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Substance P Promotes Diabetic Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing Through Molecular Mechanisms Mediated via the Neurokinin-1 Receptor

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DIABETES
卷 63, 期 12, 页码 4262-4274

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AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/db14-0163

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  1. National Basic Research Program of China [2012CB722409]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81170816, 81200665]
  3. Shandong Provincial Excellent Innovation Team Program
  4. Taishan Scholar Program [20081148]
  5. J.C. Kempe Memorial Foundation
  6. Seth M. Kempe Memorial Foundation
  7. Swedish Society of Medicine
  8. Cronqvist Foundation
  9. KMA Foundation
  10. National Swedish Research Council [521-2013-2612]

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Substance P (SP) is a neuropeptide, predominantly released from sensory nerve fibers, with a potentially protective role in diabetic corneal epithelial wound healing. However, the molecular mechanism remains unclear. We investigated the protective mechanism of SP against hyperglycemia-induced corneal epithelial wound healing defects, using type 1 diabetic mice and high glucose-treated corneal epithelial cells. Hyperglycemia induced delayed corneal epithelial wound healing, accompanied by attenuated corneal sensation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and impairments of Akt, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and Sirt1 activation, as well as decreased reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging capacity. However, SP application promoted epithelial wound healing, recovery of corneal sensation, improvement of mitochondrial function, and reactivation of Akt, EGFR, and Sirt1, as well as increased ROS scavenging capacity, in both diabetic mouse corneal epithelium and high glucose-treated corneal epithelial cells. The promotion of SP on diabetic corneal epithelial healing was completely abolished by a neurokinin-1 (NK-1) receptor antagonist. Moreover, the subconjunctival injection of NK-1 receptor antagonist also caused diabetic corneal pathological changes in normal mice. In conclusion, the results suggest that SP-NK-1 receptor signaling plays a critical role in the maintenance of corneal epithelium homeostasis, and that SP signaling through the NK-1 receptor contributes to the promotion of diabetic corneal epithelial wound healing by rescued activation of Akt, EGFR, and Sirt1, improvement of mitochondrial function, and increased ROS scavenging capacity.

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