Short-term pretreatment with deferoxamine enhances the in vivo vascularization capacity of nanofat seeded onto dermal substitutes.

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Abstract (original English)

Insufficient early vascularization remains a major limitation for the successful integration of implanted dermal substitutes. To overcome this challenge, nanofat has recently been introduced as a promising fat derivative for implant seeding. The present study investigated whether short-term ex vivo pretreatment with the hypoxia-mimetic agent deferoxamine (DFO) can further enhance the in vivo vascularization capacity of nanofat. Nanofat from green fluorescent protein (GFP) + donor mice was pretreated for 1 h with DFO (1 mM) or vehicle and subsequently seeded onto collagen-glycosaminoglycan-based dermal substitutes, which were implanted into dorsal skinfold chambers of syngeneic GFP - recipient mice. Implant vascularization, microhemodynamics, tissue integration and inflammatory response were assessed over a 14-day period using intravital fluorescence microscopy, histology and immunohistochemistry. Dermal substitutes seeded with DFO-pretreated nanofat exhibited a faster and more extensive vascularization, as evidenced by a significantly higher functional microvessel density in both implant border and center zones when compared to controls. Most blood-perfused microvessels originated from the GFP + DFO-pretreated nanofat. The improved vascularization was associated with reduced leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions in peri-implant venules as well as a decreased implant infiltrat

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