Abstract
Wound healing is a highly orchestrated physiological process consisting of a complex events, and scarless wound healing is highly desired for the development and application in clinical medicine. Recently, we have demonstrated that human amniotic epithelial cells (hAECs) promoted wound healing and inhibited scar formation through a paracrine mechanism. However, exosomes (Exo) are one of the most important paracrine factors. Whether exosomes derived from human amniotic epithelial cells (hAECs-Exo) have positive effects on scarless wound healing have not been reported yet. In this study, we examined the role of hAECs-Exo on wound healing in a rat model. We found that hAECs, which exhibit characteristics of both embryonic and mesenchymal stem cells, have the potential to differentiate into all three germ layers. hAECs-Exo ranged from 50 to 150 nm in diameter, and positive for exosomal markers CD9, CD63, CD81, Alix, TSG101 and HLA-G. Internalization of hAECs-Exo promoted the migration and proliferation of fibroblasts. Moreover, the deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) were partly abolished by the treatment of high concentration of hAECs-Exo (100 μg/mL), which may be through stimulating the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1). In vivo animal experiments showed that hAECs-Exo improved the skin wound healing with well-organized collagen fibers. Taken together, These findings represent that hAECs-Exo can be used as a novel hope in cell-free therapy for scarless wound healing.
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Abbreviations
- hAECs:
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Human amniotic epithelial cells
- Exo:
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Exosomes
- ECM:
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Extracellular matrice
- MMP-1:
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Matrix metalloproteinase-1
- MSCs:
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Mesenchymal stem cells
- SEM:
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Scanning electron microscopy
- BSA:
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Bovine serum albumin
- DAPI4′:
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6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
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This work was supported by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China (2015SQ00060) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (81201470).
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Zhao, B., Zhang, Y., Han, S. et al. Exosomes derived from human amniotic epithelial cells accelerate wound healing and inhibit scar formation. J Mol Hist 48, 121–132 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10735-017-9711-x
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