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A GPI-anchored protein Lypd1 regulates odontoblast differentiation in tooth development

ABSTRACT: Lipid rafts are membrane microdomains rich in cholesterol, sphingolipids, glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs), and receptors. They are localized at the plasma membrane and are essential for signal transmission and organogenesis. However, few reports on the specific effects of lipid rafts on organogenesis have been reported. Here, we focused on the odontoblast differentiation that secretes the dentin matrix and generates dentin. We found the GPI-AP, lymphocyte antigen-6 (Ly6)/Plaur domain-containing1 (Lypd1), specifically expressed in the dental papilla, especially preodontoblasts, using single-cell RNA sequence (scRNA-seq). Depletion experiments of lipid rafts and Lypd1 using ex vivo culture and cell cultures showed that differentiation of tooth germ and dental mesenchymal cells was inhibited. Furthermore, the C-terminal structural domain containing the omega site, which is necessary to localize the plasma membrane, of Lypd1 is necessary for odontoblast differentiation and the morphological change like odontoblasts. Stimulating downstream Bone morphogenetic protein (Bmp) signaling by BMP2 caused it to activate the phosphorylation of Smad1/5/8 and promote the expression of odontoblast differentiation markers such as Pannexin 3 (Panx3), Alkaline phosphatase (Alp), and Dentin sialophosphoprotein (Dspp). In contrast, suppression of Lypd1 inhibited the phosphorylation of Smad1/5/8. In addition, the expression of Lypd1 predates any other marker of odontoblast differentiation previously described. That implies that Lypd1 could be employed as a novel earlier differentiation marker of odontoblasts. These results suggest that Lypd1 as GPI-AP of lipid rafts is important for tooth organogenesis and plays a pivotal role in odontoblast differentiation by regulating phosphorylation of Smad1/5/8.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE206135 | GEO | 2023/08/25

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Enforced enhancement of H3K4me3 and H3K27ac, active chromatin marks, by inhibiting histone demethylases and deacetylases is positively linked with hard tissue formation by inducing matrix synthesis and osteo/odontogenic differentiation. However, the key endogenous epigenetic modifier of odontoblasts to regulate the expression of the genes coding dentin extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins has not been identified yet. We herein focused on IκBζ, which was originally identified as transcriptional regulator for NF-B and recently regarded as the local epigenetic modifier by independently on NF-B, and demonstrated that the IκBζ null mice exhibited thicker dentin width and narrower pulp chamber with aged mice having more drastic phenotypes. At 6 months old, dentin fluorescent labeling exhibited that dentin synthesis was significantly accelerated in the incisors of IκBζ null mice. In molars of IκBζ null mice, aggressive reactionary dentin adjacent to pulp horn was exhibited. Mechanistically, COL1A2 and COL1A1 collagen genes were increased in the odontoblasts rich fraction of IκBζ null mice than that of wild type in vivo and human odontoblasts-like cells transfected with siRNA for IκBζ than the control siRNA transfected cells in vitro. Further, the direct binding of IκBζ to COL1A2 promoter suppressed COL1A2 expression and the local active chromatin status marked with H3K4me3. By whole-genomic identification of H3K4me3 enrichments revealed that ECM and ECM organization-related gene loci were selectively activated by the knockdown of IκBζ, which consistently resulted in the up-regulation of these genes. Collectively, these results indicated that IκBζ is the key negative regulator of dentin formation in odontoblasts since the deletion of IκBζ expression enhanced dentin formation by inducing dentin ECM and ECM organization-related gene expression via altering the local chromatin status marked by H3K4me3. Therefore, IκBζ is a potential target for improving the clinical outcomes of dentin regeneration therapies such as pulp capping and pulp revitalization procedures.

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A GPI-anchored protein Lypd1 regulates odontoblast differentiation in tooth development

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