the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(81372061);the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(81673089);the Basic and Frontier Research of Chongqing(CSTC2016jcyjA0381)
Na ZHAO, Dengqun LIU, Guojian WANG, et al. Role of autophagy during cutaneous wound healing in mice[J]. Journal of Third Military Medical University, 2019, 41(1): 25-32.
DOI:
Na ZHAO, Dengqun LIU, Guojian WANG, et al. Role of autophagy during cutaneous wound healing in mice[J]. Journal of Third Military Medical University, 2019, 41(1): 25-32. DOI: 10.16016/j.1000-5404.201808194.
Role of autophagy during cutaneous wound healing in mice
To observe the dynamic changes in autophagy during cutaneous wound healing and investigate its possible contributions to wound repair.
Methods
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Two skin wound of 6 mm in size were inflicted on the back of GFP-LC3 transgenic mice. In 0
3
7 and 14 d after skin injury
the skin samples were harvested to prepare paraffin-embedded sections
and GFP immunohistochemical (IHC) staining with anit-LC3 antibody was performed for the dynamic changes of autophagy during wound healing. Double-labeling immunofluorescence assay was utilized for identifying cell types of autophgy in granulation tissues by staining both GFP and macrophage marker F4/80 or myofibroblasts marker α-SMA. The mice were divided into skin defect group and injured mice with 3-methyladenine (3-MA
10 mg/kg
intra-peritoneal injection for 10 continuous days) treatment group. The dynamic changes of the wound were observed
and the skin tissues were collected in 0
7 and 10 d after injury to evaluate the effect of autophagy on wound healing after fixation and staining. qRT-PCR was employed to detect the expression levels of α-SMA
TGF-β1
PAI-1
type Ⅰ and Ⅲ collagen in the wound samples.
Results
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The autophagic activity was enhanced and then declined in the process of wound healing
and its strongest activity was obse
rved in proliferative phase (7 d). In the granulation tissues
the activity was stronger in the keratinocytes than the interstitial cells
and the autophagic cells were mainly α-SMA-positive myofibroblasts. There were no significant differences in wound area and width
and epidermis thickness in 7 and 10 d after skin injury between the 3-MA treatment and untreated mice
but the former group had significantly increased proliferation activity of epidermal basal cells (
P
<
0.05) at 7 d after injury. However
no significant differences were seen in the mRNA levels of α-SMA
TGF-β1
PAI-1 and collagen molecules between the 2 groups of mice.
Conclusion
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There exists stronger autophagic activity in the proliferative phase of cutaneous wound healing
but inhibiting autophagy shows little impact on the process.
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