Decellularized silk fibroin scaffold primed with adipose mesenchymal stromal cells improves wound healing in diabetic mice

Stem Cell Research & Therapy - Tập 5 - Trang 1-15 - 2014
Stefania Elena Navone1,2, Luisa Pascucci3, Marta Dossena1, Anna Ferri1, Gloria Invernici1, Francesco Acerbi4, Silvia Cristini1, Gloria Bedini1, Valentina Tosetti1, Valentina Ceserani1, Arianna Bonomi5, Augusto Pessina5, Giuliano Freddi6, Antonio Alessandrino6, Piero Ceccarelli3, Rolando Campanella7, Giovanni Marfia2, Giulio Alessandri1, Eugenio Agostino Parati1
1The Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory, Cerebrovascular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute “C. Besta”, Milan, Italy
2Laboratory of Experimental Neurosurgery and Cell Therapy, Neurosurgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Milano, Milan, Italy
3Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
4Neurosurgery Department, IRCCS Foundation Neurological Institute “C. Besta”, Milan, Italy
5Department of Public Health–Microbiology–Virology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
6Innovhub-SSI, Div. Stazione Sperimentale per la Seta, Milan, Italy
7Neurosurgery Department, S. Carlo Borromeo Hospital, Milan, Italy

Tóm tắt

Silk fibroin (SF) scaffolds have been shown to be a suitable substrate for tissue engineering and to improve tissue regeneration when cellularized with mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). We here demonstrate, for the first time, that electrospun nanofibrous SF patches cellularized with human adipose-derived MSCs (Ad-MSCs-SF), or decellularized (D-Ad-MSCs-SF), are effective in the treatment of skin wounds, improving skin regeneration in db/db diabetic mice. The conformational and structural analyses of SF and D-Ad-MSCs-SF patches were performed by scanning electron microscopy, confocal microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Wounds were performed by a 5 mm punch biopsy tool on the mouse’s back. Ad-MSCs-SF and D-Ad-MSCs-SF patches were transplanted and the efficacy of treatments was assessed by measuring the wound closure area, by histological examination and by gene expression profile. We further investigated the in vitro angiogenic properties of Ad-MSCs-SF and D-Ad-MSCs-SF patches by affecting migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), keratinocytes (KCs) and dermal fibroblasts (DFs), through the aortic ring assay and, finally, by evaluating the release of angiogenic factors. We found that Ad-MSCs adhere and grow on SF, maintaining their phenotypic mesenchymal profile and differentiation capacity. Conformational and structural analyses on SF and D-Ad-MSCs-SF samples, showed that sterilization, decellularization, freezing and storing did not affect the SF structure. When grafted in wounds of diabetic mice, both Ad-MSCs-SF and D-Ad-MSCs-SF significantly improved tissue regeneration, reducing the wound area respectively by 40% and 35%, within three days, completing the process in around 10 days compared to 15–17 days of controls. RT2 gene profile analysis of the wounds treated with Ad-MSCs-SF and D-Ad-MSCs-SF showed an increment of genes involved in angiogenesis and matrix remodeling. Finally, Ad-MSCs-SF and D-Ad-MSCs-SF co-cultured with HUVECs, DFs and KCs, preferentially enhanced the HUVECs’ migration and the release of angiogenic factors stimulating microvessel outgrowth in the aortic ring assay. Our results highlight for the first time that D-Ad-MSCs-SF patches are almost as effective as Ad-MSCs-SF patches in the treatment of diabetic wounds, acting through a complex mechanism that involves stimulation of angiogenesis. Our data suggest a potential use of D-Ad-MSCs-SF patches in chronic diabetic ulcers in humans.

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