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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 315, Issue 6, Pages C885-C896Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00120.2018
Keywords
adipose; diabetes; mesenchymal stem cells; tissue scaffolds; wound healing
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- NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Grant [R01-HL128406]
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Program [I01-BX002336]
- Association of VA Surgeons Resident Research Award
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We have previously shown that bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) accelerate wound healing in a diabetic mouse model. In this study, we hypothesized that adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSC), cells of greater translational potential to human therapy. improve diabetic wound healing to a similar extent as BMSC. In vitro, the characterization and function of murine ADSC and BMSC as well as human diabetic and nondiabetic ADSC were evaluated by flow cytometry, cell viability, and VEGE expression. In vivo. biomimetic collagen scaffolds containing murine ADSC or BMSC were used to treat splinted full-thickness excisional back wounds on diabetic C57BL/6 mice, and human healthy and diabetic ADSC were used to treat back wounds on nude mice. Wound healing was evaluated by wound area, local VEGF-A expression, and count of CD31-positive cells. Delivery of murine ADSC or BMSC accelerated wound healing in diabetic mice to a similar extent, compared with acellular controls (P < 0.0001). Histological analysis showed similarly increased cellular proliferation (P < 0.0001). VEGF-A expression (P = 0.0002), endothelial cell density (P < 0.0001). numbers of macrophages (P < 0.0001). and smooth muscle cells (P < 0.0001) with ADSC and BMSC treatment. compared with controls. Cell survival and migration of ADSC and BMSC within the scaffolds were similar (P = 0.781). Notch signaling was upregulated to a similar degree by both ADSC and BMSC. Diabetic and nondiabetic human ADSC expressed similar levels of VEGF-A (P = 0.836) in vitro, as well as in scaffolds (P = 1.000). Delivery of human diabetic and nondiabctic ADSC enhanced wound healing to a similar extent in a nude mouse wound model. Murine ADSC and BMSC delivered in a biomimetic-collagen scaffold are equivalent at enhancing diabetic wound healing. Human diabetic ADSC are not inferior to nondiabetic ADSC at accelerating wound healing in a nude mouse model. This data suggests that ADSC are a reasonable choice to evaluate for translational therapy in the treatment of human diabetic wounds.
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