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Background: The alterations involved in step-wise transformation of a dental follicle to dentigerous cyst (DC) is not clearly known. Primary cilium and its protein have been hypothesized to be associated with DC. Mutation of a ciliary protein, polycystin‑1 (PC1) is associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. This study was performed to assess the immunohistochemical expression of PC1 between DC and postfunctional follicular tissue (PFFT). Materials and Methods: Thirty‑one consecutive PFFT and 15 DC formed the study group. The PFFT and DC tissues were stained with antibody against PC1. Statistical Package for Social Service was used to analyze data. Descriptive statistics and Student’s Chi‑square test were appropriately used. P ≤0.05 was taken as significant. Results: Fifteen DC (100%) and 7 (22.58%) PFFT were positive for PC1. The difference was statistically significant (P = 0.000). PC1 expression was observed in the cytoplasm with varying intensity. Discussion and Conclusion: All PC1 positive epithelial cells’ cytoplasm stained diffusely. Abnormal cytoplasmic expression of PC1 in all positive epithelial lining indicates that the PC1 probably is associated with cystic transformation.
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Chromosome Aberrations , Dental Enamel , Dental Sac , Immunochemistry/methods , Periodontal Cyst/genetics , Tooth, Impacted/genetics , TRPP Cation ChannelsABSTRACT
El cobalto es uno de los principales componentes de las aleaciones metálicas fundidas, usadas frecuentemente en odontología. El metal es el constituyente de 45 a 70 por ciento de los trabajos protéticos. En virtud de la existencia de evidencias que elementos metálicos pueden causar toxicidad sistémica y local, este trabajo tuvo como objetivo evaluar los efectos del cobalto sobre el epitelio de unión y el epitelio del esmalte del primer molar superior de rata, durante la lactancia. Con esa finalidad fueron usadas ratas con 1 día de vida postnatal, cuyas madres recibieron 300 mg de cloruro de cobalto por litro de agua destilada en el bebedero, durante a la lactancia. Al cabo de 21 días, las crías fueron sacrificadas con sobredosis anestésica. Las cabezas fueron separadas, fijadas en "alfac", descalcificadas e incluidas en parafina. Fueron utilizados cortes frontales seriados teñidos con hematoxilina y eosina. Fueron estimados los siguientes parámetros nucleares: diámetros mayor, menor y geométrico medio, relación entre diámetros, perímetro, área, volumen, relación entre volumen y área, excentricidad, coeficiente de forma e índice de contorno. Mediante métodos estereológicos fueron evaluados: relación núcleo/citoplasma, volumen celular, densidad numérica celular, relación superficie externa/camada basal, espesor de las camadas epiteliales y densidad de superficie. Todos los datos obtenidos fueron sometidos a análisis estadístico mediante la prueba no-paramétrica de Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney. Los núcleos de los tejidos estudiados mostraron valores menores para diámetros, perímetro, área, volumen y relación volumen/área. Estereológicamente, fue posible observar en el epitelio de unión y en el epitelio reducido del esmalte, células menores con citoplasma más escaso, lo que se refleja en mayor número de células por mm3 de tejido. En este estudio, el cobalto ocasionó un cuadro de atrofia epitelial, sugiriendo una acción directa sobre los epitelios de unión y del esmalte.
Cobalt is one of the main components of cast metal alloys broadly used in dentistry. It is the constituent of 45 to 70 percent of numerous prosthetic works. There are evidences that metal elements cause systemic and local toxicity. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effects of cobalt on the junctional epithelium and reduced enamel epithelium of the first superior molar in rats, during lactation. To do this, 1-day old rats were used, whose mothers received 300mg of cobalt chloride per liter of distilled water in the drinker, during lactation. After 21 days, the rat pups were killed with an anesthetic overdose. The heads were separated, fixed in "alfac", decalcified and embedded in paraffin. Frontal sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin were employed. Karyometric methods allowed to estimate the following parameters: biggest, smallest and mean diameters, D/d ratio, perimeter, area, volume, volume/area ratio, eccentricity, form coefficient and contour index. Stereologic methods allow to evaluate: cytoplasm/nucleus ratio, cell and cytoplasm volume, cell number density, external surface/basal membrane ratio, thickness of the epithelial layers and surface density. All the collected data were subjected to statistic analysis by the non-parametric Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. The nuclei of the studied tissues showed smaller values after karyometry for: diameters; perimeter, area, volume and volume/area ratio. Stereologically, it was observed, in the junctional epithelium and in the reduced enamel epithelium, smaller cells with scarce cytoplasm, reflected in the greater number of cells per mm3 of tissue. In this study, cobalt caused epithelial atrophy, indicating a direct action on the junctional and enamel epithelium.