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. 2014 Oct:43:359-66.
doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.06.025. Epub 2014 Jul 8.

Odontogenic differentiation of human dental pulp cells by calcium silicate materials stimulating via FGFR/ERK signaling pathway

Chao-Hsin Liu  1 , Chi-Jr Hung  2 , Tsui-Hsien Huang  2 , Chi-Chang Lin  3 , Chia-Tze Kao  2 , Ming-You Shie  4
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Odontogenic differentiation of human dental pulp cells by calcium silicate materials stimulating via FGFR/ERK signaling pathway

Chao-Hsin Liu et al. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

Bone healing needs a complex interaction of growth factors that establishes an environment for efficient bone formation. We examine how calcium silicate (CS) and tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) cements influence the behavior of human dental pulp cells (hDPCs) through fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) and active MAPK pathways, in particular ERK. The hDPCs are cultured with β-TCP and CS, after which the cells' viability and odontogenic differentiation markers are determined by using PrestoBlue® assay and western blot, respectively. The effect of small interfering RNA (siRNA) transfection targeting FGFR was also evaluated. The results showed that CS promoted cell proliferation and enhances FGFR expression. It was also found that CS increases ERK and p38 activity in hDPCs, and furthermore, raises the expression and secretion of DSP, and DMP-1. Additionally, statistically significant differences (p<0.05) have been found in the calcium deposition in si-FGFR transfection and ERK inhibitor between CS and β-TCP; these variations indicated that ERK/MAPK signaling is involved in the silicon-induced odontogenic differentiation of hDPCs. The current study shows that CS substrates play a key role in odontoblastic differentiation of hDPCs through FGFR and modulate ERK/MAPK activation.

Keywords: Calcium silicate cement; Fibroblast growth factor receptor; Human dental pulp cell; MAPK; Odontogenesis.

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