An in vitro wound healing model for evaluation of dermal substitutes. 2013

Jeroen W J van Kilsdonk, and Ellen H van den Bogaard, and Patrick A M Jansen, and Charlotte Bos, and Mieke Bergers, and Joost Schalkwijk
Department of Dermatology, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Reepithelialization of skin wounds is essential to restore barrier function and prevent infection. This process requires coordination of keratinocyte proliferation, migration, and differentiation, which may be impeded by various extrinsic and host-dependent factors. Deep, full-thickness wounds, e.g., burns, are often grafted with dermal matrices before transplantation of split-skin grafts. These dermal matrices need to be integrated in the host skin and serve as a substrate for neoepidermis formation. Systematic preclinical analysis of keratinocyte migration on established and experimental matrices has been hampered by the lack of suitable in vitro model systems. Here, we developed an in vitro full-thickness wound healing model in tissue-engineered human skin that allowed analysis of the reepithelialization process across different grafted dermal substitutes. We observed strong differences between porous and nonporous matrices, the latter being superior for reepithelialization. This finding was corroborated in rodent wound healing models. The model was optimized using lentivirus-transduced keratinocytes expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein and by the addition of human blood, which accelerated keratinocyte migration underneath the clot. Our model shows great potential for preclinical evaluation of tissue-engineered dermal substitutes in a medium-throughput format, thereby obviating the use of large numbers of experimental animals.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008810 Mice, Inbred C57BL One of the first INBRED MOUSE STRAINS to be sequenced. This strain is commonly used as genetic background for transgenic mouse models. Refractory to many tumors, this strain is also preferred model for studying role of genetic variations in development of diseases. Mice, C57BL,Mouse, C57BL,Mouse, Inbred C57BL,C57BL Mice,C57BL Mice, Inbred,C57BL Mouse,C57BL Mouse, Inbred,Inbred C57BL Mice,Inbred C57BL Mouse
D002454 Cell Differentiation Progressive restriction of the developmental potential and increasing specialization of function that leads to the formation of specialized cells, tissues, and organs. Differentiation, Cell,Cell Differentiations,Differentiations, Cell
D002465 Cell Movement The movement of cells from one location to another. Distinguish from CYTOKINESIS which is the process of dividing the CYTOPLASM of a cell. Cell Migration,Locomotion, Cell,Migration, Cell,Motility, Cell,Movement, Cell,Cell Locomotion,Cell Motility,Cell Movements,Movements, Cell
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012867 Skin The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
D014945 Wound Healing Restoration of integrity to traumatized tissue. Healing, Wound,Healings, Wound,Wound Healings
D014947 Wounds and Injuries Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity. Injuries,Physical Trauma,Trauma,Injuries and Wounds,Injuries, Wounds,Research-Related Injuries,Wounds,Wounds and Injury,Wounds, Injury,Injury,Injury and Wounds,Injury, Research-Related,Physical Traumas,Research Related Injuries,Research-Related Injury,Trauma, Physical,Traumas,Wound
D015603 Keratinocytes Epidermal cells which synthesize keratin and undergo characteristic changes as they move upward from the basal layers of the epidermis to the cornified (horny) layer of the skin. Successive stages of differentiation of the keratinocytes forming the epidermal layers are basal cell, spinous or prickle cell, and the granular cell. Keratinocyte

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