Electrical stimulation shifts healing/scarring towards regeneration in a rat limb amputation model.
Sci Rep
; 9(1): 11433, 2019 08 07.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31391536
Different species respond differently to severe injury, such as limb loss. In species that regenerate, limb loss is met with complete restoration of the limbs' form and function, whereas in mammals the amputated limb's stump heals and scars. In in vitro studies, electrical stimulation (EStim) has been shown to promote cell migration, and osteo- and chondrogenesis. In in vivo studies, after limb amputation, EStim causes significant new bone, cartilage and vessel growth. Here, in a rat model, the stumps of amputated rat limbs were exposed to EStim, and we measured extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition, macrophage distribution, cell proliferation and gene expression changes at early (3 and 7 days) and later stages (28 days). We found that EStim caused differences in ECM deposition, with less condensed collagen fibrils, and modified macrophage response by changing M1 to M2 macrophage ratio. The number of proliferating cells was increased in EStim treated stumps 7 days after amputation, and transcriptome data strongly supported our histological findings, with activated gene pathways known to play key roles in embryonic development and regeneration. In conclusion, our findings support the hypothesis that EStim shifts injury response from healing/scarring towards regeneration. A better understanding of if and how EStim controls these changes, could lead to strategies that replace scarring with regeneration.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Cicatrización de Heridas
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Terapia por Estimulación Eléctrica
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Cicatriz
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Amputación Quirúrgica
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Muñones de Amputación
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sci Rep
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido