2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Prosthetic importance of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 produced by the cells of the periodontal ligament
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23592866
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Prosthetic dentistry
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| Research Institution | Meikai University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKESHITA Akira 明海大学, 歯学部, 准教授 (70236454)
TAKANO Akiko 明海大学, 歯学部, 講師 (20337504)
FUJISAWA Masanori 明海大学, 歯学部, 教授 (00209040)
YASUI Toshikazu 明海大学, 歯学部, 教授 (20146252)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | MCP-1 / TNF-α / 骨芽細胞様細胞 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The inflammatory cytokine TNF-α is a potent osteotrophic cytokine. Although monocytes are often observed near areas undergoing bone resorption in the periodontal ligament tissue, the mechanism of monocyte recruitment is unknown. We considered that monocyte chemoattractant MCP-1 is contributed in the monocyte recruitment. It has been showed that the periodontal ligament cells have phenotypes typical of osteoblasts, and then, we examined the effect of TNF-α on expression of MCP-1 by using the osteoblastic cells. Moreover, it has been suggested a functional role of transcriptional factor AP-1 in MCP-1 gene expression induced by TNF-α. TNF-α-induced MCP-1 gene expression is suppressed by pretreatment of SP600125, a potent inhibitor for JNK. Thus, TNF-α has the ability to stimulate AP-1-mediated expression of MCP-1 after activation of JNK in osteoblastic cells.
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| Free Research Field |
歯科補綴学
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