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Dearman BL, Boyce ST, Greenwood JE. Advances in Skin Tissue Bioengineering and the Challenges of Clinical Translation. Front Surg 2021; 8:640879. [PMID: 34504864 PMCID: PMC8421760 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2021.640879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Skin tissue bioengineering is an emerging field that brings together interdisciplinary teams to promote successful translation to clinical care. Extensive deep tissue injuries, such as large burns and other major skin loss conditions, are medical indications where bioengineered skin substitutes (that restore both dermal and epidermal tissues) are being studied as alternatives. These may not only reduce mortality but also lessen morbidity to improve quality of life and functional outcome compared with the current standards of care. A common objective of dermal-epidermal therapies is to reduce the time required to accomplish stable closure of wounds with minimal scar in patients with insufficient donor sites for autologous split-thickness skin grafts. However, no commercially-available product has yet fully satisfied this objective. Tissue engineered skin may include cells, biopolymer scaffolds and drugs, and requires regulatory review to demonstrate safety and efficacy. They must be scalable for manufacturing and distribution. The advancement of technology and the introduction of bioreactors and bio-printing for skin tissue engineering may facilitate clinical products' availability. This mini-review elucidates the reasons for the few available commercial skin substitutes. In addition, it provides insights into the challenges faced by surgeons and scientists to develop new therapies and deliver the results of translational research to improve patient care.
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- Bronwyn L. Dearman
- Skin Engineering Laboratory, Adult Burns Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Adult Burns Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Faculty of Health and Medical Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Skin Engineering Laboratory, Adult Burns Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Adult Burns Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Translational stem cell therapy: vascularized skin grafts in skin repair and regeneration. J Transl Med 2021; 19:83. [PMID: 33602284 PMCID: PMC7891016 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-021-02752-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The skin is made up of a plethora of cells arranged in multiple layers with complex and intricate vascular networks, creating a dynamic microenvironment of cells-to-matrix interactions. With limited donor sites, engineered skin substitute has been in high demand for many therapeutic purposes. Over the years, remarkable progress has occurred in the skin tissue-engineering field to develop skin grafts highly similar to native tissue. However, the major hurdle to successful engraftment is the incorporation of functional vasculature to provide essential nutrients and oxygen supply to the embedded cells. Limitations of traditional tissue engineering have driven the rapid development of vascularized skin tissue production, leading to new technologies such as 3D bioprinting, nano-fabrication and micro-patterning using hydrogel based-scaffold. In particular, the key hope to bioprinting would be the generation of interconnected functional vessels, coupled with the addition of specific cell types to mimic the biological and architectural complexity of the native skin environment. Additionally, stem cells have been gaining interest due to their highly regenerative potential and participation in wound healing. This review briefly summarizes the current cell therapies used in skin regeneration with a focus on the importance of vascularization and recent progress in 3D fabrication approaches to generate vascularized network in the skin tissue graft.
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Laurent A, Hirt-Burri N, Scaletta C, Michetti M, de Buys Roessingh AS, Raffoul W, Applegate LA. Holistic Approach of Swiss Fetal Progenitor Cell Banking: Optimizing Safe and Sustainable Substrates for Regenerative Medicine and Biotechnology. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:557758. [PMID: 33195124 PMCID: PMC7644790 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.557758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Safety, quality, and regulatory-driven iterative optimization of therapeutic cell source selection has constituted the core developmental bedrock for primary fetal progenitor cell (FPC) therapy in Switzerland throughout three decades. Customized Fetal Transplantation Programs were pragmatically devised as straightforward workflows for tissue procurement, traceability maximization, safety, consistency, and robustness of cultured progeny cellular materials. Whole-cell bioprocessing standardization has provided plethoric insights into the adequate conjugation of modern biotechnological advances with current restraining legislative, ethical, and regulatory frameworks. Pioneer translational advances in cutaneous and musculoskeletal regenerative medicine continuously demonstrate the therapeutic potential of FPCs. Extensive technical and clinical hindsight was gathered by managing pediatric burns and geriatric ulcers in Switzerland. Concomitant industrial transposition of dermal FPC banking, following good manufacturing practices, demonstrated the extensive potential of their therapeutic value. Furthermore, in extenso, exponential revalorization of Swiss FPC technology may be achieved via the renewal of integrative model frameworks. Consideration of both longitudinal and transversal aspects of simultaneous fetal tissue differential processing allows for a better understanding of the quasi-infinite expansion potential within multi-tiered primary FPC banking. Multiple fetal tissues (e.g., skin, cartilage, tendon, muscle, bone, lung) may be simultaneously harvested and processed for adherent cell cultures, establishing a unique model for sustainable therapeutic cellular material supply chains. Here, we integrated fundamental, preclinical, clinical, and industrial developments embodying the scientific advances supported by Swiss FPC banking and we focused on advances made to date for FPCs that may be derived from a single organ donation. A renewed model of single organ donation bioprocessing is proposed, achieving sustained standards and potential production of billions of affordable and efficient therapeutic doses. Thereby, the aim is to validate the core therapeutic value proposition, to increase awareness and use of standardized protocols for translational regenerative medicine, potentially impacting millions of patients suffering from cutaneous and musculoskeletal diseases. Alternative applications of FPC banking include biopharmaceutical therapeutic product manufacturing, thereby indirectly and synergistically enhancing the power of modern therapeutic armamentariums. It is hypothesized that a single qualifying fetal organ donation is sufficient to sustain decades of scientific, medical, and industrial developments, as technological optimization and standardization enable high efficiency.
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- Alexis Laurent
- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Épalinges, Switzerland
- Tec-Pharma SA, Bercher, Switzerland
- LAM Biotechnologies SA, Épalinges, Switzerland
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- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Épalinges, Switzerland
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- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Épalinges, Switzerland
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- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Épalinges, Switzerland
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- Children and Adolescent Surgery Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, Épalinges, Switzerland
- Oxford Suzhou Center for Advanced Research, Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Oxford University, Suzhou, China
- Competence Center for Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Matsuzawa T, Nakano M, Oikawa A, Nakamura Y, Matsue H. Three-Dimensional Epidermal Model from Human Hair Follicle-Derived Keratinocytes. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1993:123-137. [PMID: 31148083 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9473-1_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Three-dimensional (3D) epidermal models reconstructed from human skin-derived keratinocytes have been utilized as an alternative to animal testing and models, not only in toxicology, but also in skin biology. Although there are currently several reconstructed human epidermis (RHE) models commercially available, the donors of the keratinocytes are not identified in these models. A tailor-made system is needed to investigate the individual differences in RHE derived from each donor.It is possible to make an individual RHE using each donor's keratinocytes, which are usually obtained by invasive procedures such as skin excision or biopsy. To overcome this drawback, we established an RHE model using keratinocytes derived from plucked hair follicles as a less invasive procedure under conditions without feeder cells, serum, or matrix proteins. In this chapter, we provide a method of isolation and two-dimensional (2D) culture of keratinocytes derived from adult human plucked hair follicles including the outer root sheath (ORS). We also provide a detailed protocol for establishing an RHE model by culturing the keratinocytes under a 3D culture condition. We believe that our less invasive technique will provide a useful tool for investigating individual RHE in both normal and disease settings.
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- Takamitsu Matsuzawa
- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- Medical Mycology Research Center, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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Wagner T, Gschwandtner M, Strajeriu A, Elbe-Bürger A, Grillari J, Grillari-Voglauer R, Greiner G, Golabi B, Tschachler E, Mildner M. Establishment of keratinocyte cell lines from human hair follicles. Sci Rep 2018; 8:13434. [PMID: 30194332 PMCID: PMC6128885 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31829-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The advent of organotypic skin models advanced the understanding of complex mechanisms of keratinocyte differentiation. However, these models are limited by both availability of primary keratinocytes and donor variability. Keratinocytes derived from cultured hair follicles and interfollicular epidermis were immortalized by ectopic expression of SV40 and hTERT. The generated keratinocyte cell lines differentiated into stratified epidermis with well-defined stratum granulosum and stratum corneum in organotypic human skin models. They behaved comparable to primary keratinocytes regarding the expression of differentiation-associated proteins, cell junction components and proteins associated with cornification and formed a barrier against biotin diffusion. Mechanistically, we found that SV40 large T-antigen expression, accompanied by a strong p53 accumulation, was only detectable in the basal layer of the in vitro reconstructed epidermis. Inhibition of DNA-methylation resulted in expression of SV40 large T-antigen also in the suprabasal epidermal layers and led to incomplete differentiation of keratinocyte cell lines. Our study demonstrates the generation of keratinocyte cell lines which are able to fully differentiate in an organotypic skin model. Since hair follicles, as source for keratinocytes, can be obtained by minimally invasive procedures, our approach enables the generation of cell lines also from individuals not available for skin biopsies.
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- Tanja Wagner
- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Evercyte, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Biotechnology of Skin Aging, Vienna, Austria
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- Evercyte, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Bower AJ, Mahmassani Z, Zhao Y, Chaney EJ, Marjanovic M, Lee MK, Graf BW, De Lisio M, Kong H, Boppart MD, Boppart SA. In Vivo Assessment of Engineered Skin Cell Delivery with Multimodal Optical Microscopy. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2018; 23:434-442. [PMID: 28605991 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2017.0185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The healing process is often significantly impaired under conditions of chronic or large area wounds, which are often treated clinically using autologous split-thickness skin grafts. However, in many cases, harvesting of donor tissue presents a serious problem such as in the case of very large area burns. In response to this, engineered biomaterials have emerged that attempt to mimic the natural skin environment or deliver a suitable therapy to assist in the healing process. In this study, a custom-built multimodal optical microscope capable of noninvasive structural and functional imaging is used to investigate both the engineered tissue microenvironment and the in vivo wound healing process. Investigation of various engineered scaffolds show the strong relationship among the microenvironment of the scaffold, the organization of the cells within the scaffold, and the delivery pattern of these cells onto the healing wound. Through noninvasive tracking of these processes and parameters, multimodal optical microscopy provides an important tool in the assessment of engineered scaffolds both in vitro and in vivo.
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- Andrew J Bower
- 1 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois.,2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois
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- 1 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois.,3 Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois
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- 1 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois
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- 1 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois
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- 1 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois.,4 Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois
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- 5 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois
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- 1 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois.,2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois
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- 3 Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois.,6 School of Human Kinetics, Brain and Mind Research Institute and Centre for Neuromuscular Disease, University of Ottawa , Ottawa, Canada
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- 5 Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois
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- 1 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois.,3 Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois
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- 1 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois.,2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois.,4 Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois.,7 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana, Illinois
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Skin-Derived Stem Cells for Wound Treatment Using Cultured Epidermal Autografts: Clinical Applications and Challenges. Stem Cells Int 2018; 2018:4623615. [PMID: 29765411 PMCID: PMC5889868 DOI: 10.1155/2018/4623615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The human skin fulfills important barrier, sensory, and immune functions-all of which contribute significantly to health and organism integrity. Widespread skin damage requires immediate treatment and coverage because massive skin loss fosters the invasion of pathogens, causes critical fluid loss, and may ultimately lead to death. Since the skin is a highly immunocompetent organ, autologous transplants are the only viable approach to permanently close a widespread skin wound. Despite the development of tissue-saving autologous transplantation techniques such as mesh and Meek grafts, treatment options for extensive skin damage remain severely limited. Yet, the skin is also a rich source of stem and progenitor cells. These cells promote wound healing under physiological conditions and are potential sources for tissue engineering approaches aiming to augment transplantable tissue by generating cultured epidermal autografts (CEAs). Here, we review autologous tissue engineering strategies as well as transplantation products based on skin-derived stem cells. We further provide an overview of clinical trial activities in the field and discuss relevant translational and clinical challenges associated with the use of these products.
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Nakano M, Kamada N, Suehiro K, Oikawa A, Shibata C, Nakamura Y, Matsue H, Sasahara Y, Hosokawa H, Nakayama T, Nonaka K, Ohara O. Establishment of a new three-dimensional human epidermal model reconstructed from plucked hair follicle-derived keratinocytes. Exp Dermatol 2018; 25:903-906. [PMID: 27194575 DOI: 10.1111/exd.13066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Michiyo Nakano
- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
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- Department of Genetics, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Human DNA Analysis Group, Department of Technology Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
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- Human DNA Analysis Group, Department of Technology Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
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Desmet E, Ramadhas A, Lambert J, Van Gele M. In vitro psoriasis models with focus on reconstructed skin models as promising tools in psoriasis research. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2017; 242:1158-1169. [PMID: 28585891 DOI: 10.1177/1535370217710637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Psoriasis is a complex chronic immune-mediated inflammatory cutaneous disease associated with the development of inflammatory plaques on the skin. Studies proved that the disease results from a deregulated interplay between skin keratinocytes, immune cells and the environment leading to a persisting inflammatory process modulated by pro-inflammatory cytokines and activation of T cells. However, a major hindrance to study the pathogenesis of psoriasis more in depth and subsequent development of novel therapies is the lack of suitable pre-clinical models mimicking the complex phenotype of this skin disorder. Recent advances in and optimization of three-dimensional skin equivalent models have made them attractive and promising alternatives to the simplistic monolayer cultures, immunological different in vivo models and scarce ex vivo skin explants. Moreover, human skin equivalents are increasing in complexity level to match human biology as closely as possible. Here, we critically review the different types of three-dimensional skin models of psoriasis with relevance to their application potential and advantages over other models. This will guide researchers in choosing the most suitable psoriasis skin model for therapeutic drug testing (including gene therapy via siRNA molecules), or to examine biological features contributing to the pathology of psoriasis. However, the addition of T cells (as recently applied to a de-epidermized dermis-based psoriatic skin model) or other immune cells would make them even more attractive models and broaden their application potential. Eventually, the ultimate goal would be to substitute animal models by three-dimensional psoriatic skin models in the pre-clinical phases of anti-psoriasis candidate drugs. Impact statement The continuous development of novel in vitro models mimicking the psoriasis phenotype is important in the field of psoriasis research, as currently no model exists that completely matches the in vivo psoriasis skin or the disease pathology. This work provides a complete overview of the different available in vitro psoriasis models and suggests improvements for future models. Moreover, a focus was given to psoriatic skin equivalent models, as they offer several advantages over the other models, including commercial availability and validity. The potential and reported applicability of these models in psoriasis pre-clinical research is extensively discussed. As such, this work offers a guide to researchers in their choice of pre-clinical psoriasis model depending on their type of research question.
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- Eline Desmet
- Department of Dermatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Dermatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Dermatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Dermatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent 9000, Belgium
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Liu JY, Hafner J, Dragieva G, Burg G. A Novel Bioreactor Microcarrier Cell Culture System for High Yields of Proliferating Autologous Human Keratinocytes. Cell Transplant 2017; 15:435-43. [PMID: 16970285 DOI: 10.3727/000000006783981828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Rapid and efficient resurfacing of various skin defects by autologous keratinocyte transplantation is significant in skin wound healing. We developed a novel bioreactor microcarrier cell culture system (Bio-MCCS) to produce autologous human keratinocytes on a large scale. In this Bio-MCCS we used porcine gelatin microbeads as microcarriers for autolgous keratinocytes and spinning bottles as fermentation tanks. First, the microbeads were modified by culturing them with autologous dermal fibroblasts that were subsequently killed when they proliferated to confluence on the microbeads. We then performed the Bio-MCCS by expanding ketatinocytes on the microbeads in spinning bottles at 37°C, 5% CO2. Our results showed that keratinocytes rapidly attached to and actively proliferated on the modified microbeads in the Bio-MCCS, achieving high cell densities on the modified microbeads (MTT assay and PI staining). Keratinocytes cultured on the modified microbeads in the Bio-MCCS remained proliferating potentials as shown by positive PCNA staining and BrdU labeling. In contrast, keratinocytes cultured on nonmodified microbeads in the Bio-MCCS proliferated slowly, rapidly ceased to proliferate, and finally dislodged from the microbeads. When removed from the Bio-MCCS and cultured under static conditions, keratinocytes were able to leave the modified microbeads and formed a multilayered epidermal equivalent on the culture surfaces. While stored at room temperature, keratinocytes remained at higher viabilities on the modified microbeads when compared to those on nonmodified microbeads. The achievement of high yields of proliferating autologous keratinocytes by this Bio-MCCS offers a practical potential of resurfacing various skin defects by direct administration of autologous keratinocyte microbeads on various skin defects.
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- Jin Yu Liu
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Stojadinovic O, Wikramanayake TC, Villasante Fricke AC, Yin NC, Liang L, Hinde E, Escandon J, Tomic-Canic M, Ansell DM, Paus R, Jimenez JJ. Wound healing protects against chemotherapy-induced alopecia in young rats via up-regulating interleukin-1β-mediated signaling. Heliyon 2017; 3:e00309. [PMID: 28607955 PMCID: PMC5454141 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Wound healing is a complex process regulated by various cell types and a plethora of mediators. While interactions between wounded skin and the hair follicles (HFs) could induce HF neogenesis or promote wound healing, it remains unknown whether the wound healing-associated signaling milieu can be manipulated to protect against alopecia, such as chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA). Utilizing a well-established neonatal rat model of CIA, we show here that skin wounding protects from alopecia caused by several clinically relevant chemotherapeutic regimens, and that protection is dependent on the time of wounding and hair cycle stage. Gene expression profiling unveiled a significant increase in interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) mediated signaling by skin wounding. Subsequently, we showed that IL-1β is sufficient and indispensable for mediating the CIA-protective effect. Administration of IL-1β alone to unwounded rats exhibited local CIA protection while IL-1β neutralization abrogated CIA protection by wounding. Mechanistically, IL-1β retarded postnatal HF morphogenesis, making HFs at the wound sites or IL-1β treated areas damage-resistant while the rats developed total alopecia elsewhere. We conclude that wound healing switches the cutaneous cytokine milieu to an IL-1β-dominated state thus retarding HF growth progression and rendering the HFs resistant to chemotherapy agents. In the future, manipulation of HF progression through interfering with the IL-1β signaling milieu may provide therapeutic benefits to a variety of conditions, from prevention of CIA to inhibition of hair growth and treatment of hirsutism.
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- Olivera Stojadinovic
- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- The Centre for Dermatology Research, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,Human Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- The Centre for Dermatology Research, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- The Centre for Dermatology Research, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Deptartment of Dermatology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Martínez ML, Escario E, Poblet E, Sánchez D, Buchón FF, Izeta A, Jimenez F. Hair follicle-containing punch grafts accelerate chronic ulcer healing: A randomized controlled trial. J Am Acad Dermatol 2017; 75:1007-1014. [PMID: 27745629 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2016.02.1161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2015] [Revised: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND A prominent role of hair follicle-derived cells in epidermal wound closure is now well established but clinical translation of basic research findings is scarce. Although skin punch grafts have been used as a therapeutic intervention to improve healing of chronic leg ulcers, they are normally harvested from nonhairy areas, thus not taking advantage of the reported role of the hair follicle as a wound-healing promoter. OBJECTIVE We sought to substantiate the role of hair follicles in venous leg ulcer healing by transplanting hair follicle-containing versus nonhairy punch grafts. METHODS This was a randomized controlled trial with intraindividual comparison of hair follicle scalp grafts and nonhairy skin grafts transplanted in parallel into 2 halves of the same ulcer. RESULTS Ulcer healing measured as the average percentage reduction 18 weeks postintervention was significantly increased (P = .002) in the hair follicle group with a 75.15% (SD 23.03) ulcer area reduction compared with 33.07% (SD 46.17) in the control group (nonhairy grafts). LIMITATIONS Sample size was small (n = 12). CONCLUSION Autologous transplantation of terminal hair follicles by scalp punch grafts induces better healing than punch grafts harvested from nonhairy areas. Hair punch grafting is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that appears to be effective as a therapeutic tool for chronic venous leg ulcers.
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- Department of Dermatology, Hospital General Universitario de Albacete and Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofía de Murcia and Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Ingeniería Cartográfica, Geodesia y Fotogrametría, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Ingeniería Cartográfica, Geodesia y Fotogrametría, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto Biodonostia, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Mediteknia Dermatology Clinic, Medical Pathology Group, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, Spain.
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Higgins CA, Roger MF, Hill RP, Ali-Khan AS, Garlick JA, Christiano AM, Jahoda CAB. Multifaceted role of hair follicle dermal cells in bioengineered skins. Br J Dermatol 2017; 176:1259-1269. [PMID: 27679975 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.15087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND The method of generating bioengineered skin constructs was pioneered several decades ago; nowadays these constructs are used regularly for the treatment of severe burns and nonhealing wounds. Commonly, these constructs are comprised of skin fibroblasts within a collagen scaffold, forming the skin dermis, and stratified keratinocytes overlying this, forming the skin epidermis. In the past decade there has been a surge of interest in bioengineered skins, with researchers seeking alternative cell sources, or scaffolds, from which constructs can be established, and for more biomimetic equivalents with skin appendages. OBJECTIVES To evaluate whether human hair follicle dermal cells can act as an alternative cell source for engineering the dermal component of engineered skin constructs. METHODS We established in vitro skin constructs by incorporating into the collagenous dermal compartment: (i) primary interfollicular dermal fibroblasts, (ii) hair follicle dermal papilla cells or (iii) hair follicle dermal sheath cells. In vivo skins were established by mixing dermal cells and keratinocytes in chambers on top of immunologically compromised mice. RESULTS All fibroblast subtypes were capable of supporting growth of overlying epithelial cells, both in vitro and in vivo. However, we found hair follicle dermal sheath cells to be superior to fibroblasts in their capacity to influence the establishment of a basal lamina. CONCLUSIONS Human hair follicle dermal cells can be readily interchanged with interfollicular fibroblasts and used as an alternative cell source for establishing the dermal component of engineered skin both in vitro and in vivo.
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- C A Higgins
- Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A.,Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, U.K
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, U.K
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital of Durham, Durham, U.K
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- Sackler Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, MA, U.S.A
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- Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A.,Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, U.K
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Smolyannikova VA, Kubanova AA, Albanova VI, Nefedova MA, Karamova AE. [Current approaches to the morphologic diagnosis of different types of congenital epidermolysis bullosa]. Arkh Patol 2017; 78:9-16. [PMID: 28139597 DOI: 10.17116/patol20167869-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Congenital epidermolysis bullosa (CEB) is an extensive group of hereditary skin diseases, the differential diagnosis of which is a challenge due to the rarity of this pathology and the diversity of its clinical manifestations. The determination of the type of CEB makes it possible to estimate its prognosis and to facilitate a prenatal diagnosis. AIM to optimize the morphological diagnosis of different types of CEB. MATERIAL AND METHODS 28 skin biopsies from 14 patients with different types of CEB were investigated. The investigators performed routine histological examination of skin fragments taken from a bullous area and immunofluorescence antigen mapping using the indirect immunofluorescence test (IIFT) with antibodies against structural proteins of the dermal-epidermal junction (laminin α3, β3, and γ2 chains, keratins 5 and 14, types VII and XVII collagen, α6 and β4 integrin subunits, desmoplakin, plectin, kindlin-1, and plakophillin) of the apparently unaffected skin. The intact skin of healthy individuals, which had been obtained during cosmetic operations, was used as controls in IIFT. RESULTS Immunofluorescence antigen mapping could determine the type of CEB in all cases and in 86% of cases identify the protein, the impaired production of which was responsible for the development of the disease. CONCLUSION Immunofluorescence antigen mapping is an integral part of the comprehensive morphological diagnosis of CEB, acting as an intermediate between the morphological verification of CEB diagnosis and the targeted search for mutations by a molecular genetic method.
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- V A Smolyannikova
- State Research Center for Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- State Research Center for Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- State Research Center for Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- State Research Center for Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- State Research Center for Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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Jimenez F, Poblet E, Izeta A. Reflections on how wound healing-promoting effects of the hair follicle can be translated into clinical practice. Exp Dermatol 2014; 24:91-4. [DOI: 10.1111/exd.12521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Department of Pathology; Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía; Murcia Spain
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- Tissue Engineering Laboratory; Instituto Biodonostia; Hospital Universitario Donostia; San Sebastián Spain
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Epidermal stem cells in orthopaedic regenerative medicine. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:11626-42. [PMID: 23727934 PMCID: PMC3709750 DOI: 10.3390/ijms140611626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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In the last decade, great advances have been made in epidermal stem cell studies at the cellular and molecular level. These studies reported various subpopulations and differentiations existing in the epidermal stem cell. Although controversies and unknown issues remain, epidermal stem cells possess an immune-privileged property in transplantation together with easy accessibility, which is favorable for future clinical application. In this review, we will summarize the biological characteristics of epidermal stem cells, and their potential in orthopedic regenerative medicine. Epidermal stem cells play a critical role via cell replacement, and demonstrate significant translational potential in the treatment of orthopedic injuries and diseases, including treatment for wound healing, peripheral nerve and spinal cord injury, and even muscle and bone remodeling.
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Mistriotis P, Andreadis ST. Hair follicle: a novel source of multipotent stem cells for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART B-REVIEWS 2013; 19:265-78. [PMID: 23157470 DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2012.0422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The adult body harbors powerful reservoirs of stem cells that enable tissue regeneration under homeostatic conditions or in response to disease or injury. The hair follicle (HF) is a readily accessible mini organ within the skin and contains stem cells from diverse developmental origins that were shown to have surprisingly broad differentiation potential. In this review, we discuss the biology of the HF with particular emphasis on the various stem cell populations residing within the tissue. We summarize the existing knowledge on putative HF stem cell markers, the differentiation potential, and technologies to isolate and expand distinct stem cell populations. We also discuss the potential of HF stem cells for drug and gene delivery, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. We propose that the abundance of stem cells with broad differentiation potential and the ease of accessibility makes the HF an ideal source of stem cells for gene and cell therapies.
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- Panagiotis Mistriotis
- Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Amherst, New York 14260-4200, USA
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VEGF upregulates VEGF receptor-2 on human outer root sheath cells and stimulates proliferation through ERK pathway. Mol Biol Rep 2012; 39:8687-94. [PMID: 22707147 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-1725-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key regulator of physiological and pathological angiogenesis. The biological effects of VEGF are mediated by receptor tyrosine kinases. VEGF receptor-2, the primary receptor for VEGF, is thought to mediate most functional effects. In this study, we examined the expression and roles of VEGF receptor-2 on human outer root sheath cells (ORS). The expression of VEGFR-2 was determined at mRNA and protein levels by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot. Localization of VEGFR-2 in ORS cells was detected by immunofluorescence. The effect of VEGF on ORS cell proliferation was determined by MTT assays. Our data showed the expression of VEGFR-2 on ORS cells at both mRNA and protein levels. Immunostaining for VEGFR-2 demonstrated strong signal on cultured ORS cells. Exogenous VEGF(165) stimulated proliferation of ORS cells and upregulated expression of VEGFR-2 in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, VEGF(165) induced phosphorylation of VEGFR-2, PLC-γ1, PKC-α, MEK, and p44/42 MAPK (ERK1/2) in a time-dependent manner. Taken together, human ORS cells express functional VEGF receptor-2 and exogenous VEGF(165) upregulates expression of VEGFR-2 and stimulates proliferation of ORS cells via VEGFR-2 mediated ERK signaling pathway.
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Hirt-Burri N, Ramelet AA, Raffoul W, de Buys Roessingh A, Scaletta C, Pioletti D, Applegate LA. Biologicals and fetal cell therapy for wound and scar management. ISRN DERMATOLOGY 2011; 2011:549870. [PMID: 22363853 PMCID: PMC3262533 DOI: 10.5402/2011/549870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 03/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Few biopharmaceutical preparations developed from biologicals are available for tissue regeneration and scar management. When developing biological treatments with cellular therapy, selection of cell types and establishment of consistent cell banks are crucial steps in whole-cell bioprocessing. Various cell types have been used in treatment of wounds to reduce scar to date including autolog and allogenic skin cells, platelets, placenta, and amniotic extracts. Experience with fetal cells show that they may provide an interesting cell choice due to facility of outscaling and known properties for wound healing without scar. Differential gene profiling has helped to point to potential indicators of repair which include cell adhesion, extracellular matrix, cytokines, growth factors, and development. Safety has been evidenced in Phase I and II clinical fetal cell use for burn and wound treatments with different cell delivery systems. We present herein that fetal cells present technical and therapeutic advantages compared to other cell types for effective cell-based therapy for wound and scar management.
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- Nathalie Hirt-Burri
- Cellular Therapy Unit, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, CHUV/UNIL, PAV 03, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Office of Dermatology and Angiology, Place Benjamin Constant 2, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, CHUV/UNIL, BH 10, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne, CHUV/UNIL, BH 10, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Cellular Therapy Unit, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, CHUV/UNIL, PAV 03, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Biomechanical Orthopedics Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Cellular Therapy Unit, Department of Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, CHUV/UNIL, PAV 03, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Liu F, Luo XS, Shen HY, Dong JS, Yang J. Using human hair follicle-derived keratinocytes and melanocytes for constructing pigmented tissue-engineered skin. Skin Res Technol 2011; 17:373-9. [PMID: 21332809 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00510.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Traditional tissue-engineered skin does not produce a satisfactory long-term result because it lacks natural skin pigmentation and leads to discolored cosmetically unpleasing skin that only functions to cover the body of patients. Additionally, the cell sources for tissue-engineered skin are generally derived from normal skin, which is often limited in patients with skin defects. METHODS In this study, hair follicle melanocytes and keratinocytes were isolated from human scalp. The melanocytes were co-cultured with keratinocytes until the second passage and then purified. Purified melanocytes and keratinocytes were seeded onto the chitosan-gelatin membrane for 1 week to construct pigmented tissue-engineered skin. The pigmented skin equivalent was used to resurface the skin defect in nude mice. Four weeks after grafting, skin biopsies were harvested to take hematoxylin and eosin staining and immunohistochemistry staining of Melan-A and HLA-ABC. RESULTS Large quantities of purified melanocytes can be obtained with co-culture method. The hematoxylin and eosin staining of repaired skin biopsy demonstrated that the tissue-engineered skin can repair skin defects successfully. Engineered skin contained pigmentation and stained positive for Melan-A and HLA-ABC, which confirmed the presence of melanocytes and its sources were of human origin. CONCLUSION This study demonstrated the possibility of constructing pigmented tissue-engineered skin with human hair follicle-derived keratinocytes and melanocytes, which brings a promising method to make up for the deficiency of traditional tissue-engineered skin and provides an alternative treatment for depigmentation diseases.
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- Fei Liu
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Ninth People's Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 639 Zhi Zao Ju Road, 200011 Shanghai, China
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Renner R, Simon JC. Mathematical modeling of venous ulcer healing rates after implantation of keratinocytes: New ways to predict the efficacy of wound healing after regenerative methods. Wound Repair Regen 2010; 18:624-8. [PMID: 20946139 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475x.2010.00627.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The treatment of patients with leg ulcers is both time consuming as well as costly. We found predictable and objective parameters with a mathematical model, which will help to assess wound healing in an individual. The basic principle of our mathematic model is that cells of the neoepithelium are under the influence of different stress factors. We identified correlations between the parameters of our equation and the ulcer area and ulcer duration, based on wound size reduction by a new epithelial layer, and we estimated the survival rates of the transplanted keratinocytes. Our model is consistent with our clinical data and seems applicable for analogous situations, e.g., transplantations of cells to wounds. By this method, we are able to compare qualitatively different treatments and different materials for wound healing even in small groups of patients in an objective way.
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- Regina Renner
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Clinic, Leipzig AöR, Germany
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Biedermann T, Pontiggia L, Böttcher-Haberzeth S, Tharakan S, Braziulis E, Schiestl C, Meuli M, Reichmann E. Human Eccrine Sweat Gland Cells Can Reconstitute a Stratified Epidermis. J Invest Dermatol 2010; 130:1996-2009. [DOI: 10.1038/jid.2010.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Schneiter T, Hunziker T. Limb salvage--at which costs, which risks? Dermatology 2010; 222:20-1. [PMID: 20587986 DOI: 10.1159/000312706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Dieckmann C, Renner R, Milkova L, Simon JC. Regenerative medicine in dermatology: biomaterials, tissue engineering, stem cells, gene transfer and beyond. Exp Dermatol 2010; 19:697-706. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01087.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Renner R, Harth W, Simon JC. Transplantation of chronic wounds with epidermal sheets derived from autologous hair follicles--the Leipzig experience. Int Wound J 2010; 6:226-32. [PMID: 19538195 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481x.2009.00609.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND An increasing number of chronic wounds in our society require strategies to improve wound healing and wound closure. One of several options is skin transplantation. In this article, we focus on the transplantation of tissue engineered autologous epidermal sheets derived from outer root sheath (ORS) cells of the patients' hair. PATIENTS AND METHODS Out of the stem cells of the ORS of anagen hair, autologous keratinocytes are cultured ex vivo in organotypic cultures to form a multilayered epidermal equivalent (EpiDex, EuroDerm Biotech & Aesthetics, Stuttgart, Germany). These sheets are placed on the wound bed. Patients were observed twice a week in the first 2 weeks, then once weekly for 4 weeks, then every 4 weeks for up to 12 weeks after transplantation. A total of 23 patients with (n = 18) and without (n = 5) therapeutic improvement were analyzed retrospectively. We evaluated only the effect of a single transplantation in a selected ulcer per patient. Furthermore, a subgroup-analysis for responder patients with an ulcer area < 25 cm2 (n = 12) was performed. RESULTS In the responder patients (n = 18), a total wound reduction of 23% was observed. Patients (n = 12) with ulcer area < 25 cm2 had an improvement of 64%. Complete wound closure in this subgroup after a single transplantation was achieved in 33 % (n = 4) cases. CONCLUSIONS Autologous keratinocyte transplantation with EpiDex can be performed easily and safely in patients with chronic wounds with satisfying results. Our data suggest that patients with small ulcer area < 25 cm2 might profit the most from this method.
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- Regina Renner
- Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR.
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Böttcher-Haberzeth S, Biedermann T, Reichmann E. Tissue engineering of skin. Burns 2009; 36:450-60. [PMID: 20022702 DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2009] [Accepted: 08/14/2009] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The engineering of skin substitutes and their application on human patients has become a reality. However, cell biologists, biochemists, technical engineers, and surgeons are still struggling with the generation of complex skin substitutes that can readily be transplanted in large quantities, possibly in only one surgical intervention and without significant scarring. Constructing a dermo-epidermal substitute that rapidly vascularizes, optimally supports a stratifying epidermal graft on a biodegradable matrix, and that can be conveniently handled by the surgeon, is now the ambitious goal. After all, this goal has to be reached coping with strict safety requirements and the harsh rules of the economic market.
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- Sophie Böttcher-Haberzeth
- Tissue Biology Research Unit, Department of Surgery, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland
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Ramelet AA, Hirt-Burri N, Raffoul W, Scaletta C, Pioletti DP, Offord E, Mansourian R, Applegate LA. Chronic wound healing by fetal cell therapy may be explained by differential gene profiling observed in fetal versus old skin cells. Exp Gerontol 2008; 44:208-18. [PMID: 19049860 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2008.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2008] [Revised: 10/03/2008] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Engineering of fetal tissue has a high potential for the treatment of acute and chronic wounds of the skin in humans as these cells have high expansion capacity under simple culture conditions and one organ donation can produce Master Cell Banks which can fabricate over 900 million biological bandages (9 x 12cm). In a Phase 1 clinical safety study, cases are presented for the treatment of therapy resistant leg ulcers. All eight patients, representing 13 ulcers, tolerated multiple treatments with fetal biological bandages showing no negative secondary effects and repair processes similar to that seen in 3rd degree burns. Differential gene profiling using Affymetrix gene chips (analyzing 12,500 genes) were accomplished on these banked fetal dermal skin cells compared to banked dermal skin cells of an aged donor in order to point to potential indicators of wound healing. Families of genes involved in cell adhesion and extracellular matrix, cell cycle, cellular signaling, development and immune response show significant differences in regulation between banked fetal and those from banked old skin cells: with approximately 47.0% of genes over-expressed in fetal fibroblasts. It is perhaps these differences which contribute to efficient tissue repair seen in the clinic with fetal cell therapy.
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Hirt-Burri N, Scaletta C, Gerber S, Pioletti DP, Applegate LA. Wound-healing gene family expression differences between fetal and foreskin cells used for bioengineered skin substitutes. Artif Organs 2008; 32:509-18. [PMID: 18638304 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2008.00578.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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For tissue engineering, several cell types and tissues have been proposed as starting material. Allogenic skin products available for therapeutic usage are mostly developed with cell culture and with foreskin tissue of young individuals. Fetal skin cells offer a valuable solution for effective and safe tissue engineering for wounds due to their rapid growth and simple cell culture. By selecting families of genes that have been reported to be implicated in wound repair and particularly for scarless fetal wound healing including transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily, extracellular matrix, and nerve/angiogenesis growth factors, we have analyzed differences in their expression between fetal skin and foreskin cells, and the same passages. Of the five TGF-beta superfamily genes analyzed by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, three were found to be significantly different with sixfold up-regulated for TGF-beta2, and 3.8-fold for BMP-6 in fetal cells, whereas GDF-10 was 11.8-fold down-regulated. For nerve growth factors, midkine was 36-fold down-regulated in fetal cells, and pleiotrophin was 4.76-fold up-regulated. We propose that fetal cells present technical and therapeutic advantages compared to foreskin cells for effective cell-based therapy for wound management, and overall differences in gene expression could contribute to the degree of efficiency seen in clinical use with these cells.
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- Nathalie Hirt-Burri
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Niderla-Bielinska J, Jankowska-Steifer E, Moskalewski S. Keratinization of outer root sheath cells is prevented by contact with inner root sheath of rat hair follicles. Arch Dermatol Res 2008; 301:337-45. [PMID: 18648826 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-008-0876-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2008] [Revised: 06/13/2008] [Accepted: 06/26/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The purpose of the present study was to elucidate why keratinocytes of the outer root sheath (ORS) do not keratinize in situ. Two possibilities were considered--inhibition of keratinization is caused by contact of ORS with inner root sheath (IRS) or insufficient supply of keratinization promoting factors from the surrounding tissues to the ORS. In order to distinguish between these possibilities mid-segments of hair follicles were liberated from the dermis by dissection followed by collagenase digestion. ORS cells were then either allowed to migrate from the mid-segments or were kept on the agarose layer which prevented cell spreading and preserved three dimensional structure of hair root. Cultures were stimulated with calcium or EGF, and studied morphologically at the light and transmission electron microscope level. The level of mRNA for differentiation cell markers was also studied by RealTime PCR. ORS cells growing in a medium with low Ca2+ content formed monolayers, which after elevation of Ca2+ produced multilayers with cells containing keratohyalin-like granules. Ca2+ or EGF treatment upregulated expression of involucrin, filaggrin and keratinocyte differentiation associated protein (Kdap). Culture of mid-segments of hair follicles in low calcium culture medium kept on agarose increased expression of filaggrin and Kdap, but downregulated expression of involucrin. Stimulation by Ca2+ further increased expression of filaggrin and Kdap, but had no effect on the level of involucrin expression. EGF stimulated expression of filaggrin only. It is concluded that IRS exerted an inhibitory effect on the expression of involucrin, an essential component of the cornified envelope, thus preventing keratinization of ORS cells in situ. On the other hand, improved access of nutrients or promoting factors of keratinization to the mid-segment of hair follicles augmented expression of filaggrin and Kdap, proteins engaged in the differentiation of keratinocytes but not involved in its terminal phase.
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- Justyna Niderla-Bielinska
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Warsaw, Chalubinskiego 5, 02-004 Warsaw, Poland
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Costanzo U, Streit M, Braathen LR. Autologous suction blister grafting for chronic leg ulcers. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2008; 22:7-10. [PMID: 18181967 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02148.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Non-healing leg ulcers represent a treatment problem. OBJECTIVE Investigate grafting of autologous suction blister roofs as treatment. METHODS Twenty-nine chronic, non-healing leg ulcers of various aetiologies in 18 inpatients were treated by autologous epidermal grafting using the roofs of suction blisters. RESULTS 55% of ulcers completely healed 2 to 6 weeks after grafting. A 50-90% reduction in size was documented in 34% and no change was observed in 11% of ulcers. Twelve weeks after grafting, 89% of ulcers were healed completely. In most ulcers, we observed a stimulation of reepithelialization from the wound edge ('edge effect') and an accelerated formation of healthy granulation tissue. During a follow-up period of 12 months, 90% of the ulcers remained healed. CONCLUSION Grafting of autologous suction blister roofs is an effective treatment option for non-healing leg ulcers. The advantages of the method are its lack of pain, low costs and immediate availability.
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- U Costanzo
- Dermatological University Clinic, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
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Breiden B, Gallala H, Doering T, Sandhoff K. Optimization of submerged keratinocyte cultures for the synthesis of barrier ceramides. Eur J Cell Biol 2007; 86:657-73. [PMID: 17714827 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2007.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Revised: 02/23/2007] [Accepted: 02/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Epidermal differentiation results in the formation of the extracellular lipid barrier in the stratum corneum, which mainly consists of ceramides, free fatty acids, and cholesterol. Differentiating keratinocytes of the stratum granulosum synthesize a series of complex long-chain ceramides and glucosylceramides with different chain lengths and hydroxylation patterns at intracellular membranes of the secretory pathway. Formation of complex extracellular ceramides parallels the transition of keratinocytes from the stratum granulosum to the stratum corneum, where their precursors, complex glucosylceramides and sphingomyelin, are secreted and exposed to extracellular lysosomal lipid hydrolases. Submerged cultures used so far showed a reduced ceramide content compared to the native epidermis or the air-exposed, organotypic culture system. In order to investigate the sphingolipid metabolism during keratinocyte differentiation, we optimized a simple cell culture system to generate the major barrier sphingolipids. This optimized model is based on the chemically well-defined serum-free MCDB medium. At low calcium ion concentrations (0.1mM), keratinocytes proliferate and synthesize mainly Cer(NS) and a small amount of Cer(NP). Supplementation of the MCDB cell culture medium with calcium ions (1.1mM) and 10 microM linoleic acid triggered differentiation of keratinocytes and synthesis of a complex pattern of free and covalently bound ceramides as found in native epidermis or air-exposed organotypic cultures, though at a reduced level. The mRNA levels of the differentiation markers keratin 10 and profilaggrin increased, as well as those of ceramide glucosyltransferase and glucosylceramide-beta-glucosidase. The described culture system was thus suitable for biochemical studies of the sphingolipid metabolism during keratinocyte differentiation. The addition of serum or vitamin A to the medium resulted in a decrease in ceramide and glucosylceramide content. Lowering the medium pH to 6, while maintained cell viability, led to an increase in the processing of probarrier lipids glucosylceramide and sphingomyelin to free ceramides and protein-bound ceramide Cer(OS).
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- Bernadette Breiden
- LIMES, Membrane Biology & Lipid Biochemistry Unit, Kekulé-Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bonn, Gerhard-Domagk-Str. 1, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
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Han I, Shim KJ, Kim JY, Im SU, Sung YK, Kim M, Kang IK, Kim JC. Effect of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Nanofiber Matrices Cocultured With Hair Follicular Epithelial and Dermal Cells for Biological Wound Dressing. Artif Organs 2007; 31:801-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2007.00466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Waters JM, Richardson GD, Jahoda CAB. Hair follicle stem cells. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2007; 18:245-54. [PMID: 17481931 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2007] [Accepted: 02/05/2007] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The increasing use of the hair follicle as a stem cell paradigm is due in part to the complex interplay between epithelial, dermal and other cell types, each with interesting differentiation potential and prospective therapeutic applications. This review focuses on research into the environmental niche, gene expression profiles and plasticity of hair follicle stem cell populations, where many recent advances have come about through novel technological and experimental approaches. We discuss major developmental pathways involved in the establishment and control of the epithelial stem cell niche, and evidence of plasticity between stem and transit amplifying cell populations.
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- James M Waters
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK
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Na GY, Paek SH, Park BC, Kim DW, Lee WJ, Lee SJ, Kim MK, Kim JC. Isolation and characterization of outer root sheath melanocytes of human hair follicles. Br J Dermatol 2007; 155:902-9. [PMID: 17034517 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07502.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Outer root sheath melanocytes (ORSM) are not yet routinely cultured and their biology is not known in detail because of their relatively low numbers in the hair follicle and their limited proliferative capacity in in vitro culture in routine media. OBJECTIVES To develop a method for culturing ORSM more easily and to investigate the length of telomeres and antigenic characteristics of ORSM compared with epidermal melanocytes (EM). METHODS Hair follicles were obtained from three Korean individuals during hair transplantation surgery. Single-cell suspensions of the outer root sheath were made and cultured in melanocyte growth medium with stem cell factor. After 21 days, second-passage outer root sheath keratinocytes (ORSK) (2 x 10(4) mL(-1) MGM) were added into the culture plates. We studied the proliferation pattern, morphological and antigenic characteristics of ORSM for each passage of cultured cells, and observed ORSM telomere length. RESULTS We established an ORSM culture method using ORSK. Two morphologically different ORSM types were obtained in the primary cultures. At the end of primary culture, ORSM appeared as whitish-cream pellets. The proliferation pattern of ORSM showed a sigmoidal shape, the accumulated numbers of population doublings showed a plateau after approximately 5 months, and senescence occurred at approximately 33 +/- 5 accumulated population doublings. The length of ORSM telomeres continued to shorten as the cells proliferated. In contrast, EM showed a marked proliferation from the early proliferation period which formed a plateau pattern towards the later period, and the number of accumulated population doublings was estimated to be 18 +/- 5 after 2 months. ORSM in the primary culture reacted variably with l-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA): some cells were DOPA negative, some DOPA positive. There were some different antigenic expressions of microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) showing cytoplasmic expression in ORSM and nuclear expression in EM. By nuclear extraction and Western blotting, we showed that MITF expression of ORSM was marked in the cytoplasm and minimal in the nucleus. Antigenic expression of MITF and Bcl-2 gradually decreased with increasing passage number, whereas tyrosinase-related protein-1 expression did not change. CONCLUSIONS Culture of ORSM requires ORSK or ORSK-related factors; ORSM have greater proliferation potential and show different MITF antigenic expression compared with EM; and the length of ORSM telomeres shortens with repeated proliferation.
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- G Y Na
- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 50 Samdeok 2-ga, Chung-Gu, Daegu 700-721, Korea.
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Myerburg MM, Latoche JD, McKenna EE, Stabile LP, Siegfried JS, Feghali-Bostwick CA, Pilewski JM. Hepatocyte growth factor and other fibroblast secretions modulate the phenotype of human bronchial epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2007; 292:L1352-60. [PMID: 17307814 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00328.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The luminal airway surface is lined with epithelial cells that provide a protective barrier from the external environment and clear inhaled pathogens from the lung. To accomplish this important function, human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells must be able to rapidly regenerate a mucociliary layer of cells following epithelial injury. Whereas epithelial-fibroblast interactions are known to modulate the airway architecture during lung development and repair, little is known about how these two cells interact. Using a primary HBE and lung fibroblast coculture system, we demonstrate that 1) subepithelial fibroblasts provide a suitable environment for differentiation of HBE cells into a polarized ciliated phenotype despite being cultured in media that induces terminal squamous differentiation and growth arrest in the absence of fibroblasts, 2) HBE cells cocultured with subepithelial fibroblasts exhibit augmented ciliogenesis, accelerated wound repair, and diminished polarized ion transport compared with cells grown in control conditions, and 3) hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is important for subepithelial fibroblast modulation of HBE cell differentiation. These results provide a model to study fibroblast modulation of epithelial phenotype and indicate that HGF secreted by subepithelial fibroblasts contributes to HBE cell differentiation.
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- Mike M Myerburg
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
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Spöler F, Först M, Marquardt Y, Hoeller D, Kurz H, Merk H, Abuzahra F. High-resolution optical coherence tomography as a non-destructive monitoring tool for the engineering of skin equivalents. Skin Res Technol 2007; 12:261-7. [PMID: 17026657 DOI: 10.1111/j.0909-752x.2006.00163.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Three dimensional skin equivalents are widely used in dermatopharmacological and toxicological studies and as autologous transplants in wound healing. In pharmacology, there is tremendous need for monitoring the response of engineered skin equivalents to external treatment. Transplantation of skin equivalents for wound healing requires careful verification of their quality prior to transplantation. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a non-contact, non-destructive imaging technique for living tissues offering the potential to fulfill these needs. This work presents an analysis of OCT for high-resolution monitoring of skin equivalents at different stages during the culture process. METHODS We developed a high-resolution OCT imaging setup based on a commercially available OCT system. A broadband femtosecond laser light source replaces the original superluminescence diode. Tomograms of living skin equivalents were recorded with an axial resolution of 3 mum and correlated with histology and immunofluorescence images. Comparison with standard low-resolution OCT is presented to emphasize the advantages of high-resolution OCT for this application. RESULTS OCT is particularly able to distinguish between different layers of skin equivalents including stratum corneum, epidermal and dermal layer as well as the basement membrane zone. The high-resolution OCT scans correlate closely with two key benchmarks, histology and immunofluorescence imaging. CONCLUSIONS This study clearly demonstrates the benefits of high-resolution OCT for identifying living tissue structure and morphology. Compared with the current gold standard histology, OCT offers non-destructive tissue imaging, enabling high-resolution evaluation of living tissue morphology and structure as it evolves.
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- F Spöler
- Institute of Semiconductor Electronics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
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During wound healing, cells recreate functional structures to regenerate the injured tissue. Understanding the healing process is essential for the development of new concepts and the design of novel biomimetic approaches for delivery of cells, genes and growth factors to accelerate tissue regeneration. To this end, realistic experimental models and high-throughput diagnostics are necessary to understand the molecular mechanisms of healing and reveal the genetic networks that determine tissue repair versus regeneration. Following a brief overview of the biology of wound healing, this review covers the in vitro and in vivo models that are employed at present to study the healing process. Discussion then covers the application of high-throughput genomic and proteomic technologies in epithelial development, living skin substitutes and wound healing. Finally, this review provides a perspective on novel technologies that should be developed to facilitate the understanding of wound healing complications and the design of therapeutics that target the underlying deficiencies.
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- Stelios T Andreadis
- University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY), Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, 908 Furnas Hall, Amherst, NY 14260-4200, USA.
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Liu JY, Hafner J, Dragieva G, Burg G. High yields of autologous living dermal equivalents using porcine gelatin microbeads as microcarriers for autologous fibroblasts. Cell Transplant 2006; 15:445-51. [PMID: 16970286 DOI: 10.3727/000000006783981855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Permanent skin replacement requires a dermal component to ensure adequate long-term graft stability and to prevent wound contraction. This study was to construct a bioreactor microcarrier cell culture system (Bio-MCCS) to produce autologous living dermal equivalents on a large scale. Autologous fibroblasts were isolated from split-thickness skin biopsy from a leg ulcer patient, inoculated onto macroporous porcine gelatin microbeads, and incubated in a bioreactor (Cellspin) in serum-free fibroblast growth medium or in DMEM medium containing 10% fetal calf serum (FCS). Fibroblasts rapidly adhered to and actively proliferated on the microbeads in the bioreactor in both serum-free and serum-containing medium. MTT assay showed the number of fibroblasts on the microbeads reached up to 5.3- or 4.0-fold the cells seeded in DMEM medium containing 10% FCS or serum-free medium, respectively. When removed from Bio-MCCS and cultured under static conditions, fibroblasts were able to leave the microbeads and proliferate to confluence on the bottom of tissue culture flasks. When stored at room temperature in DMEM containing 10% FBS, fibroblast cultured on the microbeads retained highest viabilities for at least 3 weeks, up to 82% of originals. This Bio-MCCS using porcine gelatin microbeads as carriers for fibroblasts offers a new option of mass production of autologous living dermal equivalents.
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- Jin Yu Liu
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Chatterjee A, Babu RJ, Klausner M, Singh M. In vitro and in vivo comparison of dermal irritancy of jet fuel exposure using EpiDerm (EPI-200) cultured human skin and hairless rats. Toxicol Lett 2006; 167:85-94. [PMID: 17049765 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2006.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2006] [Revised: 08/25/2006] [Accepted: 08/25/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate an in vitro EpiDerm human skin model (EPI-200) to study the irritation potential of jet fuels (JP-8 and JP-8+100). Parallel in vivo studies on hairless rats on the dermal irritancy of jet fuels were also conducted. Cytokines are an important part of an irritation and inflammatory cascade, which are expressed in upon dermal exposures of irritant chemicals even when there are no obvious visible marks of irritation on the skin. We have chosen two primary cytokines (IL-1alpha and TNF-1alpha) as markers of irritation response of jet fuels. Initially, the EPI-200 was treated with different quantities of JP-8 and JP-8+100 to determine quantities which did not cause significant cytotoxicity, as monitored using the MTT assay and paraffin embedded histological cross-sections. Volumes of 2.5-50 microl/tissue (approximately 4.0-78 microl/cm2) of JP-8 and JP-8+100 showed a dose dependent loss of tissue viability and morphological alterations of the tissue. At a quantity of 1.25 microl/tissue (approximately 2.0 microl/cm2), no significant change in tissue viability or morphology was observed for exposure time extending to 48 h. Nonetheless, this dose induced significant increase in IL-1alpha and TNF-alpha release versus non-treated controls after 24 and 48 h. In addition, IL-1alpha release for JP-8+100 was significantly higher than that observed for JP-8, but TNF-alpha release after 48 h exposure to these two jet fuels was the same. These findings parallel in vivo studies on hairless rats, which indicated higher irritation levels due to JP-8+100 versus JP-8. In vivo, transepidermal water loss (TEWL) and IL-1alpha expression levels followed the order JP-8+100 > JP-8 > control. Further, in vivo TNF-alpha levels for JP-8 and JP-8+100 were also elevated but not significantly different from one another. In aggregate, these findings indicate that EPI-200 tissue model can be utilized as an alternative to the use of animals in evaluating dermal irritation.
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- Abhijit Chatterjee
- College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA
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Spottl T, Hausmann M, Gunckel M, Herfarth H, Herlyn M, Schoelmerich J, Rogler G. A new organotypic model to study cell interactions in the intestinal mucosa. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006; 18:901-9. [PMID: 16825910 DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200608000-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recently, we demonstrated that freshly elutriated monocytes differentiate into macrophages with a phenotype similar to that of intestinal macrophages in a three-dimensional model of intestinal epithelial cells. Here we describe a more organotypic model to study cell interactions in the intestinal mucosa. METHODS Primary intestinal fibroblasts and freshly elutriated blood monocytes (ratio 1:1) were embedded in collagen type I gels and cultured for 5 days. At day 5, intestinal epithelial cells (HT-29) were seeded on top of the collagen gels. After another 7 days collagen gels were harvested and fixed for immunohistochemical analysis. Cryosections of the aggregates were prepared and staining for monocyte/macrophage markers and basement membrane compounds was performed. Cell interactions inside the aggregates were examined by electron microscopy. RESULTS Intestinal fibroblasts contracted the collagen gels which formed stable three-dimensional aggregates within the first 5 days of culture. Intestinal epithelial cells formed a monolayer on top of the gels about 3 days after seeding. Intestinal fibroblasts were distributed randomly over the aggregate. Monocytes inside aggregates were localized in the vicinity to epithelial cells by positive staining for CD68. Typical monocyte/macrophage specific markers such as CD14, CD16, CD11b, CD11c and the co-stimulatory molecules CD80 and CD86 were down-regulated or not detectable on these cells after co-culture in three-dimensional aggregates. Omission of epithelial cells from the model was followed by impaired differentiation of intestinal macrophages. CONCLUSION In the three-dimensional organotypic cell culture model monocytes differentiate into intestinal-like macrophages when co-cultured with control intestinal fibroblasts and intestinal epithelial cells. Intestinal epithelial cells may be necessary for differentiation of intestinal macrophages.
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- Tanja Spottl
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Germany
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Kindler V. Postnatal stem cell survival: does the niche, a rare harbor where to resist the ebb tide of differentiation, also provide lineage-specific instructions? J Leukoc Biol 2006; 78:836-44. [PMID: 16199730 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0505272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Postnatal stem cells regulate the homeostasis of the majority of our tissues. They continuously generate new progenitors and mature, functional cells to replace old cells, which cannot assume the tissue function anymore and are eliminated. Blood, skin, gut mucosa, muscle, cartilage, nerves, cornea, retina, liver, and many other structures are regulated by stem cells. As a result of their ability to produce large numbers of functionally mature cells, postnatal stem cells represent a promising tool for regenerative therapy. Indeed, unmanipulated stem cells or their progeny amplified in vitro are already used in some clinical applications to restore the function of injured or genetically deficient tissues. However, despite our cumulating understanding concerning postnatal stem cells, many aspects of their functionality remain unclear. For instance, in most tissues, we cannot reliably define the phenotype of the postnatal stem cells sustaining its survival. We do not know to which extent the environment surrounding the stem cell-the niche-which is a key actor insuring stem cell self-maintenance, is also implicated in the maintenance of stem cell lineage specificity. Moreover, we have to clarify whether postnatal stem cells are capable of undertaking "transdifferentiation", that is, the conversion of one cell type into another under physiological conditions. Answering these questions should help us to draw a more accurate picture of postnatal stem cell biology and should lead to the design of safe, effective therapies.
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- Vincent Kindler
- Geneva University Hospital, 25, Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
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Uehlinger P, Ballini JP, van den Bergh H, Wagnières G. On the Role of Iron and one of its Chelating Agents in the Production of Protoporphyrin IX Generated by 5-Aminolevulinic Acid and its Hexyl Ester Derivative Tested on an Epidermal Equivalent of Human Skin. Photochem Photobiol 2006; 82:1069-76. [PMID: 17205631 DOI: 10.1562/2005-12-04-ra-745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or its derivatives as precursors of protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) is routinely used in dermatology for the treatment of various pathologies. However, this methodology suffers to some extent from a limited efficacy. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to investigate the modulation and pharmacokinetics of PPIX buildup after a 5 h incubation with ALA (1.5 mM) and one of its derivatives, the hexyl ester of ALA (h-ALA) (1.5 mM), on the human epidermal equivalent Epidex. PPIX production was modulated with (L+) ascorbic acid iron (II) salt (LAI) or the iron (II)-specific chelating agent deferoxamine (DFO). PPIX fluorescence from the Epidex layers was measured up to 150 h after the precursor administration using a microspectrofluorometer (lambda(ex): 400 +/- 20 nm; lambda(det): 635 nm). The maximum PPIX fluorescence intensity induced by h-ALA was about 1.7 x larger than that induced by ALA. The addition of DFO resulted in a more than 50% increase in PPIX fluorescence for both precursors. The decay half life measured for PPIX fluorescence is 30 and 42.5 h, respectively, for ALA and h-ALA. These half lives are doubled when the samples contain DFO. In the samples with the highest fluorescence intensity, a modified fluorescence spectrum was observed after 10 h, with the emergence of a peak at 590 nm, which is attributed to zinc protoporphyrin IX (Zn PPIX).
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- Pascal Uehlinger
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Laboratory of Photomedicine, EPFL, Switzerland
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Wiszniewski L, Jornot L, Dudez T, Pagano A, Rochat T, Lacroix JS, Suter S, Chanson M. Long-Term Cultures of Polarized Airway Epithelial Cells from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2006; 34:39-48. [PMID: 16179582 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2005-0161oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The poor ability of respiratory epithelial cells to proliferate and differentiate in vitro into a pseudostratified mucociliated epithelium limits the general use of primary airway epithelial cell (AEC) cultures generated from patients with rare diseases, such as cystic fibrosis (CF). Here, we describe a procedure to amplify AEC isolated from nasal polyps and generate long-term cultures of the respiratory epithelium. AEC were seeded onto microporous permeable supports that carried on their undersurface a preformed feeder layer of primary human airway fibroblasts. The use of fibroblast feeder layers strongly stimulated the proliferation of epithelial cells, allowing the expansion of the cell pool with successive passages. AEC at increasing passage were seeded onto supports undercoated with airway fibroblasts and exposed to air. Either freshly isolated or amplified AEC could differentiate into a pseudostratified mucociliated epithelium for at least 10 mo. Thus, CF epithelia cultures showed elevated Na+ transport, drastic hyperabsorption of surface liquid, and absence of cAMP-induced Cl- secretion as compared with non-CF cultures. They were also characterized by thick apical secretion that hampered the movement of cell surface debris by cilia. However, CF respiratory epithelia did not show increased production of mucins or IL-8. The method described here is now routinely used in our laboratory to establish long-term cultures of well differentiated respiratory epithelia from human airway biopsies.
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- Ludovic Wiszniewski
- Laboratory of Clinical Investigation III, Department of Pediatrics, HUG, Geneva 14, Switzerland
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Wound healing can be problematic in several clinical settings because of massive tissue injury (burns), wound healing deficiencies (chronic wounds), or congenital conditions and diseases. Engineered skin substitutes have been developed to address the medical need for wound coverage and tissue repair. Currently, no engineered skin substitute can replace all of the functions of intact human skin. A variety of biologic dressings and skin substitutes have however contributed to improved outcomes for patients suffering from acute and chronic wounds. These include acellular biomaterials and composite cultured skin analogs containing allogeneic or autologous cultured skin cells.
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- Dorothy M Supp
- Research Department, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Cincinnati Burns Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
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De Diego Rodríguez E, Villanueva Peña A, Roca Edreira A, Martín García B, Meana Infiesta A, Gómez Llames S. [Current status of tissue engineering in urology. Review of the literature]. Actas Urol Esp 2005; 28:636-45. [PMID: 16050197 DOI: 10.1016/s0210-4806(04)73154-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In the eighties a new field of the medicine appears wich applies the principles of cellular cultivation to synthetic biodegradable polymers scaffolds with the purpose of creating autologous biological substitutes that could improve, maintain or restore the function of organs or damaged tissues. The Tissue Engineering constitutes a new discipline in full phase of development especially in USA, with multiple potential applications in several medical specialities. Our speciality can't remain indifferent to interest and encouraging future originated by this new science. In this work we have made a wide bibliographical revision in the Medline to know the antecedents, current state and the possible future applications of Tissue Engineering in Urology.
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Liu JY, Burg G. An Improved Organ Culture for Regeneration of Pure Autologous Keratinocytes from Small Split-Thickness Skin Specimens. Dermatology 2005; 210:45-8. [PMID: 15604545 DOI: 10.1159/000081483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2004] [Accepted: 09/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Failure of autologous keratinocyte culture from small split-thickness skin specimens or contamination of the keratinocyte culture by melanocytes represents practical problems in basic medical research and clinical studies. PURPOSE To establish a simple and reliable method of harvesting pure autologous keratinocytes from a small split-thickness skin specimen. METHODS Split-thickness (0.3 mm) skin explants (1 x 2 mm) were firstly cultured in DMEM containing 10% FCS till formation of keratinocyte strips, then cultured in serum-free keratinocyte growth medium or cocultured with lethally irradiated 3T3 fibroblasts (J2) in a mixture of DMEM and Ham's F12 (DF) medium. RESULTS Pure autologous keratinocyte culture is easily and reliably established by this organ culture technique. CONCLUSION Culturing of skin explants in serum-free keratinocyte growth medium or coculturing of the skin explants with lethally irradiated 3T3 cells in DF medium is proved to be a useful, simple and reliable method of harvesting pure autologous keratinocytes from a small split-thickness skin biopsy.
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- Jin Yu Liu
- Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Progress in cell culture and biomaterial technologies has resulted in commercially available autologous and allogeneic skin substitutes that are composed of keratinocytes and/or fibroblats, in part combined with allogeneic (fibrin) or xenogeneic (collagen, hyaluronan) matrix substances. So far, clinical testing of tissue-engineered products focused on chronic wounds (vascular leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers); another major indication, however, is large acute skin defects (burns). During the last decade, partly-controlled clinical trials have been performed with several cultured skin substitutes, studying primarily vascular leg ulcers; a few of these products have been approved for defined indications by the regulatory authorities of various countries. To fulfill regulatory requirements and be eligible for reimbursement, safety as well as cost-effectiveness have to be documented for these novel therapies in contrast to established methods for clearly defined clinical settings; this, in combination with restricted health care resources, is actually hampering the clinical breakthrough of tissue engineering in the treatment of skin wounds, despite undiminished research activities.
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Affiliation(s)
- T Hunziker
- Dermatologische Klinik der Universität Bern, Inselspital.
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Tausche AK, Skaria M, Böhlen L, Liebold K, Hafner J, Friedlein H, Meurer M, Goedkoop RJ, Wollina U, Salomon D, Hunziker T. An autologous epidermal equivalent tissue-engineered from follicular outer root sheath keratinocytes is as effective as split-thickness skin autograft in recalcitrant vascular leg ulcers. Wound Repair Regen 2003; 11:248-52. [PMID: 12846911 DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-475x.2003.11403.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
The outer root sheath of hair follicles plays an important role in epidermal regeneration in vivo. Keratinocytes isolated by explantation of outer root sheath tissue have extensive proliferative capacity irrespective of donor age, which probably depends on pluripotent epithelial stem cells residing in the outer root sheath. These keratinocytes can be organotypically grown to epidermal equivalents in vitro. We report here that in a multicenter, randomized phase II study, EpiDex trade mark, a tissue-engineered, fully differentiated autologous epidermal equivalent derived from keratinocytes of the outer root sheath of plucked anagen hair follicles, is as effective as split-thickness skin autografting in the promotion of healing and complete closure of recalcitrant vascular leg ulcers.
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- Anne-Kathrin Tausche
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie des Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carusa, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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Gharzi A, Reynolds AJ, Jahoda CAB. Plasticity of hair follicle dermal cells in wound healing and induction. Exp Dermatol 2003; 12:126-36. [PMID: 12702140 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0625.2003.00106.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The capacity of adult hair follicle dermal cells to participate in new follicle induction and regeneration, and to elicit responses from diverse epithelial partners, demonstrates a level of developmental promiscuity and influence far exceeding that of interfollicular fibroblasts. We have recently suggested that adult follicle dermal cells have extensive stem or progenitor cell activities, including an important role in skin dermal wound healing. Given that up to now tissue engineered skin equivalents have several deficiencies, including the absence of hair follicles, we investigated the capacity of follicle dermal cells to be incorporated into skin wounds; to form hair follicles in wound environments; and to create a hair follicle-derived skin equivalent. In our study, we implanted rat follicle dermal cells labelled with a vital dye into ear and body skin wounds. We found that they were incorporated into the new dermis in a manner similar to skin fibroblasts, but that lower follicle dermal sheath also assimilated into hair follicles. Using different combinations of follicle dermal cells and outer root sheath epithelial cells in punch biopsy wounds, we showed that new hair follicles were formed only with the inclusion of intact dermal papillae. Finally by combining follicle dermal sheath and outer root sheath cells in organotypic chambers, we created a skin equivalent with characteristic dermal and epidermal architecture and a normal basement membrane - the first skin to be produced entirely from hair follicle cells. These data support the hypothesis that follicle dermal cells may be important in wound healing and demonstrate their potential usefulness in human skin equivalents and skin substitutes. While we have made progress towards producing skin equivalents that contain follicles, we suggest that the failure of cultured dermal papilla cells to induce follicle formation in wounds illustrates the complex role the follicle dermis may play in skin. We believe that it demonstrates a genuine dichotomy of activity for follicle cells within skin.
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- A Gharzi
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, South Road, University of Durham, UK
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