Title : NaF activates MAPKs and induces apoptosis in odontoblast-like cells.

Pub. Date : 2009 May

PMID : 19493891






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1 In contrast to the sustained phosphorylation of c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) and p38, NaF exposure induced a biphasic phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK). Sodium Fluoride mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 Mus musculus
2 NaF-induced apoptosis was markedly suppressed by treatment with the JNK inhibitor, SP600125, and mildly suppressed by the MAPK/ERK kinase inhibitor, U0126. Sodium Fluoride mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 Mus musculus
3 Thus, exposure to NaF induces apoptosis in odontoblast-like cells, depending on JNK and, less significantly, ERK pathways. Sodium Fluoride mitogen-activated protein kinase 8 Mus musculus