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Melatonin influences the biological characteristics of keloid fibroblasts through the Erk and Smad signalling pathways

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BURNS & TRAUMA
卷 11, 期 -, 页码 -

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/burnst/tkad005

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Keloid; Fibroblast; Melatonin; 5-fluorouracil; Erk; Smad; Signalling pathways; Hyperplasias; Phosphorylation

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The study found that melatonin can inhibit the growth and migration of keloid fibroblasts, suppress collagen production, and inhibit the cAMP/PKA/Erk and Smad signaling pathways through the MT2 membrane receptor. Combination with 5-fluorouracil can enhance the inhibitory effects.
Background Keloids are abnormal fibrous hyperplasias that are difficult to treat. Melatonin can be used to inhibit the development of certain fibrotic diseases but has never been used to treat keloids. We aimed to discover the effects and mechanisms of melatonin in keloid fibroblasts (KFs). Methods Flow cytometry, CCK-8 assays, western blotting, wound-healing assays, transwell assays, collagen gel contraction assays and immunofluorescence assays were applied to demonstrate the effects and mechanisms of melatonin in fibroblasts derived from normal skin, hypertrophic scars and keloids. The therapeutic potential of the combination of melatonin and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was investigated in KFs. Results Melatonin significantly promoted cell apoptosis and inhibited cell proliferation, migration and invasion, contractile capability and collagen production in KFs. Further mechanistic studies demonstrated that melatonin could inhibit the cAMP/PKA/Erk and Smad pathways through the membrane receptor MT2 to alter the biological characteristics of KFs. Moreover, the combination of melatonin and 5-FU remarkably promoted cell apoptosis and inhibited cell migration and invasion, contractile capability and collagen production in KFs. Furthermore, 5-FU suppressed the phosphorylation of Akt, mTOR, Smad3 and Erk, and melatonin in combination with 5-FU markedly suppressed the activation of the Akt, Erk and Smad pathways. Conclusions Collectively, melatonin may inhibit the Erk and Smad pathways through the membrane receptor MT2 to alter the cell functions of KFs, while combination with 5-FU could exert even more inhibitory effects in KFs through simultaneous suppression of multiple signalling pathways.

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