Lamprou Argyro, Porcheri Cristina, Mitsiadis Thimios A
Institute of Oral Biology, Centre of Dental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland.
Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), University of Crete, 700 13 Heraklion, Greece.
Cells. 2025 Aug 7;14(15):1224. doi: 10.3390/cells14151224.
The evolutionarily conserved Notch signalling pathway regulates the fate, proliferation and differentiation of cells in most developing organs, thus affecting their morphogenesis and function. Here, we investigated the role of the Notch2 receptor in the generation and function of epithelial cells of the continuously erupting rodent incisors. We used transgenic -Cre;Rosa26 and -Cre;Rosa26 mice to compare the contribution of and expressing cells and their progeny in the generation of the different epithelial cell populations. Furthermore, we examined if the dental epithelium organisation and enamel structure are affected in early postnatal incisors of ; mice using immunofluorescent staining, gene expression analysis, microcomputed tomography and scanning electron microscopy. Our results showed that Notch2 deletion resulted in smaller incisors with disorganised dental epithelium and defective enamel. Delayed eruption was correlated with alterations in the proliferative and differentiation status of epithelial stem cells in the cervical loop area of the incisors. Similar results were obtained with in vitro studies, where inhibition of the Notch signalling by the CB103 blocker recapitulated the in vivo phenotype. In conclusion, this study demonstrates for the first time the importance of Notch2 in epithelial cell fate acquisition, dental epithelium organisation and enamel structure in rodent incisors.
进化上保守的Notch信号通路调节大多数发育器官中细胞的命运、增殖和分化,从而影响其形态发生和功能。在此,我们研究了Notch2受体在不断萌出的啮齿动物切牙上皮细胞的生成和功能中的作用。我们使用转基因-Cre;Rosa26和-Cre;Rosa26小鼠来比较表达细胞及其后代在不同上皮细胞群体生成中的贡献。此外,我们使用免疫荧光染色、基因表达分析、微型计算机断层扫描和扫描电子显微镜检查了Notch2基因敲除小鼠出生后早期切牙的牙上皮组织和釉质结构是否受到影响。我们的结果表明,Notch2缺失导致切牙变小,牙上皮紊乱,釉质有缺陷。萌出延迟与切牙颈环区域上皮干细胞增殖和分化状态的改变有关。体外研究也得到了类似的结果,CB103阻滞剂对Notch信号的抑制重现了体内表型。总之,本研究首次证明了Notch2在啮齿动物切牙上皮细胞命运获得、牙上皮组织和釉质结构中的重要性。
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