Mice lacking Smad3 show accelerated wound healing and an impaired local inflammatory response
| Autor: | Gillian S. Ashcroft, Adam B. Glick, Sharon M. Wahl, Xiao Yang, Michael Weinstein, John J. Letterio, Teresa Greenwell-Wild, Mario A. Anzano, Diane Mizel, Anita B. Roberts, Chu-Xia Deng |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Keratinocytes
Male Bone Marrow Cells SMAD Biology Monocytes Mice In vivo Transforming Growth Factor beta medicine Cell Adhesion Animals Smad3 Protein Cells Cultured Skin Inflammation Mice Knockout Wound Healing Monocyte Chemotaxis Cell Biology Cell biology DNA-Binding Proteins medicine.anatomical_structure Gene Expression Regulation Trans-Activators Wounds and Injuries Signal transduction Wound healing Keratinocyte Cell Division Transforming growth factor Signal Transduction |
| Zdroj: | Nature cell biology. 1(5) |
| ISSN: | 1465-7392 |
| Popis: | The generation of animals lacking SMAD proteins, which transduce signals from transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), has made it possible to explore the contribution of the SMAD proteins to TGF-beta activity in vivo. Here we report that, in contrast to predictions made on the basis of the ability of exogenous TGF-beta to improve wound healing, Smad3-null (Smad3ex8/ex8) mice paradoxically show accelerated cutaneous wound healing compared with wild-type mice, characterized by an increased rate of re-epithelialization and significantly reduced local infiltration of monocytes. Smad3ex8/ex8 keratinocytes show altered patterns of growth and migration, and Smad3ex8/ex8 monocytes exhibit a selectively blunted chemotactic response to TGF-beta. These data are, to our knowledge, the first to implicate Smad3 in specific pathways of tissue repair and in the modulation of keratinocyte and monocyte function in vivo. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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