Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 101, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2022.151276
Keywords
MMP14; MMP3; Wound healing; TGF; Myofibroblast; Apoptosis
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [73111208-SFB829]
- Koln Fortune Program of the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne [383/2020]
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Simultaneous deletion of MMP3 and MMP14 delays wound closure during skin repair and modulates myofibroblast formation and resolution in wounds.
Early lethality of mice with complete deletion of the matrix metalloproteinase MMP14 emphasized the proteases' pleiotropic functions. MMP14 deletion in adult dermal fibroblasts (MMP14Sf-/-) caused collagen type I accu-mulation and upregulation of MMP3 expression. To identify the compensatory role of MMP3, mice were generated with MMP3 deletion in addition to MMP14 loss in fibroblasts. These double deficient mice displayed a fibrotic phenotype in skin and tendons as detected in MMP14Sf-/-mice, but no additional obvious defects were detected. However, challenging the mice with full thickness excision wounds resulted in delayed closure of early wounds in the double deficient mice compared to wildtype and MMP14 single knockout controls. Over time wounds closed and epidermal integrity was restored. Interestingly, on day seven, post-wounding myofibroblast density was lower in the wounds of all knockout than in controls, they were higher on day 14. The delayed resolution of myofibroblasts from the granulation tissue is paralleled by reduced apoptosis of these cells, although proliferation of myofibroblasts is induced in the double deficient mice. Further analysis showed comparable TGF beta 1 and TGF beta R1 expression among all genotypes. In addition, in vitro, fibroblasts lacking MMP3 and MMP14 retained their ability to differentiate into myofibroblasts in response to TGF beta 1 treatment and me-chanical stress. However, in vivo, p-Smad2 was reduced in myofibroblasts at day 5 post-wounding, in double, but most significant in single knockout, indicating their involvement in TGF beta 1 activation. Thus, although MMP3 does not compensate for the lack of fibroblast-MMP14 in tissue homeostasis, simultaneous deletion of both proteases in fibroblasts delays wound closure during skin repair. Notably, single and double deficiency of these proteases modulates myofibroblast formation and resolution in wounds.
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