Synthesis and Secretion of MCP-1 by Dental Follicle Cells-Implications for Tooth Eruption

Abstract

The monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) gene is expressed in the dental follicle, a loose connective tissue sac that must be present for eruption to occur. The role of MCP-1 may be to recruit mononuclear cells (monocytes) to the dental follicle, where these cells, in turn, fuse to form osteoclasts to resorb alveolar bone for the formation of an eruption pathway. Thus, it was the aim of this study to determine if MCP-1 is secreted by dental follicle cells in culture and if its secretion is enhanced by potential tooth eruption molecules. Western blotting and a two-site capture enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay demonstrated that MCP-1 was synthesized and secreted into the medium by the follicle cells. Incubation of the cells with either transforming growth factor-beta one (TGF-β1) or interleukin-one alpha (IL-la) enhanced the secretion of MCP-1 by the cells. Measurement of the chemotactic ability of the conditioned medium to attract mouse monocytes demonstrated that the chemotaxis of the medium was increased if the cells had previously been incubated in IL-la, although there appears to be a threshold concentration of MCP-1 above which chemotaxis is not enhanced. These combined results suggest that the critical initial cellular event of tooth eruption, an influx of mononuclear cells into the dental follicle at an early post-natal age, may be initiated by the secretion of MCP-1 by the dental follicle cells.

Keywords

MCP-1 dental follicle tooth eruption IL-la TGF-β1

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