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CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH
Volume 364, Issue 2, Pages 309-318Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-015-2333-2
Keywords
Long noncoding RNA; Cell differentiation; Odontogenesis; Odontoblasts; Wnt signaling pathway
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81070829, 81271124]
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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have recently emerged as an important class of regulatory molecules in diverse biological processes, although lncRNA involvement in the odontoblast-like differentiation of human dental pulp cells (hDPCs) is poorly understood. We investigate the expression of lncRNAs in this differentiation and explore their underlying role and the involved mechanism. Integrated comparative lncRNA microarray profiling was used to examine lncRNA expression during this differentiation. The differential expression of lncRNAs was validated by quantitative real-time reverse transcription plus the polymerase chain reaction. Differential lncRNA overexpression was performed with an adenoviral vector and the role and mechanism was then investigated in odontoblast-like differentiation. We identified 139 differentially expressed lncRNAs during this differentiation. Among them, five lncRNAs differentially expressed in microarray analysis were validated. Notably, lncRNA DANCR expression was significantly downregulated during hDPC differentiation to odontoblast-like cells in a time-dependent manner. Moreover, lncRNA DANCR overexpression blocked mineralized nodule formation and the expression of DSPP and DMP-1 in hDPCs after 14 days of odontogenic induction. Importantly, the upregulation of DANCR significantly decreased the expression levels of p-GSK-3 beta and beta-catenin expression indicating that lncRNA DANCR can inhibit the activation of the Wnt/beta-catenin signal pathway during the odontoblast-like differentiation of hDPCs. Thus, the modulation of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling by lncRNA DANCR represents a potential therapeutic option for reparative dentin formation and regenerative endodontics.
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