The Role of Interleukin-10 and Hyaluronan in Murine Fetal Fibroblast Function In Vitro: Implications for Recapitulating Fetal Regenerative Wound Healing

BackgroundMid-gestation fetal cutaneous wounds heal scarlessly and this has been attributed in part to abundant hyaluronan (HA) in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and a unique fibroblast phenotype. We recently reported a novel role for interleukin 10 (IL-10) as a regulator of HA synthesis in the fetal ECM, as well as the ability of the fetal fibroblast to produce an HA-rich pericellular matrix (PCM). We hypothesized that IL-10-mediated HA synthesis was essential to the fetal fibroblast functional phenotype and, moreover, that this phenotype could be recapitulated in adult fibroblasts via supplementation with IL-10 via an HA dependent process.Conclusions/SignificanceOur data demonstrates the functional differences between fetal and adult fibroblasts, and that IL-10 mediated HA synthesis is essential for the fetal fibroblasts'' enhanced invasion and migration properties. Moreover, IL-10 via an HA-dependent mechanism can recapitulate this aspect of the fetal phenotype in adult fibroblasts, suggesting a novel mechanism of IL-10 in regenerative wound healing.     

小鼠皮肤损伤修复过程中白细胞介素-6对某些炎症因子基因表达的影响

为了解在皮肤损伤修复过程中白细胞介素-6(Interlukin-6,IL-6)对其他炎症因子基因表达的影响,以及对皮肤损伤修复过程的影响,用免疫组织化学染色法和RT—PCR法,检查了IL-6基因敲除鼠(IL-6^-/-鼠)和正常野生型鼠(IL-6^ / 鼠)皮肤损伤后损伤区组织内不同时间的白细胞介素-1α(Interlukin-1α,IL-1α)、白细胞介素-1β(Interlukin-1β,IL-1β)、角质细胞诱导因子(Keratinocyte chemoattractant,KC)、单核细胞诱导蛋白-1α(Macrophage inflammatory protein-1α,MIP-1α)以及单核细胞诱导蛋白-2(Macrophage inflammatory protein-2,MIP-2)这5种炎症因子的基因表达的变化。结果发现：不论是IL-6^-/-鼠还是IL-6^ / 鼠,其被检因子的基因表达都以第3d为高峰,第6d则明显下降;同时,在损伤后的第3d和第6d,IL-6^-/-鼠的5种因子的基因表达水平显著低于IL-6^ / 鼠,而在损伤后的第1d,只有MIP-1α和KC的水平低于IL-6^ / 鼠,而且,IL-6^-/-鼠的皮肤损伤修复过程也稍迟于IL-6^ / 鼠,但皮肤的损伤仍可完全修复。上述结果显示,IL-6在小鼠皮肤损伤过程中诱导其他5种被检因子的产生,从而促进皮肤损伤的修复,但IL-6基因缺失也不会严重影响皮肤损伤的修复。     

Platelet-Rich Plasma: Support for Its Use in Wound Healing

Previous topical growth factor studies have shown that recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor-BB isomer (rhPDGF-BB) is an efficacious treatment of chronic diabetic foot ulceration. A newer treatment, autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP), represents a greater similarity to the natural healing process as a composite of multiple growth factors, is safe due to its autologous nature, and is produced as needed from patient blood. A review of the literature shows few studies performed with scientific rigor, although the safety of PRP appears to be validated. As the use of PRP increases, additional studies may establish PRP as an efficacious treatment modality and guide future treatment of chronic diabetic foot ulceration.     

自组装短肽R2I4R2对皮肤创伤快速修复过程的研究

研究探索自组装短肽R₂I₄R₂在人皮肤成纤维细胞体外三维培养的应用效果与对创伤修复过程的作用。通过圆二色谱仪分析不同时间、温度和离子条件对其二级结构的影响;刚果红染色宏观检测短肽自组装情况;体外培养人皮肤成纤维细胞探索细胞在R₂I₄R₂形成的纳米纤维网络中的生长状态及凋亡情况;建立SD大鼠皮肤创伤模型,HE染色与免疫组织化学检测其对皮肤创伤修复的病理变化。结果表明,R₂I₄R₂在不同条件下均可形成较为稳定的二级结构;自组装24h后可形成均一稳定的膜片状结构,为细胞三维培养提供支架;人皮肤成纤维细胞可在R₂I₄R₂形成的纳米纤维网络三维环境中生长且状态良好;动物实验表明,短肽R₂I₄R₂可减少炎症、促进新生血管生成、加速皮肤创伤修复过程。自组装短肽R₂I₄R₂作为新的纳米支架材料,可用于细胞三维培养与皮肤创伤修复。     

Wnt信号通路与皮肤创面愈合的关系

创面愈合是由炎性细胞、细胞因子等多种因素共同参与,涉及组织修复、再生、重建的一个复杂有序的病理生理过程。皮肤慢性创面的愈合仍然是临床研究的重点与热点,随着分子生物学的发展,对皮肤创面愈合机制的认识也逐渐深入。Wnt信号通路是一条由Wnt蛋白及其受体、调节蛋白等组成的高度保守的信号通路,参与细胞增殖、凋亡、分化等多种生物学过程。Wnt信号通路作为参与皮肤愈合的信号通路之一,被认为具有调控皮肤及其附属器的发育、诱导皮肤附件的形态发生、调节毛囊的周期生长、促进创面血管新生及上皮重塑等多方面的功能。因此本文试从炎性细胞、成纤维细胞、干细胞、血管新生、表皮新生与毛囊新生等方面对Wnt信号通路与皮肤创面愈合的关系作一综述。     

丹参酮IIA磺酸钠对烧伤植皮创面愈合及瘢痕形成的影响

目的:探讨丹参酮IIA磺酸钠注射液对烧伤患者植皮创面愈合及瘢痕形成情况的影响。方法:选取2014年3月至2014年12月我院收治的烧伤植皮患者62例,根据临床用药分为试验组(使用丹参酮IIA磺酸钠注射组)与对照组(未使用丹参酮IIA磺酸钠注射液)。比较两组创面愈合情况,术后植皮成活率及愈合后瘢痕形成情况。结果:1经治疗,两组创面均愈合,试验组患者植皮成活率为(97.12±1.89)%,高于对照组(89.96±1.86)%,差异具有统计学意义(P0.01);试验组愈合时间较对照组短,试验组创面愈合时间为10.1±1.9天,对照组为14.3±2.3天,两组比较差异具有统计学意义(P0.001);瘢痕形成评价试验组均优于对照组,差异具有统计学意义,其中血肿面积(1.50±0.03 vs.3.04±0.08,P0.01)、畸形率[2(6.45)vs.8(25.81),P0.05]、感染率[2(6.45)vs.9(29.03),P0.05]。结论:丹参酮IIA磺酸钠注射液对于烧伤植皮创面的患者,能够提高植皮成活率,促进创面愈合,减轻瘢痕形成,改善创面愈合质量。     

Differential Effects of TGF-β1 on Hyaluronan Synthesis by Fetal and Adult Skin Fibroblasts: Implications for Cell Migration and Wound Healing

Fetal wound healing differs from its adult counterpart in that it is regenerative and occurs without scarring. The matrix macromolecule hyaluronan (HA) and various cytokines, including members of the TGF-β family, have been implicated in the control of scarring. We have previously reported that adult and fetal fibroblasts differ with respect to the effect of cell density on HA synthesis when cultured on plastic tissue culture dishes. Data regarding the effects of substratum and TGF-β1 on HA synthesis by these cells are presented in this communication. Our results indicate that HA synthesis by both fetal and adult fibroblasts is (a) up-regulated by culture on a collagen substratum and (b) differentially regulated by TGF-β1 in a manner which is dependent upon both substratum and cell density. TGF-β1 stimulated HA synthesis by confluent fetal fibroblasts growing on a plastic substratum, but inhibited HA synthesis on a collagen substratum; these data underscore the important role of the substratum in determining the precise effect of TGF-β1 on cell behavior. Related studies indicated that the migration of fetal and adult fibroblasts into the collagen substrata was modulated by TGF-β1 in a manner identical to its effect on HA synthesis. These observations are discussed in terms of the contribution of distinct fibroblast subpopulations to wound healing and the manner in which this is regulated by matrix and cytokines.     

Defining Epidermal Basal Cell States during Skin Homeostasis and Wound Healing Using Single-Cell Transcriptomics

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The Wound Healing and Antibacterial Activity of Five Ethnomedical Calophyllum inophyllum Oils: An Alternative Therapeutic Strategy to Treat Infected Wounds

Background

Calophyllum inophyllum L. (Calophyllaceae) is an evergreen tree ethno-medically used along the seashores and islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, especially in Polynesia. Oil extracted from the seeds is traditionally used topically to treat a wide range of skin injuries from burn, scar and infected wounds to skin diseases such as dermatosis, urticaria and eczema. However, very few scientific studies reported and quantified the therapeutic properties of Calophyllum inophyllum oil (CIO). In this work, five CIO from Indonesia (CIO1), Tahiti (CIO2, 3), Fiji islands (CIO4) and New Caledonia (CIO5) were studied and their cytotoxic, wound healing, and antibacterial properties were presented in order to provide a scientific support to their traditional use and verify their safety.

Methods

The safety of the five CIO was ascertained using the Alamar blue assay on human keratinocyte cells. CIO wound healing properties were determined using the scratch test assay on human keratinocyte cells. CIO-stimulated antibacterial innate immune response was evaluated using ELISA by measuring β defensin-2 release in human derivative macrophage cells. CIO antibacterial activity was tested using oilogramme against twenty aerobic Gram- bacteria species, twenty aerobic Gram+ bacteria species, including a multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain and two anaerobic Gram+ bacteria species e.g. Propionibacterium acnes and Propionibacterium granulosum. To detect polarity profile of the components responsible of the antibacterial activity, we performed bioautography against a Staphylococcus aureus strain.

Results

Based on Alamar Blue assay, we showed that CIO can be safely used on keratinocyte cells between 2.7% and 11.2% depending on CIO origin. Concerning the healing activity, all the CIO tested accelerated in vitro wound closure, the healing factor being 1.3 to 2.1 higher compared to control when keratinocytes were incubated after scratch with CIO at 0.1%. Furthermore, our results showed that CIO exhibit two distinct antibacterial effects: one against Gram+ bacteria by direct inhibition of mitotic growth and another potent effect against Gram- bacteria due to increased release of β-defensin 2 peptide by macrophages. Interestingly, the needed concentrations of CIO to inhibit bacteria growth and to promote wound healing are lower than concentrations exhibiting cytotoxic effects on keratinocyte cells. Finally, we performed bioautography assay against Staphylococcus aureus to determine polarity profile of the components responsible for CIO antibacterial activity. Our results showed for the five tested CIO that components responsible of the bacterial growth inhibition are the more polar one on the TLC chromatographic profile and are contained in the resinous fraction of the oil.

Conclusions

This study was conducted to evaluate cytotoxicity, wound healing and antibacterial properties of five CIO traditionally used to treat infected wounds. Using cell and bacteria cultures, we confirmed the pharmacological effects of CIO as wound healing and antimicrobial agent. Moreover, we showed that concentration of CIO needed to exhibit therapeutic effects are lower than concentrations exhibiting cytotoxic effects in vitro. For the first time, this study provides support for traditional uses of CIO. These wound healing and antibiotic properties make CIO a valuable candidate to treat infected wounds especially in tropical areas.     

Stress-Mediated Increases in Systemic and Local Epinephrine Impair Skin Wound Healing: Potential New Indication for Beta Blockers

Background

Stress, both acute and chronic, can impair cutaneous wound repair, which has previously been mechanistically ascribed to stress-induced elevations of cortisol. Here we aimed to examine an alternate explanation that the stress-induced hormone epinephrine directly impairs keratinocyte motility and wound re-epithelialization. Burn wounds are examined as a prototype of a high-stress, high-epinephrine, wound environment. Because keratinocytes express the β2-adrenergic receptor (β2AR), another study objective was to determine whether β2AR antagonists could block epinephrine effects on healing and improve wound repair.

Methods and Findings

Migratory rates of normal human keratinocytes exposed to physiologically relevant levels of epinephrine were measured. To determine the role of the receptor, keratinocytes derived from animals in which the β2AR had been genetically deleted were similarly examined. The rate of healing of burn wounds generated in excised human skin in high and low epinephrine environments was measured. We utilized an in vivo burn wound model in animals with implanted pumps to deliver β2AR active drugs to study how these alter healing in vivo. Immunocytochemistry and immunoblotting were used to examine the up-regulation of catecholamine synthetic enzymes in burned tissue, and immunoassay for epinephrine determined the levels of this catecholamine in affected tissue and in the circulation. When epinephrine levels in the culture medium are elevated to the range found in burn-stressed animals, the migratory rate of both cultured human and murine keratinocytes is impaired (reduced by 76%, 95% confidence interval [CI] 56%–95% in humans, p < 0.001, and by 36%, 95% CI 24%–49% in mice, p = 0.001), and wound re-epithelialization in explanted burned human skin is delayed (by 23%, 95% CI 10%–36%, p = 0.001), as compared to cells or tissues incubated in medium without added epinephrine. This impairment is reversed by β2AR antagonists, is absent in murine keratinocytes that are genetically depleted of the β2AR, and is reproduced by incubation of keratinocytes with other β2AR-specific agonists. Activation of the β2AR in cultured keratinocytes signals the down-regulation of the AKT pathway, accompanied by a stabilization of the actin cytoskeleton and an increase in focal adhesion formation, resulting in a nonmigratory phenotype. Burn wound injury in excised human skin also rapidly up-regulates the intra-epithelial expression of the epinephrine synthesizing enzyme phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase, and tissue levels of epinephrine rise dramatically (15-fold) in the burn wounded tissue (values of epinephrine expressed as pg/ug protein ± standard error of the mean: unburned control, 0.6 ± 0.36; immediately postburn, 9.6 ± 1.58; 2 h postburn, 3.1 ± 1.08; 24 h post-burn, 6.7 ± 0.94). Finally, using an animal burn wound model (20% body surface in mice), we found that systemic treatment with βAR antagonists results in a significant increase (44%, 95% CI 27%–61%, p < 0.00000001) in the rate of burn wound re-epithelialization.

Conclusions

This work demonstrates an alternate pathway by which stress can impair healing: by stress-induced elevation of epinephrine levels resulting in activation of the keratinocyte β2AR and the impairment of cell motility and wound re-epithelialization. Furthermore, since the burn wound locally generates epinephrine in response to wounding, epinephrine levels are locally, as well as systemically, elevated, and wound healing is impacted by these dual mechanisms. Treatment with beta adrenergic antagonists significantly improves the rate of burn wound re-epithelialization. This work suggests that specific β2AR antagonists may be apt, near-term translational therapeutic targets for enhancing burn wound healing, and may provide a novel, low-cost, safe approach to improving skin wound repair in the stressed individual.     

Protein degradation fragments as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of connective tissue diseases: understanding the extracellular matrix message and implication for current and future serological biomarkers

The aim of this review is to discuss the potential usefulness of novel biochemical markers of connective tissues: neo-epitopes of extracellular matrix proteins generated by post-translational modifications by tissue proteinases. As each modification results from a specific local physiological or pathobiological process, the identification of specific proteinase-mediated cleavage products of tissue-specific proteins may produce a unique disease-specific biochemical marker. The authors present a novel interpretation of the process of tissue degradation described by neo-epitope fragments of the interstitial and basement membrane matrix in fibrotic disease, and the diagnostic and prognostic potential of such markers. Moreover, the authors highlight the importance of matrix protein fragments not only as markers of tissue remodeling, but also as players in tissue remodeling, due to their signaling properties.     

IL-33/HMGB-1与胎鼠皮肤伤口的瘢痕形成的相关性研究

摘要 目的：探究IL-33/HMGB-1在胎鼠伤口愈合中的作用。方法：构建小鼠伤口愈合模型,并随机分组为注射PBS组、注射重组蛋白IL-33组和重组蛋白HMGB-1组。通过免疫组织化学、DAB和苏木精复染方法检测IL-33/HMGB-1的表达及定位;结合Axiovision软件计算MOMA-2阳性巨噬细胞、波形蛋白阳性成纤维细胞和血管密度;通过Masson''s三色染色评估伤口胶原蛋白的沉积情况和愈合情况。结果：E15和E18胎鼠未损伤皮肤的基底角质形成细胞核均呈阳性染色;与E15胎鼠相比,E18胎鼠皮肤中HMGB-1和IL-33的表达水平升高（P<0.05）。处理0 h-48 h,E15和E18胎鼠伤口边缘附近角质形成细胞的核染色呈降低,IL-33和HMGB-1表达水平均降低（P<0.05）。Masson三色染色结果显示,与PBS组相比,当采取200 ng或400 ng HMGB-1或IL-33处理,E15胎鼠伤口愈合形成疤痕的数量均显著增加（P<0.05）,且疤痕大小呈剂量依赖性增加（P<0.05）。创伤后7 d,与PBS组相比,HMGB-1和IL-33处理的E15胎鼠伤口和瘢痕中波形蛋白阳性成纤维细胞、MOMA-2阳性巨噬细胞的数量和PECAM阳性血管密度均显著升高（P<0.01）。结论：IL-33/HMGB-1可以促进胎鼠伤口瘢痕的形成,其可能机制包括对成纤维细胞的直接刺激,以及与伤口中血管生成和巨噬细胞募集增加有关。     

Scarless integumentary wound healing in the mammalian fetus: Molecular basis and therapeutic implications

Adult mammals respond to injury of their skin/integument by forming scar tissue. Scar is useful in rapidly sealing an injured area, but can also lead to significant morbidity. Mammals in fetal life retain the ability to heal integumentary wounds regeneratively, without scar. The critical molecular mechanisms governing this remarkable phenomenon have been a subject of great interest, in the hopes that these could be dissected and recapitulated in the healing adult wound, with the goal of inducing scarless healing in injured patients. Multiple lines of investigation spanning decades have implicated a number of factors in distinguishing scarless from fibrotic wound healing, including most prominently transforming growth factor‐β and interleukin‐10, among others. Therapeutic interventions to try to mitigate scarring in adult wounds have been developed out of these studies, and have reached the level of clinical trials in humans, although as yet no FDA‐approved treatment exists. More recent expressomic studies have revealed many more genes that are differentially expressed in scarlessly healing fetal wounds compared with adult, and microRNAs have also been identified as participating in the fetal wound healing response. These represent an even greater range of potential therapeutics (or targets for therapy) to translate the promise of scarless fetal wound healing to the injured adult patient. Birth Defects Research (Part C) 96:223–236, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Chemical Composition of Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens Flower Absolute and Its Beneficial Effects on Skin Wound Healing and Melanogenesis-Related Cell Activities

Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens (MSP, flame grass) is found in Korea, Japan, and China, and its biological activities include anti-cancer, detoxifying, vasodilatory, antipyretic, and diuretic effects. However, no study has investigated the effects of MSP on skin-related biological activities. In this study, we explored the effects of the absolute extracted from the MSP flowers (MSPFAb) on skin wound healing- and whitening-related responses in keratinocytes or melanocytes. MSPFAb contained 6 components and induced the proliferation, migration, and syntheses of type I and IV collagens in keratinocytes. MSPFAb also increased the phosphorylations of serine/threonine-specific protein kinase, p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, and extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 in keratinocytes. In addition, treatment with MSPFAb decreased serum-induced melanoma cell proliferation and inhibited tyrosinase activity and melanin contents in α-MSH-stimulated melanoma cells. Taken together, this study indicates MSPFAb may promote wound healing- and whitening-associated activities in dermal cells, and suggests that it has potential use as a wound healing and skin whitening agent.     

The Effect of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Chitosan Gel on Full Thickness Skin Wound Healing in Albino Rats: Histological,Immunohistochemical and Fluorescent Study

Background

Wound healing involves the integration of complex biological processes. Several studies examined numerous approaches to enhance wound healing and to minimize its related morbidity. Both chitosan and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were used in treating skin wounds. The aim of the current work was to compare MSCs versus chitosan in wound healing, evaluate the most efficient route of administration of MSCs, either intradermal or systemic injection, and elicit the mechanisms inducing epidermal and dermal cell regeneration using histological, immunohistochemical and fluorescent techniques.

Material and Methods

Forty adult male Sprague Dawley albino rats were divided into four equal groups (ten rats in each group): control group (Group I); full thickness surgical skin wound model, Group II: Wound and chitosan gel. Group III: Wound treated with systemic injection of MSCs and Group IV: Wound treated with intradermal injection of MSCs. The healing ulcer was examined on day 3, 5, 10 and 15 for gross morphological evaluation and on day 10 and 15 for histological, immunohistochemical and fluorescent studies.

Results

Chitosan was proved to promote wound healing more than the control group but none of their wound reached complete closure. Better and faster healing of wounds in MSCs treated groups were manifested more than the control or chitosan treated groups. It was found that the intradermal route of administration of stem cells enhanced the rate of healing of skin wounds better than the systemic administration to the extent that, by the end of the fifteenth day of the experiment, the wounds were completely healed in all rats of this group. Histologically, the wound areas of group IV were hardly demarcated from the adjacent normal skin and showed complete regeneration of the epidermis, dermis, hypodermis and underlying muscle fibers. Collagen fibers were arranged in many directions, with significant increase in their area percent, surrounding fully regenerated hair follicles and sebaceous glands in the dermis of the healed areas more than in other groups.

Conclusion

MSCs enhanced the healing process of wound closure more than chitosan gel treatment. Furthermore, MSCs injected intradermally, were more efficient in accelerating wound healing than any other mode of treatment.     

负压封闭引流技术联合游离植皮治疗深度烧伤创面的疗效及对患者血清炎性因子及疼痛介质的影响

摘要 目的：探讨负压封闭引流技术（VSD）联合游离植皮治疗深度烧伤创面的疗效及对患者血清炎性因子及疼痛介质的影响。方法：选取2018年2月~2020年2月期间我院收治的103例深度烧伤患者,按乱数表法分为研究组51例及对照组52例,对照组患者给予游离植皮治疗,研究组在对照组基础上联合VSD,比较两组平均换药次数、平均住院时间、创面愈合时间、细菌培养阳性率、首次植皮存活率、创面愈合率、并发症、炎性因子[白介素-6（IL-6）、C反应蛋白（CRP）、肿瘤坏死因子-α（TNF-α）]以及疼痛介质[5-羟色胺（5-HT）、脑内神经肽（NPY）、前列腺素E2（PGE2）]水平。结果：研究组平均换药次数少于对照组,创面愈合时间、平均住院时间短于对照组（P<0.05）。研究组细菌培养阳性率低于对照组（P<0.05）,研究组首次植皮存活率、创面愈合率均高于对照组（P<0.05）。治疗后,两组IL-6、CRP、TNF-α、5-HT、NPY、PGE2水平均较治疗前下降,且研究组低于对照组（P<0.05）。研究组的并发症发生率为5.88%（3/51）,低于对照组的21.15%（11/52）（P<0.05）。结论：深度烧伤创面采用游离植皮联合VSD技术修复疗效显著,可有效促进创面愈合,降低并发症发生风险,降低炎性因子及疼痛介质水平。