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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
Volume 184, Issue 9, Pages 2465-2479Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.05.012
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan [21689049, 24689069]
- Challenging Exploratory Research [23650484, 25560055]
- Takeda Science Foundation
- Uehara Memorial Foundation
- Nakatomi Foundation
- Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award [097791MA]
- Royal Society International Joint Project
- Wellcome Trust [097791/Z/11/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
- Wellcome Trust [097791/Z/11/Z] Funding Source: researchfish
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25560055, 23650484, 24689069, 21689049] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The forkhead box O (FOXO) family has been extensively investigated in aging and metabolism, but its role in tissue-repair processes remains largely unknown. Herein, we clarify the molecular aspect of the FOXO family in skin wound healing. We demonstrated that Foxo1 and Foxo3a were both up-regulated during murine skin wound healing. Partial knockout of Foxo1 in Foxo1(+/-) mice throughout the body led to accelerated skin wound healing with enhanced keratinocyte migration, reduced granulation tissue formation, and decreased collagen density, accompanied by an attenuated inflammatory response, but we observed no wound phenotype in Foxo3a(-/-) mice. Fibroblast growth factor 2, adiponectin, and notch1 genes were significantly increased at wound sites in Foxo1(+/-) mice, along with markedly altered extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and AKT phosphorylation. Similarly, transient knockdown of Foxo1 at the wound site by local delivery of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides enhanced skin wound healing. The link between FOXO1 and scarring extends to patients, in particular keloid scars, where we see FOXO1 expression markedly increased in fibroblasts and inflammatory cells within the otherwise normal dermis. This occurs in the immediate vicinity of the keloid by comparison to the center of the mature keloid, indicating that FOXO1 is associated with the overgrowth of this fibrotic response into adjacent normal skin. Overall, our data indicate that molecular targeting of FOXO1 may improve the quality of healing and reduce pathological scarring.
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