Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8294674 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2018 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Labial grooves in maxillary incisors have been reported in several wild-type rodent species. Previous studies have reported age-dependent labial grooves occur in moderate prevalence in C57BL/6 mice; however, very little is known about the occurrence of such grooves. In the present study, we observed age-dependent groove formation in C57BL/6 mice up to 26 months after birth and found that not only the frequency of the appearance of incisor grooves but also the number of grooves increased in an age-dependent manner. We examined the molecular mechanisms of age-dependent groove formation by performing DNA microarray analysis of the incisors of 12-month-old (12M) and 24-month-old (24M) mice. Amelx, encoding the major enamel matrix protein AMELOGENIN, was identified as a 12M-specific gene. Comparing with wild-type mice, the maxillary incisors of Amelxâ/â mutants indicated the increase of the frequency and number of labial grooves. These findings suggested that the Amelx gene impacts the age-dependent appearance of the labial incisor groove in C57BL/6 mice.
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Authors
Masato S. Ota, Kaori Kondo, Yong Li, Sachiko Iseki, Atsuko Yamashita, Carolyn W. Gibson, Takashi Kondo,