Histochemical localization of transforming growth factor-beta 1 in developing rat molars using antibodies to different epitopes
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Histochemical localization of transforming growth factor-beta 1 in developing rat molars using antibodies to different epitopes
Abstract
In this study transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) has been immunolocalized in developing rat molars using two well characterized polyclonal antibodies, Anti-CC and Anti-LC, that recognize extracellular and intracellular TGF-beta 1, respectively. With immunohistochemical methods and the ABC-peroxidase system of detection, the growth factor was immunolocalized within the ectodermally derived enamel organ and the neural crest-derived dental papilla at the early and advanced bell stages of development. With Anti-CC, widespread and abundant extracellular TGF-beta 1 was found associated with the stellate reticulum and within central and apical regions of dental papilla mesenchyme. In contrast, Anti-LC localized TGF-beta 1 intensely within the cells of the outer dental epithelium. Moderate immunostaining for TGF-beta 1 with Anti-LC was also evident within the apical cytoplasm of inner dental epithelial cells and odontoblasts. These findings support the hypothesis that TGF-beta 1 may play a paracrine role in tooth development by regulating the epithelial-mesenchymal interactions that influence growth and cytodifferentiation events.
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