Akane Inoue, Tamotsu Kiyoshima, Keigo Yoshizaki, Chihiro Nakatomi, Mitsushiro Nakatomi, Hayato Ohshima, Masashi Shin, Jing Gao, Kanji Tsuru, Koji Okabe, Ichiro Nakamura, Hiroaki Honda, Miho Matsuda, Ichiro Takahashi, Eijiro Jimi
Amelogenesis consists of secretory, transition, maturation, and post-maturation stages, and the morphological changes of ameloblasts at each stage are closely related to their function. p130 Crk-associated substrate (Cas) is a scaffold protein that modulates essential cellular processes, including cell adhesion, cytoskeletal changes, and polarization. The expression of p130Cas was observed from the secretory stage to the maturation stage in ameloblasts. Epithelial cell-specific p130Cas-deficient (p130CasΔepi- ) mice exhibited enamel hypomineralization with chalk-like white mandibular incisors in young mice and attrition in aged mouse molars...
January 2022: Bone