ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>The Sonic hedgehog signalling peptide has been demonstrated to play important roles in the growth and patterning of the tooth development. This study aims on whether the antagonist beta-transduction repeat containing protein of Sonic hedgehog signal transduction expressed in tooth germs ameloblast and odontoblast or not.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The mouse embryo heads of different developmental stages of E10.5, E13.5, E14.5, E16.5, E18.5 and P0, P3, P6 after birth were acquired fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde for 48 hours, embeded with Paraffin and examined using LsAB (labelled streptavidin-biotin) method to observe the beta-TrCP expression pattern in tooth germs, ameloblast and odontoblast.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>It was demonstrated that beta-TrCP expressed in oral epithelium, tooth bud, mesenchymal cell cytoplasm of ameloblast and odontoblast of different stage of tooth development.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>beta-TrCP expressed from early stage to later stage of murine tooth development. And these findings provide the evidence of antagonist regulatory pathways for shh in teeth development.</p>