Adipose-derived stem cells promote diabetic wound healing via the recruitment and differentiation of endothelial progenitor cells into endothelial cells mediated by the VEGF-PLCγ-ERK pathway.
Chen L., Zheng Q., Liu Y., Li L., Chen X., Wang L.
Animal Study on Diabetic Foot, Chronic Wound, Chronic Inflammation, published in Arch Biochem Biophys (2020) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.
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- Study type
- Animal Study
- Journal
- Arch Biochem Biophys (2020)
- Country
- United States
- Reported sample size
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- Source database
- PubMed
- PMID
- 32745464
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.abb.2020.108531
- Citations
- 40
Abstract (original English)
Adipose-derived stem cell (ADSC) therapy is a promising treatment strategy for wound healing; however, the mechanism underlying this effect remains unclear. In the present study, we aimed to explore the influence of ADSC-derived VEGF on diabetic wounds and its role in modulating endothelial progenitor cells. The effect of ADSCs and ADSC-derived VEGF in vivo was investigated using a diabetic wound healing model, and inflammatory factors, such as IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α, were detected. RT-qPCR and western blot analysis were used to detect the expression of downstream targets. In addition, the role of ADSC-derived VEGF in modulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) was investigated using EdU assay, CD-31 immunofluorescence, and Transwell assay in vitro. The results show that ADSCs accelerated diabetic wound tissue closure and decreased the expression of inflammatory factors, such as IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α. Further molecular mechanism studies indicated that coculturing EPCs with ADSC--conditioned medium enhanced the proliferation, mobilization and differentiation of EPCs into endothelial cells. This enhancement was inhibited when the expression of the VEGF downstream signal molecules VEGFR2, PLCγ, and ERK1/ERK2 was blocked, indicating that ADSCs might accelerate diabetic wound healing through the recruitment and differentiation of EPCs mediated by VEGF. Overall, the results of th
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