Journal: Molecules
Article Title: RORα Regulates Odontoblastic Differentiation and Mediates the Pro-Odontogenic Effect of Melatonin on Dental Papilla Cells
doi: 10.3390/molecules26041098
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 4. Effect of retinoid acid receptor-related orphan receptor α (RORα) overexpression on odontoblastic differentiation of rat dental papilla cells (rDPCs). rDPCs were transfected with pcDNA3.1-RORα (RORα group) or pcDNA3.1-NC (negative control group) for 24 h and then cultured in control or odontogenic induction (OS) medium for 3 or 7 days. (a) The transfection efficiency of RORα overexpression was assessed by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and western blotting. (b) The mRNA levels of dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP), dentin matrix protein 1 (DMP1), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were detected by qRT-PCR after 3-day induction. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) was used as the normalisation control; (c) The protein levels of DSPP and DMP1 were measured by western blotting after 7-day induction. β-actin was used as the internal control; (d) ALP activity in cellular lysates was determined after 7-day odontogenic induction. (e) The formation of mineralized nodules was visualized by alizarin red staining at 7 days after induction. Scale bar: 100 µm. All data are presented as the mean ± SD (n = 3). * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 vs. pcDNA3.1-NC or Control-NC group, # p < 0.05, ### p < 0.001 vs. OS-NC group.
Article Snippet: Subsequently, they were incubated overnight at 4 ◦C with the following primary antibodies: polyclonal rabbit anti-RORα antibody (1:2000, PA5-23268, Thermo Scientific, MA, USA), monoclonal mouse anti-DSPP antibody (1:500, sc-73632, Santa Cruz, CA, USA), polyclonal rabbit anti-DMP1 antibody (1:1000, NBP 1-45525, Novus Biologicals, Littleton, CO, USA), and monoclonal mouse anti-β-actin (1:1000, AF0003, Beyotime, Shanghai, China).
Techniques: Over Expression, Transfection, Negative Control, Cell Culture, Control, Reverse Transcription, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, Activity Assay, Staining