Chapter 3 : Involvement of heat-shock proteins during periodontal logament remondeling.

9781789849325application/pdfMechanical stress induces various molecules such as heat-shock protein (HSP), which causes structural changes in the proteins in periodontal ligament (PDL). We carried out an experiment to induce traumatic occlusion in mouse PDL and analyzed the expression of HSPs. HSPs investigated acts diff erently depending on the time of expression. HSPs are constitutively expressed in the PDL and defend cells from stress and maintain homeostasis under normal conditions. During bone addition to the PDL on the tension side, HSP27 and HSP47, HSP70 also acts as molecular chaperone, which assists the matu-ration of bone morphogenetic proteins and aids osteoblast activation. In HSP 70 and HSP 47, mechanical stress is applied to the PDL on the tension side for a short period of time for alveolar bone repairing, and when abnormality occurs in the collagen structure fi broblasts of PDL, it functions at the injured site, whereby extracellular that promotes abnormal collagen secretion and stores the modifi ed protein in the endoplasmic reticulum, there by controlling the decalcifi cation of PDL. In other words, HSP47 and HSP70 are expressed in PDL fi broblasts on the pressure side damaged by application of mechanical stress and contribute to the repair of collagen tissue by activating PDL fi broblasts, supporting recovery from cell damage.Edited by Jane Manakil,282p,illus. : London : IntechOpen, 2019.boo