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. 2021 Sep;45(9):1976-1985.
doi: 10.1002/cbin.11627. Epub 2021 Jun 3.

Serum exosomes accelerate diabetic wound healing by promoting angiogenesis and ECM formation

Liushan Chen  1 , Linghao Qin  2 , Chujun Chen  1 , Qiong Hu  1 , Junjian Wang  3 , Juan Shen  1
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Serum exosomes accelerate diabetic wound healing by promoting angiogenesis and ECM formation

Liushan Chen et al. Cell Biol Int. 2021 Sep.

Abstract

Nonhealing wounds in diabetes remain a global clinical and research challenge. Exosomes are primary mediators of cell paracrine action, which are shown to promote tissue repair and regeneration. In this study, we investigated the effects of serum derived exosomes (Serum-Exos) on diabetic wound healing and its possible mechanisms. Serum-Exos were isolated from blood serum of normal healthy mice and identified by transmission electron microscopy and western blot. The effects of Serum-Exos on diabetic wound healing, fibroblast growth and migration, angiogenesis and extracellular matrix (ECM) formation were investigated. Our results showed that the isolated Serum-Exos exhibited a sphere-shaped morphology with a mean diameter at 150 nm, and expressed classical markers of exosomes including HSP70, TSG101, and CD63. Treatment with Serum-Exos elevated the percentage of wound closure and shortened the time of healing in diabetic mice. Mechanistically, Serum-Exos promoted granulation tissue formation and increased the expression of CD31, fibronectin and collagen-ɑ in diabetic mice. Serum-Exos also promoted the migration of NIH/3T3 cells, which was associated with increased expression levels of PCNA, Ki67, collagen-α and fibronectin. In addition, Serum-Exos enhanced tube formation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells and induced the expression of CD31 at both protein and messenger RNA levels. Collectively, our results suggest that Serum-Exos may facilitate the wound healing in diabetic mice by promoting angiogenesis and ECM formation, and show the potential application in treating diabetic wounds.

Keywords: angiogenesis; diabetic healing; extracellular matrix; migration; serum exosomes.

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