GenF Tooth Development Flashcards
Is dentin harder and denser than bone?
Yes
What is the process wherby a single cell becomes a differentiated organism. Also the process of orderly change that an individual goes through in the formation of structure?
Development
What are changes in cell shape and physiology associated with the production of the final cell types of a particular organ or tissue?
Differentiation
What is the process in embryonic development whereby the three primary germ layers are laid down and the gut formed through complex cell migrations?
Gastrulation
What are cells that can give rise to several other cell types, but those types are limited in number?
Multipotent
What is the potential of a cell to develop into more than one type of mature cell, depending on environment?
Pluripotent
What are the undifferentiated, primitive cells that have the ability both to multiply and to differentiate into specific cell types?
Stem cells
What is the state of a cell that can give rise to any and all adult cell types as compared with a differentiated cell whose fate is dertermined?
Totipotent
Why use mice as a model for studying human tooth development?
- Mice are vertebrate mammals whose early tooth development is similar to humans
- Mice have a short gestation period (3 weeks)
- Mouse genetics are well worked out, so we can manipulate the genome
- Human genes have homologues in mice
What stage can we only study in the mouse model organism?
Embryo
What is the disadvantage in using mouse model?
Only 2 teeth shapes: molars and incisors, and no canines (only a diastema in their jaw where they should be)
What are 4 methods to study developmental biology?
- Direct observation of developing structures
- Tissue recombination experiments
- Manipulation of organism’s genome In-situ hybridization
What is the dissection of tissue and implantation of the tissue into a novel location?
Tissue recombination experiment
What are 3 ways to manipulate a genome?
- Transgenic (add a gene)
- Knock out (delete a gene)
- Knock in (replace a gene)
What uses anti-sense RNA probes to identify where a specific gene is expressed in whole embryos or tissue sections of embryos or specific tissues?
In-situ hybridization
From what cell population are teeth and craniofacial bones derived from?
Transient pluripotent cell population called Neural Crest Cells
Where do neural crest cells form?
The border between ectoderm and where neural tube forms
What happens to these border ectodermal cells?
Transform into mesenchymal cells, delaminate(peel off), migrate dorsal-ventrally to branchial arches
How many branchial arches are there?
6
From where do the maxillary and mandibular processes arise?
Caudal (posterior) part of the forebrain and first branchial arch
The maxillary and mandibular processes are what surrounded by what?
Mass of mesoderm surrounded by epithelial cells
What is the first sign of tooth formation and is the thickening of the oral epithelium?
Formation of the dental lamina, which is done through epithelial signaling