HISTOLOGY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY

From Cell Biology to Tissue Engineering

 

Therapeutic effects of platelet derived growth factor overexpressed-mesenchymal stromal cells and sheets in canine skin wound healing model

Namyul Kim1, Kyeong Uk Choi1, Eunbee Lee1, Seoyun Lee1, Jiwon Oh1, Woo keyoung Kim1, Sang-Ho Woo1,2, Dae-Yong Kim1,2, Wan-Hee Kim1 and Oh-kyeong Kweon1

1BK21 PLUS Program for Creative Veterinary Science Research, Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine and 2Department of Veterinary Pathology and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Offprint requests to: Oh-Kyeong Kweon, BK21 PLUS Program for Creative Veterinary Science Research, Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea. e-mail: ohkweon@snu.ac.kr


Summary. Adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (Ad-MSCs) have excellent potential for skin wound repair. Moreover, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) has strong wound healing properties. The purpose of the present study was to compare the healing effects of PDGF-overexpressing canine allogeneic Ad-MSCs (PDGF-MSCs) and their cell sheets (PDGF-CSs) as compared to unexpressed Ad-MSCs (U-MSCs) and their cell sheets (UCSs) in a cutaneous wound healing model induced upon dogs. In in vitro study, the expression of immunomodulatory and growth factors was assessed by qRT-PCR. In in vivo study, cells and sheets were transplanted into a square-shaped full-thickness (1.5×1.5 cm) skin defect model created in 12 dogs. After 5 and 10 days, wounds were harvested and evaluated macroscopically and histopathologically. The qRT-PCR results showed that the PDGF-B gene was significantly upregulated (p<0.05) in PDGF-CS and PDGF-MSCs groups. Upon gross analysis of the wound, all stromal cells and their sheet groups showed accelerated (p<0.05) cutaneous wound healing compared to the negative control groups. As compared to U-MSCs and UCSs, the PDGF-MSCs showed significant epithelization on days 5 and 10 of healing, whereas PDGF-CSs showed improved epithelization only on day 10. In the granulation tissue analysis, PDGF-CSs and UCSs promoted more formation (p<0.05) of upper granulation tissue, collagen, and activated fibroblasts than PDGF-MSCs, and U-MSCs. Especially, the PDGF-CSs presented the highest formation and maturation of granulation tissue among all groups. All considered, PDGF overexpressed stromal cells or cells sheets can improve cutaneous wound healing in a canine model. Histol Histopathol 35, 751-767 (2020)

Key words: Platelet-derived growth factor, Adipose-derivedmesenchymal stromal cell sheets, Wound healing, Dog

DOI: 10.14670/HH-18-196