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Ruspita, Intan Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Miyoshi, Keiko Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School Tokushima University Educator and Researcher Directory KAKEN Search Researchers
Muto, Taro Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
Abe, Kaori Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School KAKEN Search Researchers
Horiguchi, Taigo Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School Tokushima University Educator and Researcher Directory KAKEN Search Researchers
Noma, Takafumi Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School Tokushima University Educator and Researcher Directory KAKEN Search Researchers
Keywords
ameloblast
amelogenesis
follistatin
microarray
Sp
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Sp6 is a member of the Sp family of transcription factors that regulate a wide range of cellular functions, such as cell growth and differentiation. Sp6, also called epiprofin, is specifically expressed in tooth germ, limb bud, and hair follicle, but there is little information on its function. To investigate the possible role of Sp6 in tooth development, first we established an Sp6- overproducing clone, CHA9, and analyzed the features of the cell, including cell proliferation and gene expression. The parental cells of CHA9 are the ameloblast-lineage G5 cells that we previously established from rat dental epithelia of lower incisor. Sp6 overproduction accelerated cell proliferation and induced the expression of ameloblastin mRNA, a marker of ameloblast differentiation. Second, we performed genome-wide screening of Sp6 target genes by microarray analysis. Out of a total 20,450 genes, 448 genes were up-regulated and 500 genes were down-regulated by Sp6. We found the expression of follistatin, a BMP antagonist, to be 22.4-fold lower in CHA9 than in control cells. Transfection of the Sp6-antisense construct into CHA9 cells restored follistatin expression back to equivalent levels seen in control cells, indicating that Sp6 regulates follistatin gene expression in ameloblasts. Our findings demonstrate that the follistatin gene is one of the Sp6 target genes in ameloblasts and suggest that Sp6 promotes amelogenesis through inhibition of follistatin gene expression.
Journal Title
The journal of medical investigation : JMI
ISSN
13431420
NCID
AA11166929
Volume
55
Issue
1-2
Start Page
87
End Page
98
Sort Key
87
Published Date
2008-02
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DOI (Published Version)
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language
eng
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departments
Oral Sciences
University Hospital