2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The correlation between TGF-b3 and HGF/SF in the process of fusion of secondary palatal shelves
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13671968
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
病態科学系歯学(含放射線系歯学)
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| Research Institution | University of Tokushima |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHIDA Hideo University of Tokushima, Dental School, Associate Professor, 歯学部, 助教授 (30116131)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
BANDO Takashi Dental School, Assistant Professor, 歯学部, 助手 (80208727)
HARADA Koji Dental School, Assistant Professor, 歯学部, 助手 (60253217)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2002
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| Keywords | HGF-SF / TGF-β3 / secondary palatal shelves / morphogenesis / palatal fusion / Apoptosis / epothelial-mesenchymal transform / in situ hybridization |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study, we investigated the mechanism of the corrrelation between TGF-β which regulates the cell growth in the embryonic stage anf HGF/SF which is related to epithelial-mesenchymal transformation in the process of the fusion of secondary palatal shelves in organ culture in vitro and vivo.
Palate development was examined by H.E. staining on embryonic day 12〜15, and expression of HGF/SF and TGF-β3, Mrna was investigated by whole mount in situ hybridisation on embryonic day 12〜15. In addition, we conducted to examine whether treatment of HGF/SF or TGF-β3 in organ culture.
Expression of TGF-β3 Mrna was detected in epithelial and mesenchymal layer from embryonic day 12, and they were observed markedly on embryonic day 12.5, and disppeared after embryonic day 13.5, Expression of HGF/SF Mrna was also detected in mesenchymal layer from embryonic day 12, and disppeared after embryonic day 13.5. Treatment of HGF/SF antisense oligonucleotide prove inhibited the fusion of mouse secondary palatal shelves,but did not inhibit the development of them in organ culture. Treatment of c-Met neutralizing antibody inhibited the development of mouse secondary palatal shelves in organ culture. Treatment of TGF-β3 antisense oligonucleotide prove inhibited the development and fusion of mouse secondary palatal shelves in organ culture.
These findings suggested that HGF/SF and TGF-β3 may express at the same embryonic stage, and HGF/SF may induce apoptosis in the tip of the palate at the time which mouse secondary palatal shelves make a change of direction from vertical position to horizontal position, and TGF-β3 may be related with the growth of mouse secondary palatal shelves to the horizontal direction.
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Research Products
(4 results)
