Topical sonic hedgehog gene therapy accelerates wound healing in diabetes by enhancing endothelial progenitor cell-mediated microvascular remodeling

被引:209
作者
Asai, Jun
Takenaka, Hideya
Kusano, Kengo F.
Ii, Masaaki
Luedemann, Corinne
Curry, Cynthia
Eaton, Elizabeth
Iwakura, Atsushi
Tsutsumi, Yoshiaki
Hamada, Hiromichi
Kishimoto, Saburo
Thorne, Tina
Kishore, Raj
Losordo, Douglas W.
机构
[1] Tufts Univ, Sch Med, St Elizabeths Med Ctr, Div Cardiovasc Res & Med, Boston, MA 02135 USA
[2] Kyoto Prefectural Univ Med, Grad Sch Med Sci, Dept Dermatol, Kyoto, Japan
[3] RIKEN Ctr Dev Biol, Kobe Inst Biomed Res & Innovat, Stem Cell Translat Res, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
关键词
angiogenesis; diabetes mellitus; endothelial progenitor cell; sonic hedgehog; wound healing;
D O I
10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.603167
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 [临床医学]; 100201 [内科学];
摘要
Background - Sonic hedgehog (Shh) is a prototypical morphogen known to regulate epithelial-mesenchymal interaction during embryonic development. Recent observations indicate that exogenous administration of Shh can induce angiogenesis and may accelerate repair of ischemic myocardium and skeletal muscle. Because angiogenesis plays a pivotal role in wound repair, we hypothesized that activation of the hedgehog pathway may promote a favorable effect on microvascular remodeling during cutaneous wound healing and thereby accelerate wound closure. Because diabetes is associated with impaired wound healing, we tested this hypothesis in a diabetic model of cutaneous wound repair. Methods and Results - In Ptc1-LacZ mice, cutaneous injury resulted in LacZ expression, indicating that expression of the Shh receptor Patched was induced and therefore that the Shh signaling pathway was intact postnatally and upregulated in the process of wound repair. In diabetic mice, topical gene therapy with the use of naked DNA encoding for Shh resulted in significant local gene expression and acceleration of wound recovery. The acceleration in wound healing was notable for increased wound vascularity. In bone marrow transplantation models, the enhanced vascularity of the wound was shown to be mediated, at least in part, by enhanced recruitment of bone marrow - derived endothelial progenitor cells. In vitro, Shh promoted production of angiogenic cytokines from fibroblasts as well as proliferation of dermal fibroblasts. Furthermore, Shh directly promoted endothelial progenitor cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and tube formation. Conclusions - These findings suggest that a simple strategy of topically applied Shh gene therapy may have significant therapeutic potential for enhanced wound healing in patients with impaired microcirculation such as occurs in diabetes.
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页码:2413 / 2424
页数:12
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