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  3. STIM1 and SLC24A4 Are Critical for Enamel Maturation

STIM1 and SLC24A4 Are Critical for Enamel Maturation

  • J Dent Res. 2014 Jul;93(7 Suppl):94S-100S. doi: 10.1177/0022034514527971.
S Wang 1,  M Choi 2,  A S Richardson 3,  B M Reid 3,  F Seymen 4,  M Yildirim 4,  E Tuna 4,  K Gençay 4,  J P Simmer 5,  J C Hu 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, 1210 Eisenhower Place, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Oral Health Sciences Program, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, 1011 North University, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
  • 2 Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, 275-1 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-768, Korea Department of Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT, USA [email protected] [email protected].
  • 3 Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, 1210 Eisenhower Place, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
  • 4 Department of Pedodontics, Istanbul University, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • 5 Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, 1210 Eisenhower Place, Ann Arbor, MI, USA [email protected] [email protected].
PMID: 24621671 DOI: 10.1177/0022034514527971
Abstract

Dental enamel formation depends upon the transcellular transport of Ca(2+) by ameloblasts, but little is known about the molecular mechanism, or even if the same process is operative during the secretory and maturation stages of amelogenesis. Identifying mutations in genes involved in Ca(2+) homeostasis that cause inherited enamel defects can provide insights into the molecular participants and potential mechanisms of Ca(2+) handling by ameloblasts. Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 (STIM1) is an ER transmembrane protein that activates membrane-specific Ca(2+) influx in response to the depletion of ER Ca(2+) stores. Solute carrier family 24, member 4 (SLC24A4), is a Na(+)/K(+)/Ca(2+) transporter that exchanges intracellular Ca(2+) and K(+) for extracellular Na(+). We identified a proband with syndromic hypomaturation enamel defects caused by a homozygous C to T transition (g.232598C>T c.1276C>T p.Arg426Cys) in STIM1, and a proband with isolated hypomaturation enamel defects caused by a homozygous C to T transition (g.124552C>T; c.437C>T; p.Ala146Val) in SLC24A4. Immunohistochemistry of developing mouse molars and incisors showed positive STIM1 and SLC24A4 signal specifically in maturation-stage ameloblasts. We conclude that enamel maturation is dependent upon STIM1 and SLC24A4 function, and that there are important differences in the Ca(2+) transcellular transport systems used by secretory- and maturation-stage ameloblasts.

Keywords

amelogenesis imperfecta; calcium; inherited diseases; mutations; tooth.

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