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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2014

Analysis of co-assembly and co-localization of ameloblastin and amelogenin.

Parichita Mazumder, Saumya Prajapati, Sowmya Bekshe Lokappa, Victoria Gallon, Janet Moradian-Oldak

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Intrinsically disordered proteins and biomineralization.Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Parichita MazumderDivision of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Saumya PrajapatiDivision of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sowmya Bekshe LokappaDivision of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Victoria GallonDivision of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Janet Moradian-OldakDivision of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

MATRIX-BASED MINERAL (MBM) ENAMEL BIOMIMETICSR01DE013414 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Janet Oldak · 2001 to 2026
$8.6M
INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS IN BIOMINERALIZATIONR01DE020099 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI OLDAK, JANET · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
MATRIX BASED MINERAL ENAMEL-BIOMIMETICSR56DE013414 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI OLDAK, JANET · 2018 to 2018
$387k
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE013414NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE020099NIDCR NIH HHS R56 DE013414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelially-derived ameloblasts secrete extracellular matrix proteins including amelogenin, enamelin, and ameloblastin. Complex intermolecular interactions among these proteins are believed to be important in controlling enamel formation. Here we provide in vitro and in vivo evidence of co-assembly and co-localization of ameloblastin with amelogenin using both biophysical and immunohistochemical methods. We performed co-localization studies using immunofluorescence confocal microscopy with paraffin-embedded tissue sections from mandibular molars of mice at 1, 5, and 8 days of age. Commercially-available ameloblastin antibody (M300) against mouse ameloblastin residues 107-407 and an antibody against full-length recombinant mouse (rM179) amelogenin were used. Ameloblastin-M300 clearly reacted along the secretory face of ameloblasts from days 1-8. Quantitative co-localization was analyzed (QCA) in several configurations by choosing appropriate regions of interest (ROIs). Analysis of ROIs along the secretory face of ameloblasts revealed that at day 1, very high percentages of both the ameloblastin and amelogenin co-localized. At day 8 along the ameloblast cells the percentage of co-localization remained high for the ameloblastin whereas co-localization percentage was reduced for amelogenin. Analysis of the entire thickness on day 8 revealed no significant co-localization of amelogenin and ameloblastin. With the progress of amelogenesis and ameloblastin degradation, there was a segregation of ameloblastin and co-localization with the C-terminal region decreased. CD spectra indicated that structural changes in ameloblastin occurred upon addition of amelogenin. Our data suggest that amelogenin-ameloblastin complexes may be the functional entities at the early stage of enamel mineralization.

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ameloblastinamelogeninconfocal microscopyprotein-protein co-assemblyquantitative co-localization analysis

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PMID25120489
PMCPMC4110739
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