PMID- 19123682 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090319 LR - 20191210 IS - 1083-3668 (Print) IS - 1083-3668 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 6 DP - 2008 Nov-Dec TI - Bioimaging assessment and effect of skin wound healing using bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells with the artificial dermis in diabetic rats. PG - 064036 LID - 10.1117/1.3042266 [doi] AB - We investigate the relationship between the fate and healing effect of transplanted mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in a rat diabetic skin wound model. Rats are treated with streptozotocin to induce diabetic conditions. A full-thickness skin defect is surgically made on the head of diabetic rats, and covered with an artificial dermis impregnated with either bone marrow cells (BMCs) or bone-marrow-derived MSCs from firefly luciferase (luc) transgenic (Tg) rats. Wound healing is evaluated using planimetry and immunohistochemistry, and the fate of transplanted MSCs is determined using in-vivo luminescent imaging. The diabetic wound treated with MSCs-impregnated artificial dermis is significantly smaller than that treated with artificial dermis alone at 1 week postoperation. Photons of luc+ MSCs are detected at the transplanted site during healing (3 weeks), whereas those of luc+ MSCs are depleted only after 1 week postimplantation. Immunohistochemistry at the healing site treated with MSCs demonstrates that CD31+ vessels increase with expression of vascular endothelial growth factor, suggesting that MSCs accelerate angiogenesis. These findings suggest that transplanted MSCs could be retained at wound sites during the healing process in a diabetic rat model, and subsequently promote wound healing through angiogenesis. FAU - Inoue, Hirokazu AU - Inoue H AD - Jichi Medical University, Division of Organ Replacement Research, Center for Molecular Medicine and Department of Orthopedics, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan. FAU - Murakami, Takashi AU - Murakami T FAU - Ajiki, Takashi AU - Ajiki T FAU - Hara, Mayumi AU - Hara M FAU - Hoshino, Yuichi AU - Hoshino Y FAU - Kobayashi, Eiji AU - Kobayashi E LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Biomed Opt JT - Journal of biomedical optics JID - 9605853 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow Transplantation MH - Diabetes Complications/*pathology/*surgery MH - *Disease Models, Animal MH - Luminescent Measurements/methods MH - Male MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/pathology MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence/methods MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Lew MH - Skin Ulcer/*pathology/*surgery MH - *Skin, Artificial MH - Treatment Outcome MH - *Wound Healing EDAT- 2009/01/07 09:00 MHDA- 2009/03/20 09:00 CRDT- 2009/01/07 09:00 PHST- 2009/01/07 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/01/07 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/03/20 09:00 [medline] AID - 10.1117/1.3042266 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biomed Opt. 2008 Nov-Dec;13(6):064036. doi: 10.1117/1.3042266.