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ArticleInternational dental journal2025

Altered Methylation Levels in LINE-1 in Dental Pulp Stem Cell-Derived Osteoblasts.

Thitapat Prucksakorn, Apiwat Mutirangura, Prasit Pavasant, Keskanya Subbalekha

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Thitapat PrucksakornDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Apiwat MutiranguraCenter of Excellence in Molecular Genetics of Cancer and Human Diseases, Department of Anatomy, Faculyzety of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Prasit PavasantMineralized Tissue Research Unit, Department of Anatomy, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Keskanya SubbalekhaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Electronic address: skeskanya@gmail.com.

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Abstract

objectivesLong interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1) and Alu elements are major targets of methylation, an epigenetic mechanism that is associated with several biological processes. Alterations of methylation of LINE-1 and Alu have been reported in cancers, diseases, and ageing. However, these alterations have not been studied in osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs), which are a promising source of tissue regeneration.

methodThis study was performed to investigate the methylation level of LINE-1 and Alu in dental pulp stem cell-derived osteoblasts (DPSC-DOs). By using the combined bisulfite restriction analysis, the levels of total methylation and 4 patterns of methylated cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) dinucleotides of LINE-1 and Alu were compared between DPSC-DOs and DPSCs.

resultThe levels of total methylation and hypermethylated CpG dinucleotides of LINE-1 were significantly lower (P = .015 and .021, respectively), whilst levels of one pattern of partial methylated CpG dinucleotides were significantly higher in DPSC-DOs than DPSCs (P = .021). The methylation of Alu was not significantly different between DPSCs and DPSC-DOs.

conclusionsMethylation alterations of LINE-1 but not Alu were found in osteogenic differentiation of DPSCs. The results of this study offer foundational insights into osteoblast differentiation from an epigenetic perspective and may contribute to advancements in bone regeneration therapy in the future.

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Dental PulpDNA MethylationLong Interspersed Nucleotide ElementsOsteoblastsStem CellsAlu ElementsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedCpG IslandsEpigenesis, GeneticHumansOsteogenesisAluDental pulp stem cellsIntersperse repetitive sequencesLINE-1MethylationOsteogenic differentiation

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PMCPMC11976608

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