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Rai V, Le H, Agrawal DK. Novel mediators regulating angiogenesis in diabetic foot ulcer healing. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2023; 101:488-501. [PMID: 37459652 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2023-0193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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A non-healing diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is a debilitating clinical problem amounting to socioeconomic and psychosocial burdens. DFUs increase morbidity due to prolonged treatment and mortality in the case of non-treatable ulcers resulting in gangrene and septicemia. The overall amputation rate of the lower extremity with DFU ranges from 3.34% to 42.83%. Wound debridement, antibiotics, applying growth factors, negative pressure wound therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, topical oxygen, and skin grafts are common therapies for DFU. However, recurrence and nonhealing ulcers are still major issues. Chronicity of inflammation, hypoxic environment, poor angiogenesis, and decreased formation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) are common impediments leading to nonhealing patterns of DFUs. Angiogenesis is crucial for wound healing since proper vessel formation facilitates nutrients, oxygen, and immune cells to the ulcer tissue to help in clearing out debris and facilitate healing. However, poor angiogenesis due to decreased expression of angiogenic mediators and matrix formation results in nonhealing and ultimately amputation. Multiple proangiogenic mediators and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy exist to enhance angiogenesis, but the results are not satisfactory. Thus, there is a need to investigate novel pro-angiogenic mediators that can either alone or in combination enhance the angiogenesis and healing of DFUs. In this article, we critically reviewed the existing pro-angiogenic mediators followed by potentially novel factors that might play a regulatory role in promoting angiogenesis and wound healing in DFUs.
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- Vikrant Rai
- Department of Translational Research, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA
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- Department of Translational Research, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA
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- Department of Translational Research, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA
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Fu M, Peng D, Lan T, Wei Y, Wei X. Multifunctional regulatory protein connective tissue growth factor (CTGF): A potential therapeutic target for diverse diseases. Acta Pharm Sin B 2022; 12:1740-1760. [PMID: 35847511 PMCID: PMC9279711 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsb.2022.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF), a multifunctional protein of the CCN family, regulates cell proliferation, differentiation, adhesion, and a variety of other biological processes. It is involved in the disease-related pathways such as the Hippo pathway, p53 and nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) pathways and thus contributes to the developments of inflammation, fibrosis, cancer and other diseases as a downstream effector. Therefore, CTGF might be a potential therapeutic target for treating various diseases. In recent years, the research on the potential of CTGF in the treatment of diseases has also been paid more attention. Several drugs targeting CTGF (monoclonal antibodies FG3149 and FG3019) are being assessed by clinical or preclinical trials and have shown promising outcomes. In this review, the cellular events regulated by CTGF, and the relationships between CTGF and pathogenesis of diseases are systematically summarized. In addition, we highlight the current researches, focusing on the preclinical and clinical trials concerned with CTGF as the therapeutic target.
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de Almeida SA, Orellano LAA, Pereira LX, Viana CTR, Andrade SP, Campos PP, Ferreira MAND. The intensity of the foreign body response to polyether-polyurethane implant in diabetic mice is strain-dependent. Int J Exp Pathol 2021; 102:182-191. [PMID: 34747080 PMCID: PMC8576635 DOI: 10.1111/iep.12397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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A number of genetic factors have been linked to the development of diabetes, a condition that often requires implantable devices such as glucose sensors. In normoglycaemic individuals, this procedure induces a foreign body reaction (FBR) that is detrimental to bioimplant functionality. However, the influence of the genetic background on this reaction in diabetes has not been investigated. We examined the components of FBR (capsule thickness, collagen deposition, mast cell and foreign body giant cell number) in subcutaneous implants of polyether polyurethane (SIPP) in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in Swiss, C57BL/6 and Balb/c mice. The fasting blood glucose levels before STZ injections were 133.5 ± 5.1 mg/dL, after the treatment increased 68.4% in Swiss mice, 62.4% in C57BL/6 and 30.9% in Balb/c mice. All FBR features were higher in implants of Swiss and C57BL/6 mice compared with those in implants of Balb/c. Likewise, the apoptotic index was higher in implants of diabetic Swiss and C57BL/6 mice whose glycaemic levels were the highest. Our findings show an association between the severity of hyperglycaemic levels and the intensity of the FBR to SIPP. These important strain-related differences in susceptibility to diabetes and the intensity of the FBR must be considered in management using implantable devices in diabetic individuals.
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- Simone A. de Almeida
- Departamento de Patologia GeralInstituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Departamento de Patologia GeralInstituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
- Present address:
Department of PathologyUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School368 Plantation StWorcesterMAUSA
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- Departamento de EnfermagemUniversidade Federal de Alagoas Av. Manoel Severino Barbosa Bom Sucesso – Campus ArapiracaArapiracaBrazil
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- Departamento de Patologia GeralInstituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e BiofisicaUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisInstituto de Ciências BiológicasBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Departamento de Patologia GeralInstituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Departamento de Patologia GeralInstituto de Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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Fan S, Yang Z, Liu Y, Zhong J, Zhang S, Xiao Y, Liu X, Yi W, He C, Hu Y, Liu X. Extensive Sub-RPE Complement Deposition in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Early-Stage Diabetic Retinopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2021; 62:30. [PMID: 33749721 PMCID: PMC7991921 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.62.3.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Purpose This study aims to reveal retinal abnormities in a spontaneous diabetic nonhuman primate model and explore the mechanism of featured injuries. Methods Twenty-eight cynomolgus monkeys were identified to suffer from spontaneous type 2 diabetes from a colony of more than eight-hundred aged monkeys, and twenty-six age-matched ones were chosen as controls. Their blood biochemistry profiles were determined and retinal changes were examined by multimodal imaging, hematoxylin and eosin staining, and immunofluorescence. Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells were further investigated by RNA sequencing and computational analyses. Results These diabetic monkeys were characterized by early retinal vascular and neural damage and dyslipidemia. The typical acellular capillaries and pericyte ghost were found in the diabetic retina, which also exhibited reduced retinal nerve fiber layer thickness compared to controls (all P < 0.05). Of note, distinct sub-RPE drusenoid lesions were extensively observed in these diabetic monkeys (46.43% vs. 7.69%), and complements including C3 and C5b-9 were deposited in these lesions. RNA-seq analysis revealed complement activation, AGE/RAGE activation and inflammatory response in diabetic RPE cells. Consistently, the plasma C3 and C4 were particularly increased in the diabetic monkeys with drusenoid lesions (P = 0.028 and 0.029). Conclusions The spontaneous type 2 diabetic monkeys featured with early-stage retinopathy including not only typical vascular and neural damage but also a distinct sub-RPE deposition. The complement activation of RPE cells in response to hyperglycemia might contribute to the deposition, revealing an unrecognized role of RPE cells in the early-stage pathological process of diabetic retinopathy.
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- Shuxin Fan
- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Stolf AM, Campos Cardoso C, Morais HD, Alves de Souza CE, Lomba LA, Brandt AP, Agnes JP, Collere FC, Galindo CM, Corso CR, Spercoski KM, Locatelli Dittrich R, Zampronio AR, Cadena SMSC, Acco A. Effects of silymarin on angiogenesis and oxidative stress in streptozotocin-induced diabetes in mice. Biomed Pharmacother 2018; 108:232-243. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.09.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Wang L, He T, Fu A, Mao Z, Yi L, Tang S, Yang J. Hesperidin enhances angiogenesis via modulating expression of growth and inflammatory factor in diabetic foot ulcer in rats. EUR J INFLAMM 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/2058739218775255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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One of the most devastating consequences of diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition, diabetic foot ulcer. Numerous investigations are being targeted to explore newer compounds for treatment of diabetic foot ulcer wounds in diabetic patients. Hesperidin (HSP), an isoflavone glycoside has been established to exhibit antidiabetic and antioxidant potential. In the current investigation, diabetes was induced in rats by administration by streptozotocin (STZ) intraperitoneally (50 mg/kg). Wound-healing capacity was estimated in hind paw of rats by artificially initiating wound injury on the paw dorsal surface. The injured animals were administered with incremental doses of HSP suspension orally (10, 20, 40, 60, and 80 mg/kg) and insulin subcutaneously (10 IU/kg). Parameters such as wound area were estimated every 2 days, and at the end of 20 days of study, biochemical estimations in serum and histopathological observations of the wound were made. HSP (60 and 80 mg/kg) revealed statistically significant ( P < 0.05) improvement in wound dimension, glucose and insulin concentration, and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C). Administration of HSP indicated significant ( P < 0.05) modulation of mRNA associated with expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), whereas the levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-6 levels were lowered compared to the control group of animals. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) indicated expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors 1 and 2 (VEGFR1 and VEGFR2) compared to glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). Histological observations indicated higher expression of VEGF in the groups receiving HSP, indicative of angiogenesis stimulation in the diabetic wound. The results advocate angiogenesis activity of HSP was enhanced owing to reduction in hyperglycemia and oxidative stress–induced damage, reduced expression of inflammatory mediators, and enhanced expression of growth-related factors, thereby promoting healing of diabetic foot ulcer.
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- Li Wang
- Department of Endocrinology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis of Hubei Province, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Regulation and bioactivity of the CCN family of genes and proteins in obesity and diabetes. J Cell Commun Signal 2018; 12:359-368. [PMID: 29411334 DOI: 10.1007/s12079-018-0458-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Across the years the CCNs have been increasingly implicated in the development of obesity, diabetes and its complications. Evidence for this is currently derived from their dysregulation in key metabolic pathological states in humans, animal and in vitro models, and also pre-clinical effects of their bioactivities. CCN2 is the best studied in this disease process and the other CCNs are yet to be better defined. Key steps where CCNs may play a pathogenic metabolic role include: (i) obesity and insulin resistance, where CCN2 inhibits fat cell differentiation in vitro and CCN3 may induce obesity and insulin resistance; (ii) elevated blood glucose levels to diabetes mellitus onset, where CCN2 may contribute to pancreatic beta cell and islet function; and (iii) in diabetes complications, such as nephropathy, retinopathy, liver disease (NAFLD/NASH), CVD and diabetes with heart failure. In contrast, CCN1, CCN2 and possibly CCN3, may have a reparative role in wound healing in diabetes, and CCN2 in islet cell development. In terms of CCN2 regulation by a diabetes metabolic environment and related mechanisms, the author's laboratory and others have progressively shown that advanced glycation-end products, protein kinase C isoforms, saturated fatty acids, reactive oxygen species and haemodynamic factors upregulate CCN2 in relevant cell and animal systems. Recent data has suggested that CCN2, CCN3 and CCN6 may affect energy homeostasis including in regulating glycolysis and mitochondrial function. This paper will address the current data implicating CCNs in diabetes and its complications, focusing on recent aspects with translational clinical relevance and future directions.
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Laiva AL, O'Brien FJ, Keogh MB. Innovations in gene and growth factor delivery systems for diabetic wound healing. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2018; 12:e296-e312. [PMID: 28482114 PMCID: PMC5813216 DOI: 10.1002/term.2443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2016] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The rise in lower extremity amputations due to nonhealing of foot ulcers in diabetic patients calls for rapid improvement in effective treatment regimens. Administration of growth factors (GFs) are thought to offer an off-the-shelf treatment; however, the dose- and time-dependent efficacy of the GFs together with the hostile environment of diabetic wound beds impose a major hindrance in the selection of an ideal route for GF delivery. As an alternative, the delivery of therapeutic genes using viral and nonviral vectors, capable of transiently expressing the genes until the recovery of the wounded tissue offers promise. The development of implantable biomaterial dressings capable of modulating the release of either single or combinatorial GFs/genes may offer solutions to this overgrowing problem. This article reviews the state of the art on gene and protein delivery and the strategic optimization of clinically adopted delivery strategies for the healing of diabetic wounds.
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- Ashang Luwang Laiva
- Tissue Engineering Research Group, Department of AnatomyRoyal College of Surgeons in IrelandDublinIreland
- Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research CentreRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Trinity College DublinIreland
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- Tissue Engineering Research Group, Department of AnatomyRoyal College of Surgeons in IrelandDublinIreland
- Trinity Centre for BioengineeringTrinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College DublinIreland
- Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research CentreRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Trinity College DublinIreland
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- Tissue Engineering Research Group, Department of AnatomyRoyal College of Surgeons in IrelandDublinIreland
- Medical University of BahrainAdliyaKingdom of Bahrain
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Yan W, Liu H, Deng X, Jin Y, Wang N, Chu J. Acellular dermal matrix scaffolds coated with connective tissue growth factor accelerate diabetic wound healing by increasing fibronectin through PKC signalling pathway. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2017; 12:e1461-e1473. [DOI: 10.1002/term.2564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Revised: 07/31/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Wenxia Yan
- College of BiophotonicsSouth China Normal University Guangzhou China
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- College of BiophotonicsSouth China Normal University Guangzhou China
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- College of BiophotonicsSouth China Normal University Guangzhou China
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- College of BiophotonicsSouth China Normal University Guangzhou China
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- College of BiophotonicsSouth China Normal University Guangzhou China
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- College of BiophotonicsSouth China Normal University Guangzhou China
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Soto RJ, Merricks EP, Bellinger DA, Nichols TC, Schoenfisch MH. Influence of diabetes on the foreign body response to nitric oxide-releasing implants. Biomaterials 2017; 157:76-85. [PMID: 29245053 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The foreign body response (FBR) to nitric oxide (NO)-releasing subcutaneous implants was compared between healthy and streptozotocin-induced diabetic swine by evaluating inflammation, collagen capsule formation, and angiogenesis. Steel wire substrates were first modified with polyurethane membranes capable of diverse NO-release kinetics (NO fluxes and release durations of 0.8-630.0 pmol cm-2 s-1 and 2-13 d, respectively). The NO-releasing materials were implanted in the subcutis for 3, 10, or 25 d for histological and immunohistochemical evaluation of the FBR. A delayed, more severe inflammatory response to control (i.e., non-NO-releasing) implants was observed in diabetic pigs relative to healthy swine. Regardless of the animal disease state, each NO-releasing implant tested elicited reduced inflammation compared to controls at both 3 and 10 d. However, only the NO-release materials capable of releasing low NO fluxes (0.8-3.3 pmol cm-2 s-1) for 7-13 d durations mitigated the inflammatory response at 25 d. Using immunohistochemical staining for the endothelial cell surface marker CD-31, we also observed poor blood vessel development at non-NO-releasing implants in diabetic swine. Relative to controls, NO-releasing implants with the longest NO-release duration (13 d) increased blood vessel densities by 47.1 and 70.4% in the healthy and diabetic pigs, respectively. In the healthy model, tissues surrounding the long NO-release materials contained sparse amounts of collagen, whereas implants with shorter NO-release durations (2, 3, and 7 d) were characterized with a dense collagen encapsulation layer, similar to controls. Collagen deposition in diabetic swine was inhibited, and unaffected by NO. These results emphasize several key differences in the FBR in the setting of acute onset diabetes. The observation that NO release counteracts the more severe FBR in diabetic swine while simultaneously promoting tissue integration may help guide the design of medical implants (e.g., glucose sensors) with improved performance for diabetes management.
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- Robert J Soto
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
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- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
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- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
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- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States.
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Insulin treatment prevents wounding associated changes in tissue and circulating neutrophil MMP-9 and NGAL in diabetic rats. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0170951. [PMID: 28182694 PMCID: PMC5300126 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Neutrophils are important for wound repair, but their persistence can impair the healing process. Neutrophils express matrix metalloproteinases including MMP-9 and its regulator neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL). Whether wounding affects neutrophil MMP-9 and NGAL in diabetic animals is not known. Skin wound tissue MMP-9 and NGAL was examined by qRT-PCR and immunohistochemistry in control, diabetic and insulin treated diabetic rats. The temporal expression of MMP-9 and NGAL mRNA, MMP-9 activity and the NGAL/MMP-9 complex was also investigated in an implant model and their circulating neutrophils. The cellular localisation of MMP-9 and NGAL was confirmed by immunofluorescence and the ability of glucose to regulate these factors was examined in isolated neutrophils. In skin wound tissue compared with control, diabetes increased neutrophil infiltration, NGAL mRNA and MMP-9 protein (P<0.05). Diabetes significantly increased implant neutrophil NGAL and MMP-9 protein as well as NGAL mRNA, wound fluid NGAL/MMP-9 complex and MMP-9 activity (all <0.05). Circulating neutrophil MMP-9 and NGAL was also increased in these diabetic animals (P<0.05). These changes were prevented by insulin treatment. Ex vivo, high glucose (25mM) increased neutrophil NGAL and MMP-9 (both by 2 fold, P<0.05). NGAL and MMP-9 are increased in wound and circulating neutrophils in diabetic rodents. These changes and the association between higher NGAL and increased wound fluid MMP-9 activity suggest that increased neutrophil NGAL may contribute to increased MMP-9 in poorly healing diabetic wounds. Whether targeting neutrophil NGAL or MMP-9 can improve diabetic wound healing remains to be investigated.
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Murine strain differences in inflammatory angiogenesis of internal wound in diabetes. Biomed Pharmacother 2017; 86:715-724. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2016.11.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 11/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Hierarchy of cellular decisions in collective behavior: Implications for wound healing. Sci Rep 2016; 6:20139. [PMID: 26832302 PMCID: PMC4735862 DOI: 10.1038/srep20139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Collective processes such as wound re-epithelialization result from the integration of individual cellular decisions. To determine which individual cell behaviors represent the most promising targets to engineer re-epithelialization, we examined collective and individual responses of HaCaT keratinocytes seeded upon polyacrylamide gels of three stiffnesses (1, 30, and 100 kPa) and treated with a range of epidermal growth factor (EGF) doses. Wound closure was found to increase with substrate stiffness, but was responsive to EGF treatment only above a stiffness threshold. Individual cell behaviors were used to create a partial least squares regression model to predict the hierarchy of factors driving wound closure. Unexpectedly, cell area and persistence were found to have the strongest correlation to the observed differences in wound closure. Meanwhile, the model predicted a relatively weak correlation between wound closure with proliferation, and the unexpectedly minor input from proliferation was successfully tested with inhibition by aphidicolin. Combined, these results suggest that the poor clinical results for growth factor-based therapies for chronic wounds may result from a disconnect between the individual cellular behaviors targeted in these approaches and the resulting collective response. Additionally, the stiffness-dependency of EGF sensitivity suggests that therapies matched to microenvironmental characteristics will be more efficacious.
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Henshaw FR, Boughton P, Lo L, McLennan SV, Twigg SM. Topically applied connective tissue growth factor/CCN2 improves diabetic preclinical cutaneous wound healing: potential role for CTGF in human diabetic foot ulcer healing. J Diabetes Res 2015; 2015:236238. [PMID: 25789327 PMCID: PMC4348590 DOI: 10.1155/2015/236238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2014] [Revised: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Topical application of CTGF/CCN2 to rodent diabetic and control wounds was examined. In parallel research, correlation of CTGF wound fluid levels with healing rate in human diabetic foot ulcers was undertaken. METHODS Full thickness cutaneous wounds in diabetic and nondiabetic control rats were treated topically with 1 μg rhCTGF or vehicle alone, on 2 consecutive days. Wound healing rate was observed on day 14 and wound sites were examined for breaking strength and granulation tissue. In the human study across 32 subjects, serial CTGF regulation was analyzed longitudinally in postdebridement diabetic wound fluid. RESULTS CTGF treated diabetic wounds had an accelerated closure rate compared with vehicle treated diabetic wounds. Healed skin withstood more strain before breaking in CTGF treated rat wounds. Granulation tissue from CTGF treatment in diabetic wounds showed collagen IV accumulation compared with nondiabetic animals. Wound α-smooth muscle actin was increased in CTGF treated diabetic wounds compared with untreated diabetic wounds, as was macrophage infiltration. Endogenous wound fluid CTGF protein rate of increase in human diabetic foot ulcers correlated positively with foot ulcer healing rate (r = 0.406; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION These data collectively increasingly substantiate a functional role for CTGF in human diabetic foot ulcers.
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- F. R. Henshaw
- Sydney Medical School and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
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Socarrás TO, Vasconcelos AC, Campos PP, Pereira NB, Souza JPC, Andrade SP. Foreign body response to subcutaneous implants in diabetic rats. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110945. [PMID: 25372281 PMCID: PMC4220951 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Implantation of synthetic matrices and biomedical devices in diabetic individuals has become a common procedure to repair and/or replace biological tissues. However, an adverse foreign body reaction that invariably occurs adjacent to implant devices impairing their function is poorly characterized in the diabetic environment. We investigated the influence of this condition on the abnormal tissue healing response in implants placed subcutaneously in normoglycemic and streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rats. In polyether-polyurethane sponge discs removed 10 days after implantation, the components of the fibrovascular tissue (angiogenesis, inflammation, fibrogenesis, and apoptosis) were assessed. Intra-implant levels of hemoglobin and vascular endothelial growth factor were not different after diabetes when compared with normoglycemic counterparts. However, there were a lower number of vessels in the fibrovascular tissue from diabetic rats when compared with vessel numbers in implants from non-diabetic animals. Overall, the inflammatory parameters (neutrophil accumulation - myeloperoxidase activity, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 levels and mast cell counting) increased in subcutaneous implants after diabetes induction. However, macrophage activation (N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase activity) was lower in implants from diabetic rats when compared with those from normoglycemic animals. All fibrogenic markers (transforming growth factor beta 1 levels, collagen deposition, fibrous capsule thickness, and foreign body giant cells) decreased after diabetes, whereas apoptosis (TUNEL) increased. Our results showing that hyperglycemia down regulates the main features of the foreign body reaction induced by subcutaneous implants in rats may be relevant in understanding biomaterial integration and performance in diabetes.
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- Teresa Oviedo Socarrás
- Department of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Department of Livestock Sciences, University of Córdoba, Montería, Córdoba, Colombia
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- Department of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- * E-mail:
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- Department of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Pathology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Moll S, Meier M, Formentini I, Pomposiello S, Prunotto M. New renal drug development to face chronic renal disease. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2014; 9:1471-85. [DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2014.956075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Kandhare AD, Ghosh P, Bodhankar SL. Naringin, a flavanone glycoside, promotes angiogenesis and inhibits endothelial apoptosis through modulation of inflammatory and growth factor expression in diabetic foot ulcer in rats. Chem Biol Interact 2014; 219:101-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2014.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Revised: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Scott C, Bonner J, Min D, Boughton P, Stokes R, Cha KM, Walters SN, Maslowski K, Sierro F, Grey ST, Twigg S, McLennan S, Gunton JE. Reduction of ARNT in myeloid cells causes immune suppression and delayed wound healing. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2014; 307:C349-57. [PMID: 24990649 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00306.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator (ARNT) is a transcription factor that binds to partners to mediate responses to environmental signals. To investigate its role in the innate immune system, floxed ARNT mice were bred with lysozyme M-Cre recombinase animals to generate lysozyme M-ARNT (LAR) mice with reduced ARNT expression. Myeloid cells of LAR mice had altered mRNA expression and delayed wound healing. Interestingly, when the animals were rendered diabetic, the difference in wound healing between the LAR mice and their littermate controls was no longer present, suggesting that decreased myeloid cell ARNT function may be an important factor in impaired wound healing in diabetes. Deferoxamine (DFO) improves wound healing by increasing hypoxia-inducible factors, which require ARNT for function. DFO was not effective in wounds of LAR mice, again suggesting that myeloid cells are important for normal wound healing and for the full benefit of DFO. These findings suggest that myeloid ARNT is important for immune function and wound healing. Increasing ARNT and, more specifically, myeloid ARNT may be a therapeutic strategy to improve wound healing.
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- Christopher Scott
- Diabetes and Transcription Factors Group, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- St. George Clinical School, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Diabetes and Transcription Factors Group, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Diabetes and Transcription Factors Group, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Liver Immunology, Centenary Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Diabetes and Transcription Factors Group, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; St. Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Ko CH, Yi S, Ozaki R, Cochrane H, Chung H, Lau W, Koon CM, Hoi SWH, Lo W, Cheng KF, Lau CBS, Chan WY, Leung PC, Chan JCN. Healing effect of a two-herb recipe (NF3) on foot ulcers in Chinese patients with diabetes: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study. J Diabetes 2014; 6:323-34. [PMID: 24330156 DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.12117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Revised: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In the present study, we examined the effect of a two-herb traditional Chinese medicine (NF3), comprised of Astragali Radix and Radix Rehmanniae, on the healing of diabetic foot ulcer and the possible molecular mechanisms involved. METHODS This was a prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study. Sixteen diabetic patients were randomized to receive either placebo or NF3 for 6 months. Ulcer healing and sensory changes were examined. Molecular studies included measurement of serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and RNA microarray investigation. RESULTS The daily rate of reduction in ulcer area was 3.55% in the NF3 group and 1.52% in the placebo group (P = 0.062). In the index limb, the number of negative tests for sensory neuropathy using monofilament was reduced from 27% to 7% in the NF3 group and from 37% to 35% in the placebo group (P < 0.001). In addition, NF3 significantly decreased serum TNF-α levels (P = 0.034). Microarray studies revealed concerted changes following NF3 treatment in the expression of genes implicated in fibroblast regeneration, angiogenesis, and anti-inflammation. CONCLUSIONS In this proof-of-concept study, 6-month treatment with NF3 was associated with improved wound healing and sensation accompanied by concerted changes in gene expression.
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- Chun Hay Ko
- Institute of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China; State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China
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Oviedo-Socarrás T, Vasconcelos AC, Barbosa IX, Pereira NB, Campos PP, Andrade SP. Diabetes alters inflammation, angiogenesis, and fibrogenesis in intraperitoneal implants in rats. Microvasc Res 2014; 93:23-9. [PMID: 24594441 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2014.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Revised: 01/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The increased prevalence of diabetes worldwide is associated with increasing numbers of diabetic individuals receiving synthetic matrices and biomedical implants to repair and/or replace biological tissues. This therapeutic procedure invariably leads to adverse tissue healing (foreign body reaction), thus impairing the biomedical device function of subcutaneous implants. However, the influence of diabetes on abnormal tissue healing in intraperitoneal implants is unclear. We investigated key components of foreign body reactions in diabetic rats. Polyether-polyurethane sponge discs were placed intraperitoneally in rats previously injected with streptozotocin for induction of diabetes and in non-diabetic rats. Implants removed 10 days after implantation were assessed by determining the components of the fibrovascular tissue (angiogenesis, inflammation, and fibrogenesis). In implants from diabetic rats, fibrous capsule thickness and fibrovascular tissue infiltration (hematoxylin & eosin and picrosirius staining) were reduced in comparison with implants from non-diabetic rats. Hemoglobin (Hb) content (vascular index) and VEGF levels (pro-angiogenic cytokine) were increased after diabetes. However, the number of vessels (H&E and CD31-immunostaining) in the fibrovascular tissue from diabetic rats was decreased when compared with vessel numbers in implants from non-diabetic animals. Overall, all inflammatory parameters (macrophage accumulation-NAG activity; TNF-α and MCP-1 levels) increased in intraperitoneal implants after diabetes induction. The pro-fibrogenic cytokine (TGFβ-1) increased after diabetes, but collagen deposition remained unaltered in the implants from diabetic rats. These important diabetes-related changes (increased levels of pro-inflammatory and angiogenic and fibrogenic cytokines) in peritoneal implant healing provide an insight into the mechanisms of the foreign body response in the diabetic environment in rats.
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- Teresa Oviedo-Socarrás
- Department of General Pathology - Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; University of Córdoba, Montería, Córdoba, Colombia
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- Department of General Pathology - Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Pathology - Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; University of Tolima, Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia
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- Department of General Pathology - Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of General Pathology - Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics - Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627 - Pampulha, CEP 31270-901, Brazil.
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Keane FM, Yao TW, Seelk S, Gall MG, Chowdhury S, Poplawski SE, Lai JH, Li Y, Wu W, Farrell P, Vieira de Ribeiro AJ, Osborne B, Yu DMT, Seth D, Rahman K, Haber P, Topaloglu AK, Wang C, Thomson S, Hennessy A, Prins J, Twigg SM, McLennan SV, McCaughan GW, Bachovchin WW, Gorrell MD. Quantitation of fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-specific protease activity in mouse, baboon and human fluids and organs. FEBS Open Bio 2013; 4:43-54. [PMID: 24371721 PMCID: PMC3871272 DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2013.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The protease fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is a specific marker of activated mesenchymal cells in tumour stroma and fibrotic liver. A specific, reliable FAP enzyme assay has been lacking. FAP's unique and restricted cleavage of the post proline bond was exploited to generate a new specific substrate to quantify FAP enzyme activity. This sensitive assay detected no FAP activity in any tissue or fluid of FAP gene knockout mice, thus confirming assay specificity. Circulating FAP activity was ∼20- and 1.3-fold less in baboon than in mouse and human plasma, respectively. Serum and plasma contained comparable FAP activity. In mice, the highest levels of FAP activity were in uterus, pancreas, submaxillary gland and skin, whereas the lowest levels were in brain, prostate, leukocytes and testis. Baboon organs high in FAP activity included skin, epididymis, bladder, colon, adipose tissue, nerve and tongue. FAP activity was greatly elevated in tumours and associated lymph nodes and in fungal-infected skin of unhealthy baboons. FAP activity was 14- to 18-fold greater in cirrhotic than in non-diseased human liver, and circulating FAP activity was almost doubled in alcoholic cirrhosis. Parallel DPP4 measurements concorded with the literature, except for the novel finding of high DPP4 activity in bile. The new FAP enzyme assay is the first to be thoroughly characterised and shows that FAP activity is measurable in most organs and at high levels in some. This new assay is a robust tool for specific quantitation of FAP enzyme activity in both preclinical and clinical samples, particularly liver fibrosis. A novel synthetic fluorogenic substrate is proven to be FAP-specific. Mice have higher levels of circulating FAP activity compared to baboons or humans. No FAP activity was detected in urine or bile but bile contained high DPP4 activity. FAP activity is greatest in pancreas, uterus, salivary gland, skin and lymph node. FAP activity and protein is elevated in both serum and liver in human liver disease.
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Key Words
- ALD, alcoholic liver disease
- AMC, amino-4-methylcoumarin
- Biomarker
- DMSO, dimethyl sulfoxide
- DPP4, dipeptidyl peptidase 4
- Dipeptidyl peptidase
- EDTA, ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid
- FAP, fibroblast activation protein-α
- Fibroblast
- Fibrosis
- HCV, hepatitis C virus
- LDS, lithium dodecyl sulphate
- LN, lymph node
- Liver disease
- ND, non-diseased
- PBC, primary biliary cirrhosis
- PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cells
- PBS, phosphate-buffered saline
- PEP, prolyl endopeptidase
- PVDF, polyvinylidene fluoride
- Protease activity
- Protease substrates
- STLV, simian T-cell lymphotrophic virus
- gko, gene knock out
- het, heterozygous
- mAb, monoclonal antibody
- wt, wild type
- yrs, years
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- Fiona M Keane
- Centenary Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centenary Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centenary Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centenary Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Centenary Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centenary Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centenary Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centenary Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia ; Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Drug Health Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Pediatric Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Collaborative Transplantation Research Group, Bosch Institute, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia ; School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Mater Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland, and Department of Endocrinology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Centenary Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Centenary Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia ; Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Illigens BMW, Gibbons CH. A human model of small fiber neuropathy to study wound healing. PLoS One 2013; 8:e54760. [PMID: 23382960 PMCID: PMC3561391 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to develop a human model of acute wound healing that isolated the effects of small fiber neuropathy on the healing process. Twenty-five healthy subjects had the transient receptor vanilloid 1 agonist capsaicin and placebo creams topically applied to contralateral areas on the skin of the thigh for 48 hours. Subjects had shallow (1.2 millimeter) and deep (>3 millimeter) punch skin biopsies from each thigh on days 1 and 14. Biopsy wound healing was monitored photographically until closure. Intra-epidermal and sweat-gland nerve fiber densities were measured for each biopsy. Shallow wounds in capsaicin-treated sites healed more slowly than in placebo treated skin with biopsies taken on day 1 (P<0.001) and day 14 (P<0.001). Deep biopsies in the capsaicin and placebo areas healed at similar rates at both time points. Nerve fiber densities were reduced only in capsaicin treated regions (P<0.01). In conclusion, topical application of capsaicin causes a small fiber neuropathy and is associated with a delay in healing of shallow, but not deep wounds. This novel human model may prove valuable in the study of wound healing in patients with neuropathy.
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- Ben M. W. Illigens
- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Diabetes mellitus is becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide. Additionally, there is an increasing number of patients receiving implantable devices such as glucose sensors and orthopedic implants. Thus, it is likely that the number of diabetic patients receiving these devices will also increase. Even though implantable medical devices are considered biocompatible by the Food and Drug Administration, the adverse tissue healing that occurs adjacent to these foreign objects is a leading cause of their failure. This foreign body response leads to fibrosis, encapsulation of the device, and a reduction or cessation of device performance. A second adverse event is microbial infection of implanted devices, which can lead to persistent local and systemic infections and also exacerbates the fibrotic response. Nearly half of all nosocomial infections are associated with the presence of an indwelling medical device. Events associated with both the foreign body response and implant infection can necessitate device removal and may lead to amputation, which is associated with significant morbidity and cost. Diabetes mellitus is generally indicated as a risk factor for the infection of a variety of implants such as prosthetic joints, pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, penile implants, and urinary catheters. Implant infection rates in diabetic patients vary depending upon the implant and the microorganism, however, for example, diabetes was found to be a significant variable associated with a nearly 7.2% infection rate for implantable cardioverter defibrillators by the microorganism Candida albicans. While research has elucidated many of the altered mechanisms of diabetic cutaneous wound healing, the internal healing adjacent to indwelling medical devices in a diabetic model has rarely been studied. Understanding this healing process is crucial to facilitating improved device design. The purpose of this article is to summarize the physiologic factors that influence wound healing and infection in diabetic patients, to review research concerning diabetes and biomedical implants and device infection, and to critically analyze which diabetic animal model might be advantageous for assessing internal healing adjacent to implanted devices.
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- Nga N Le
- Division of Plastic, Reconstructive, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Kenan Plastic Surgery Research Laboratories, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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Deoliveira D, Jiao Y, Ross JR, Corbin K, Xiao Q, Toncheva G, Anderson-Evans C, Yoshizumi TT, Chen BJ, Chao NJ. An ear punch model for studying the effect of radiation on wound healing. Int J Radiat Biol 2011; 87:869-77. [PMID: 21480768 DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2011.568575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PURPOSE Radiation and wound combined injury represents a major clinical challenge because of the synergistic interactions that lead to higher morbidity and mortality than either insult would produce singly. The purpose of this study was to develop a mouse ear punch model to study the physiological mechanisms underlying radiation effects on healing wounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS Surgical wounds were induced by a 2 mm surgical punch in the ear pinnae of MRL/MpJ mice. Photographs of the wounds were taken and the sizes of the ear punch wounds were quantified by image analysis. Local radiation to the ear was delivered by orthovoltage X-ray irradiator using a specially constructed jig that shields the other parts of body. RESULTS Using this model, we demonstrated that local radiation to the wound area significantly delayed the healing of ear punch wounds in a dose-dependent fashion. The addition of sublethal whole body irradiation (7 Gy) further delayed the healing of ear punch wounds. These results were replicated in C57BL/6 mice; however, wound healing in MRL/MpJ mice was accelerated. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that the mouse ear punch model is a valuable model to study radiation and wound combined injury.
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- Divino Deoliveira
- Departments of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Hamilton RT, Rettberg JR, Mao Z, To J, Zhao L, Appt SE, Register TC, Kaplan JR, Brinton RD. Hippocampal responsiveness to 17β-estradiol and equol after long-term ovariectomy: implication for a therapeutic window of opportunity. Brain Res 2011; 1379:11-22. [PMID: 21241683 PMCID: PMC3081673 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2010] [Revised: 01/08/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A 'critical window of opportunity' has been proposed for the efficacy of ovarian hormone intervention in peri- and post-menopausal women. We sought to address this hypothesis using a long-term ovariectomized non-human primate (NHP) model, the cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis). In these studies, we assessed the ability of 17β-estradiol and equol to regulate markers of hippocampal bioenergetic capacity. Results indicated that 17β-estradiol treatment significantly increased expression of mitochondrial respiratory chain proteins complex-I and -III in the hippocampus when compared to non-hormone-treated animals. Expression of the TCA cycle protein succinate dehydrogenase α was decreased in animals treated with equol compared to those treated with 17β-estradiol. There were no significant effects of either 17β-estradiol or equol treatment on glycolytic protein expression in the hippocampus, nor were there significant effects of treatment on expression levels of antioxidant enzymes. Similarly, 17β-estradiol and equol treatment had no effect on mitochondrial fission and fusion protein expression. In summary, findings indicate that while 17β-estradiol induced a significant increase in several proteins, the overall profile of bioenergetic system proteins was neutral to slightly positively responsive. The profile of responses with the ERβ-preferring molecule equol was consistent with overall nonresponsiveness. Collectively, the data indicate that long-term ovariectomy is associated with a decline in response to estrogens and estrogen-like compounds. By extension, the data are consistent with a primary tenet of the critical window hypothesis, i.e., that the brains of post-menopausal women ultimately lose their ability to respond positively to estrogenic stimulation.
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- Ryan T. Hamilton
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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Rettberg JR, Hamilton RT, Mao Z, To J, Zhao L, Appt SE, Register TC, Kaplan JR, Brinton RD. The effect of dietary soy isoflavones before and after ovariectomy on hippocampal protein markers of mitochondrial bioenergetics and antioxidant activity in female monkeys. Brain Res 2011; 1379:23-33. [PMID: 21238431 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Revised: 01/06/2011] [Accepted: 01/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Estrogen therapy can promote cognitive function if initiated within a 'critical window' during the menopausal transition. However, in the absence of a progestogen, estrogens increase endometrial cancer risk which has spurred research into developing estrogenic alternatives that have the beneficial effects of estrogen but which are clinically safer. Soy protein is rich in isoflavones, which are a class of potential estrogenic alternatives. We sought to determine the effects of two diets, one with casein-lactalbumin as the main protein source and the other with soy protein containing isoflavones, on protein markers of hippocampal bioenergetic capacity in adult female cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Further, we assessed the effects of dietary soy isoflavones before or after ovariectomy. Animals receiving soy diet premenopausally then casein/lactalbumin post-ovariectomy had higher relative hippocampal content of glycolytic enzymes glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and pyruvate dehydrogenase subunit e1α. Post-ovariectomy consumption of soy was associated with higher succinate dehydrogenase α levels and lower levels of isocitrate dehydrogenase, both proteins involved in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, significantly decreased expression of the antioxidant enzyme peroxiredoxin-V, and a non-significant trend towards decreased manganese superoxide dismutase expression. None of the diet paradigms significantly affected expression levels of oxidative phosphorylation enzyme complexes, or of mitochondrial fission and fusion proteins. Together, these data suggest that long-term soy diet produces minimal effects on hippocampal expression of proteins involved in bioenergetics, but that switching between a diet containing primarily animal protein and one containing soy isoflavones before and after menopause may result in complex effects on brain chemistry.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jamaica R Rettberg
- Program in Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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Mastering a mediator: blockade of CCN-2 shows early promise in human diabetic kidney disease. J Cell Commun Signal 2010; 4:189-96. [PMID: 21234125 DOI: 10.1007/s12079-010-0102-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In diabetes complications, CCN-2 (known originally as CTGF) has been implicated in diabetic nephropathy both as a marker and a mediator of disease. This commentary addresses CCN-2 in diabetic nephropathy, in the context of the recent publication of the first human study to inhibit CCN-2 bioactivity in diabetic kidney disease.
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