A Role for Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 6 in Blood Vessel Regression in Wound Healing
| Autor: | Luisa A. DiPietro, Lin Chen, Elizabeth R. Michalczyk, Mariana B Maia |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
CD31 Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Angiogenesis Microvascular Rarefaction Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Vascular Regression 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences Mice 0302 clinical medicine PEDF medicine Animals Nerve Growth Factors RNA Small Interfering Receptor Eye Proteins Discovery Express Serpins Skin Wound Healing integumentary system Neovascularization Pathologic business.industry Endothelial Cells Capillaries Endothelial stem cell Mice Inbred C57BL 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-6 Emergency Medicine Female business Wound healing Blood vessel |
| Popis: | Objective: The healing of skin wounds is typified by a pattern of robust angiogenesis followed by vascular regression. Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), a recognized endogenous antiangiogenic protein, regulates vascular regression in resolving wounds through an unknown receptor. Among the multiple receptors for PEDF that have been identified, low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6 (Lrp6) has been described as a regulator of angiogenesis in multiple systems. The purpose of the current study was to determine if the Lrp6 receptor plays a role in vessel regression in wounds. Approach: Excisional skin wounds were prepared on C57BL/6 mice. RT-PCR and immunoblots were performed to measure Lrp6 expression over a time course of wound healing. Immunohistochemistry was performed to localize Lrp6 in both recombinant PEDF (rPEDF)-treated and control wounds. To examine whether Lrp6 is critical to the regulation of capillary regression in vivo, wounds were treated with Lrp6 siRNA to minimize its presence in wounds. Immunohistochemistry for CD31 was performed to quantify blood vessel density. Results: PCR and immunoblots revealed significant increases in Lrp6 expression during the vascular regression phase of wound healing. Lrp6 was found to colocalize with CD31(+) endothelial cells in wounds. The addition of rPEDF to wounds caused an increase in Lrp6-CD31(+) endothelial cell colocalization. Inhibition of Lrp6 by siRNA impeded the vascular regression phase of healing. Innovation: This study is the first to demonstrate an association between Lrp6 and vessel regression in wound healing. Conclusion: Lrp6 is expressed in wounds in a temporal and spatial manner that suggests it may be a receptor for PEDF during vascular regression. PEDF increases Lrp6 expression in the wound vasculature, and inhibition of Lrp6 blocked vascular regression in wounds. The results suggest that Lrp6 is important to vascular regression in wounds, possibly through direct interaction with PEDF. |
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