainly associated with inflammation, ECM organization, and immune response. Among dental-originated stem cells, DPSCs appeared to be the healthiest and clinically relevant in terms of proteomic properties with their proliferation, growth factor signaling, and stemness-associated molecules in their secretome and whole-cell proteome. Obtained results demonstrated that every type of stem cell from dental origin has unique proteomic features that are altered by their location and physiological conditions. The findings may help researchers improve the dental stem-cell-based regenerative medicine approaches.
牙齿是干细胞的重要来源,在再生医学中具有临床重要性。人类牙齿在牙髓(牙髓干细胞,DPSC)或牙周韧带(牙周膜干细胞,PDLSC)中含有不同类型的干细胞。儿童时期脱落的牙齿在其牙髓中还含有一种特殊类型的干细胞,称为人脱落乳牙干细胞(SHED)。所有这些干细胞都具有因所处微环境而异的特征和能力。在这里,我们研究了源自人类牙齿的三种干细胞的蛋白质组学特性。我们分离并培养了牙髓干细胞、牙周膜干细胞和人脱落乳牙干细胞。通过免疫表型鉴定验证间充质干细胞群体后,我们采用基于质谱的蛋白质组学方法来鉴定和相对定量全细胞蛋白和分泌蛋白。使用基因本体论和Reactome通路分析工具对鉴定出的蛋白质进行评估。我们的数据显示,人脱落乳牙干细胞在其分泌组和全细胞蛋白质组中均表现出与炎症、缺氧和营养缺乏相关的本体论特征。牙周膜干细胞的全细胞蛋白质组由与分化和增殖相关的分子组成,而其分泌分子主要与炎症、细胞外基质组织和免疫反应相关。在源自牙齿的干细胞中,就蛋白质组学特性而言,牙髓干细胞似乎是最健康且与临床相关的,其分泌组和全细胞蛋白质组中具有增殖、生长因子信号传导和干性相关分子。获得的结果表明,每种源自牙齿的干细胞都具有独特的蛋白质组学特征,这些特征会因它们的位置和生理条件而改变。这些发现可能有助于研究人员改进基于牙齿干细胞的再生医学方法。