Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (Sep 2023)

The odontoblastic differentiation of dental mesenchymal stem cells: molecular regulation mechanism and related genetic syndromes

  • Houwen Pan,
  • Houwen Pan,
  • Houwen Pan,
  • Houwen Pan,
  • Houwen Pan,
  • Houwen Pan,
  • Yiling Yang,
  • Yiling Yang,
  • Yiling Yang,
  • Yiling Yang,
  • Yiling Yang,
  • Yiling Yang,
  • Hongyuan Xu,
  • Hongyuan Xu,
  • Hongyuan Xu,
  • Hongyuan Xu,
  • Hongyuan Xu,
  • Hongyuan Xu,
  • Anting Jin,
  • Anting Jin,
  • Anting Jin,
  • Anting Jin,
  • Anting Jin,
  • Anting Jin,
  • Xiangru Huang,
  • Xiangru Huang,
  • Xiangru Huang,
  • Xiangru Huang,
  • Xiangru Huang,
  • Xiangru Huang,
  • Xin Gao,
  • Xin Gao,
  • Xin Gao,
  • Xin Gao,
  • Xin Gao,
  • Xin Gao,
  • Siyuan Sun,
  • Siyuan Sun,
  • Siyuan Sun,
  • Siyuan Sun,
  • Siyuan Sun,
  • Siyuan Sun,
  • Yuanqi Liu,
  • Yuanqi Liu,
  • Yuanqi Liu,
  • Yuanqi Liu,
  • Yuanqi Liu,
  • Yuanqi Liu,
  • Jingyi Liu,
  • Jingyi Liu,
  • Jingyi Liu,
  • Jingyi Liu,
  • Jingyi Liu,
  • Jingyi Liu,
  • Tingwei Lu,
  • Tingwei Lu,
  • Tingwei Lu,
  • Tingwei Lu,
  • Tingwei Lu,
  • Tingwei Lu,
  • Xinyu Wang,
  • Xinyu Wang,
  • Xinyu Wang,
  • Xinyu Wang,
  • Xinyu Wang,
  • Xinyu Wang,
  • Yanfei Zhu,
  • Yanfei Zhu,
  • Yanfei Zhu,
  • Yanfei Zhu,
  • Yanfei Zhu,
  • Yanfei Zhu,
  • Lingyong Jiang,
  • Lingyong Jiang,
  • Lingyong Jiang,
  • Lingyong Jiang,
  • Lingyong Jiang,
  • Lingyong Jiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2023.1174579
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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Dental mesenchymal stem cells (DMSCs) are multipotent progenitor cells that can differentiate into multiple lineages including odontoblasts, osteoblasts, chondrocytes, neural cells, myocytes, cardiomyocytes, adipocytes, endothelial cells, melanocytes, and hepatocytes. Odontoblastic differentiation of DMSCs is pivotal in dentinogenesis, a delicate and dynamic process regulated at the molecular level by signaling pathways, transcription factors, and posttranscriptional and epigenetic regulation. Mutations or dysregulation of related genes may contribute to genetic diseases with dentin defects caused by impaired odontoblastic differentiation, including tricho-dento-osseous (TDO) syndrome, X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH), Raine syndrome (RS), hypophosphatasia (HPP), Schimke immuno-osseous dysplasia (SIOD), and Elsahy-Waters syndrome (EWS). Herein, recent progress in the molecular regulation of the odontoblastic differentiation of DMSCs is summarized. In addition, genetic syndromes associated with disorders of odontoblastic differentiation of DMSCs are discussed. An improved understanding of the molecular regulation and related genetic syndromes may help clinicians better understand the etiology and pathogenesis of dentin lesions in systematic diseases and identify novel treatment targets.

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