Journal: Cells
Article Title: Dental Pulp Cell Transplantation Combined with Regenerative Endodontic Procedures Promotes Dentin Matrix Formation in Mature Mouse Molars
doi: 10.3390/cells13040348
Figure Lengend Snippet: Detection of odontoblast-like cells in the regenerated dental pulp-like tissue. Representative images of hematoxylin and eosin (H&E)-stained sections and immunohistochemistry (IHC) sections stained with nestin, osteopontin (OPN), and green fluorescent protein (GFP) antibodies, as well as osteocalcin. Nestin (odontoblast marker) is not detected in regenerative endodontic procedure (REP) groups, whereas in the REP + dental pulp cell (DPC) groups, the regenerated tissue contains nestin-stained cells that co-express GFP (arrows). OPN and osteocalcin were detected in both groups, with the former being more abundant in the cellular matrix of the REP + DPC group (n = 6 per group). Scale bars = 50 µm (arrows indicate nestin and GFP co-expressing cells). 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole: DAPI, Osteopontin: OPN.
Article Snippet: For immunohistochemical (IHC) staining, the sections were deparaffinized, and heat-mediated antigen retrieval was performed in a water bath at 95–100 °C for 20 min with sodium citrate buffer (pH 6.0) using chicken anti-nestin antibody (NB100-1604, Novus Biologicals, Centennial, CO, USA) and osteopontin (OPN) antibody (88742, Cell Signaling Technology, Danvers, MA, USA) and Tris-EDTA (pH 9.0) using rabbit anti-CD31 antibody (28083-1-AP, Proteintech, Rosemont, IL, USA).
Techniques: Staining, Immunohistochemistry, Marker, Expressing