Tissue-non-specific alkaline phosphatase mRNA expression and alkaline phosphatase activity following application of retinoic acid in cultured human dental pulp cells

• Published in: Archives of oral biology Vol. 44; no. 10; pp. 861 - 869
• Main Authors: San Miguel, Symone M., Goseki-Sone, Masae, Sugiyama, Eiichi, Watanabe, Hisashi, Yanagishita, Masaki, Ishikawa, Isao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.1999
• Subjects: Alkaline phosphatase; Alkaline Phosphatase - analysis; Alkaline Phosphatase - biosynthesis; Alkaline Phosphatase - drug effects; Alkaline Phosphatase - genetics; Analysis of Variance; Base Sequence; Cell culture; Cells, Cultured; Dental Pulp - cytology; Dental Pulp - drug effects; Dental Pulp - enzymology; Dental pulp cells; Dentistry; DNA Primers; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Induction - drug effects; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic - drug effects; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic - physiology; Humans; Molecular Sequence Data; mRNA; Reference Values; Retinoic acid; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction - statistics & numerical data; Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; RNA, Messenger - drug effects; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Substrate Specificity - drug effects; Time Factors; Tissue-non-specific alkaline phosphatase gene; Tretinoin - pharmacology; Alkaline phosphatase; Cell culture; BSA, bovine serum albumin; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; Tissue-non-specific alkaline phosphatase gene; Dental pulp cells; α-MEM, α-minimum essential medium; mRNA; Retinoic acid; Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; RT-PCR, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

Retinoic acid is a potent inducer of tissue-non-specific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP) expression in various osteoblastic and fibroblastic cells, and may be involved in morphogenesis, cellular growth and differentiation. This study investigates the effects of retinoic acid on alkaline phosphatase ac...