anti-Odontogenic, Ameloblast Asssociated (ODAM) Anticorps

Human Odontogenic, Ameloblast Asssociated (ODAM) interaction partners

1. Risk of recurrence correlated with cytoplasmic expression of ODAM and pAKT, whereas nuclear expression did not predict recurrence of gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

2. The inhibitory effects of ODAM on colorectal cancer cell growth were associated with PTEN elevation and PI3K/AKT signaling inactivation.

3. ODAM induced RhoA activity. ODAM-mediated RhoA signalling resulted in actin filament rearrangement, increased cell adhesion and inhibited the migration/invasion of MCF7 cells. These results suggest that ODAM expression maintains their adhesion, resulting in the prevention of their metastasis via the regulation of RhoA signalling in breast cancer cells.

4. We propose that ODAM has diverse functions that vary with protein location in various cell lines. Nuclear ODAM appears to be associated with MMP-20 regulation and tumorigenesis. Additional functions may take place in cytoplasm and extracellular matrix.

5. Our studies demonstrate that ectopic ODAM expression in melanoma cell lines suppresses growth and migratory activity in these cells, while eliciting elevated PTEN expression and suppression of AKT activity.

6. The expression of APIN at an early time-point following disruption of periodontal integrity suggests that this protein may be part of the cascade of events leading to the activation of ERM during periodontal healing and regeneration

7. Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor-associated amyloid consists of a unique and previously undescribed protein that we provisionally designate APin.

8. The protein sequences deduced from the cloned cDNA for rat, mouse, pig, and human were aligned together with those obtained from four other mammal genomes. Apin is highly conserved in mammals.

9. Data suggest that ODAM is a developmental antigen that has an essential role in tooth maturation and in the pathogenesis of certain odontogenic and other epithelial neoplasms

10. Confirmation of the amyloidogenic potential of ODAM has resulted from analyses of four other cases where we found, in addition, a 74-residue segment specified by exon 4.

Mouse (Murine) Odontogenic, Ameloblast Asssociated (ODAM) interaction partners

1. We propose that ODAM has diverse functions that vary with protein location in various cell lines. Nuclear ODAM appears to be associated with MMP-20 regulation and tumorigenesis. Additional functions may take place in cytoplasm and extracellular matrix.

2. the BMP-2-BMPR-IB-ODAM-MAPK signaling cascade has important roles in ameloblast differentiation and enamel mineralization

3. ODAM and AMTN are bona fide components of the basal lamina associated with maturation stage ameloblasts and they organize into different subdomains during the early maturation stage.

4. Runx2 regulates the expression of ODAM and nuclear ODAM serves an important regulatory function in the mineralization of enamel through the regulation of MMP-20 apart from a different, currently unidentified, function of extracellular ODAM.

5. The protein sequences deduced from the cloned cDNA for rat, mouse, pig, and human were aligned together with those obtained from four other mammal genomes. Apin is highly conserved in mammals.

Pig (Porcine) Odontogenic, Ameloblast Asssociated (ODAM) interaction partners

1. The protein sequences deduced from the cloned cDNA for rat, mouse, pig, and human were aligned together with those obtained from four other mammal genomes. Apin is highly conserved in mammals.