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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
Volume 181, Issue 6, Pages 1911-1920Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.08.022
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30901558, 31171118]
- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury of China development program [SKLZZ201122]
- Special Funds for Major State Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2012CB518103]
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With the clarification of the important roles of microRNAs (miRNAs) in diverse physiologic and pathologic processes, the effects of miRNAs in wound healing have attracted more attention recently. However, the global pattern of miRNA expression in wound tissue is still unknown. In the present study, we depicted the miRNA profile and identified at least 54 miRNAs, including miR-21, changed for more than twofold at the stage of granulation formation during wound healing. These miRNAs were closely related to the major events of wound healing, including cell migration and proliferation, angiogenesis, and matrix remolding. Furthermore, we found that miR-21 was up-regulated after skin injury, mainly in activated and migrating epithelial cells of epidermis and mesenchymal cells of dermis. Locally antagonizing miR-21 by directly injecting antagomir to wound edge caused significant delay of wound closure with unpaired collagen deposition. Unexpectedly, we found wounds treated with miR-21 antagomir had an obvious defect in wound contraction at an early stage of wound healing. The significant role of miR-21 in wound contraction was further confirmed by in vivo gain-of-function and in vitro loss-of-function experiments. In conclusion, the present study has for the first time depicted miRNA profiling of wound healing and demonstrated the involvement of miR-21 in regulating the wound contraction and collagen deposition. These results suggest that miR-21 may be a new medical target in skin wound manipulation. (Am J Pathol 2012, 181:1911-1920; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.08.022)
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