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. 1995 Sep;74(9):1551-7.
doi: 10.1177/00220345950740090801.

Transcription and translation of CSF-1 in the dental follicle

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Transcription and translation of CSF-1 in the dental follicle

G E Wise et al. J Dent Res. 1995 Sep.

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  • J Dent Res 1995 Oct;74(10):following 1721

Abstract

The dental follicle, a loose connective tissue sac which surrounds the unerupted tooth, is required for eruption to occur. Injection of colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) will accelerate molar eruption in rats, as well as stimulate tooth eruption in osteopetrotic rats. Utilizing in situ hybridization and reverse- transcription polymerase chain-reaction techniques, we show here that CSF-1 mRNA is present in vivo in the dental follicle of the first mandibular molar of the rat. Analysis of the molars from day 0 through day 10 post-natally demonstrates that the maximal expression of CSF-1 mRNA is at day 3 post-natally. Immunostaining also reveals that the CSF-1 mRNA is translated, with immunostaining for the CSF-1 itself, being heavy in early post-natal days and absent by day 9 postnatally. In view of the fact that there is a maximal influx of mononuclear cells (monocytes) into the dental follicle at day 3 post-natally--an influx which increases the numbers of osteoclasts needed to form a tooth eruption pathway--it is probable that the maximal expression of CSF-1 mRNA by day 3 post-natally contributes to this monocyte influx. Thus, this study establishes a relationship among a molecule (CSF-1), cell (monocyte), and tissue (dental follicle) that appear to play a major role in tooth eruption.

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