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Effects of Ionic Flow and Amelogenins on the Lengthwise Growth of Octacalcium Phosphate Crystals in a Model System of Tooth Enamel Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

M. Iijima ,
Y. Moriwaki ,
H.B. Wen ,
T. Takagi ,
A.G. Fincham  and
J. Moradian-Oldak
M. Iijima
Affiliation:
Asahi University School of Dentistry, Dental Materials and Technology, 1851-1 Hozumi, Hozumi-cho, Motosugun, Gifu 501-0296, Japan.
Y. Moriwaki
Affiliation:
Asahi University School of Dentistry, Dental Materials and Technology, 1851-1 Hozumi, Hozumi-cho, Motosugun, Gifu 501-0296, Japan.
H.B. Wen
Affiliation:
University of Southern California, School of Dentistry, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, USA.
T. Takagi
Affiliation:
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, School of Dentistry, Oral Biology, Japan.
A.G. Fincham
Affiliation:
University of Southern California, School of Dentistry, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, USA.
J. Moradian-Oldak
Affiliation:
University of Southern California, School of Dentistry, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, USA.
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Abstract

This paper briefly reviews our recent studies, which aimed to investigate the effects of 1) the Ca2+ and PO43- ions flow and 2) amelogenins on the lengthwise growth of octacalcium phosphate (OCP), which is a potent precursor of enamel apatite crystal. OCP crystals were grown at 37°C in a dual membrane system under various amount of ionic inflow into a reaction space, using 1) 5-30mM Ca and PO4 solutions as ionic sources and 2) extracted bovine amelogenin and recombinant murine amelogenins (rM179, rM166). With an increase in the amount of Ca2+ and/or PO43- ions flow, the length of OCP crystal increased, while the width decreased. As a result, the length to width (L/W) ratio of crystal changed from 3 to 95, while the width to thickness (W/T) ratio from 32 to 9. The effect of amelogenins was unique, regardless of the type of amelogenins: Rod-like and prism-like OCP crystals with large L/W (61∼107) and small W/T (1.3∼2.2) ratios were formed in 10% amelogenin gels. In contrast, characteristic ribbon-like OCP crystals grew without protein and with gelatin, albumin, polyacrylamide gel and agarose gel. Specific interaction of amelogenins with OCP crystal was ascribed to the self-assembly property of amelogenin molecules and their hydrophobic nature. It was suggested that ionic flow and amelogenins play some critical roles in the elongated growth of enamel crystals.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 724: Symposium N – Biological and Biomimetic Materials Properties to Function , 2002 , N6.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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