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Peer-reviewed International journal
Mar 20, 2020

Effects of lipid metabolism on mouse incisor dentinogenesis.

Scientific reports
  • Yutaro Kurotaki
  • Nobuhiro Sakai
  • Takuro Miyazaki
  • Masahiro Hosonuma
  • Yurie Sato
  • Akiko Karakawa
  • Masahiro Chatani
  • Mie Myers
  • Tetsuo Suzawa
  • Takako Negishi-Koga
  • Ryutaro Kamijo
  • Akira Miyazaki
  • Yasubumi Maruoka
  • Masamichi Takami
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Volume
10
Number
1
First page
5102
Last page
5102
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-020-61978-0

Tooth formation can be affected by various factors, such as oral disease, drug administration, and systemic illness, as well as internal conditions including dentin formation. Dyslipidemia is an important lifestyle disease, though the relationship of aberrant lipid metabolism with tooth formation has not been clarified. This study was performed to examine the effects of dyslipidemia on tooth formation and tooth development. Dyslipidemia was induced in mice by giving a high-fat diet (HFD) for 12 weeks. Additionally, LDL receptor-deficient (Ldlr-/-) strain mice were used to analyze the effects of dyslipidemia and lipid metabolism in greater detail. In the HFD-fed mice, incisor elongation was decreased and pulp was significantly narrowed, while histological findings revealed disappearance of predentin. In Ldlr-/- mice fed regular chow, incisor elongation showed a decreasing trend and pulp a narrowing trend, while predentin changes were unclear. Serum lipid levels were increased in the HFD-fed wild-type (WT) mice, while Ldlr-/- mice given the HFD showed the greatest increase. These results show important effects of lipid metabolism, especially via the LDL receptor, on tooth homeostasis maintenance. In addition, they suggest a different mechanism for WT and Ldlr-/- mice, though the LDL receptor pathway may not be the only factor involved.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61978-0
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32198436
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7083963
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  • DOI : 10.1038/s41598-020-61978-0
  • Pubmed ID : 32198436
  • Pubmed Central ID : PMC7083963

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