The present study aimed to evaluate whether epigenetic markers are expressed in the dental follicles surrounding ectopically erupting teeth. Twenty-one dental follicles were collected in 20 adolescent children through surgical exposure of ectopic teeth. The epigenetic modifications of DNA methylation and histone acetylation were evaluated by immunohistochemistry. The results showed cells positive for DNA-methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1), DNA methyltransferase 3 beta (DNMT3B), ten-eleven translocation-2 (TET2), acetyl-histone H3 (AcH3), acetyl-histone H4 (AcH4), 5-methylcytosine (5mC), and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) were present in all the samples. The levels of epigenetic markers representing active chromatin (5hmC, AcH3, AcH4, and TET2) were statistically significantly higher than those of markers representing inactive chromatin (5mC, DNMT3B, DNMT1). In conclusion, follicles in ectopic teeth display major epigenetic modifications. In the follicles, epigenetic markers associated with the activation of bone-related genes are more abundant than markers associated with the inactivation of bone-related genes.
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Northumbria Univ, Fac Hlth & Life Sci, Dept Appl Sci, Grp Translat Biosci, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, EnglandNorthumbria Univ, Fac Hlth & Life Sci, Dept Appl Sci, Grp Translat Biosci, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England
Mitsiogianni, Melina
Trafalis, Dimitrios T.
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Natl & Kapodistrian Univ Athens, Med Sch, Clin Pharmacol Unit, Lab Pharmacol, Athens 11527, GreeceNorthumbria Univ, Fac Hlth & Life Sci, Dept Appl Sci, Grp Translat Biosci, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England
Trafalis, Dimitrios T.
Franco, Rodrigo
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Univ Nebraska, Redox Biol Ctr, Lincoln, NE 68588 USA
Univ Nebraska, Sch Vet Med & Biomed Sci, Lincoln, NE 68583 USANorthumbria Univ, Fac Hlth & Life Sci, Dept Appl Sci, Grp Translat Biosci, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England
Franco, Rodrigo
Zoumpourlis, Vasilis
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Natl Hellen Res Fdn, Inst Biol Med Chem & Biotechnol, Athens 11635, GreeceNorthumbria Univ, Fac Hlth & Life Sci, Dept Appl Sci, Grp Translat Biosci, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England
Zoumpourlis, Vasilis
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Pappa, Aglaia
Panayiotidis, Mihalis, I
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Northumbria Univ, Fac Hlth & Life Sci, Dept Appl Sci, Grp Translat Biosci, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England
Cyprus Inst Neurol & Genet, Dept Electron Microscopy & Mol Pathol, CY-2371 Nicosia, CyprusNorthumbria Univ, Fac Hlth & Life Sci, Dept Appl Sci, Grp Translat Biosci, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England