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EPO reverses defective wound repair in hypercholesterolaemic mice by increasing functional angiogenesis

Elsherbiny, Ahmed; Högger, Dominik C; Borozadi, Meisam Khorrami; Schmidt, Christian A; Plock, Jan; Largo, Rene D; Lindenblatt, Nicole; Giovanoli, Pietro; Contaldo, Claudio (2012). EPO reverses defective wound repair in hypercholesterolaemic mice by increasing functional angiogenesis. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 65(11):1559-1568.

Abstract

This study aims to elucidate the effect of erythropoietin (EPO) on the microcirculation during wound healing in mice genetically depleted of apolipoprotein E (ApoE(-/-)). The skinfold chamber in mice was used for intravital microscopy, whereby an incisional wound was created within the chamber. Animals received Recormon(®) 1000 U kg(-1) body weight (BW) intra-peritoneally (i.p.) at day 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 post-wounding at a concentration of 100 Uml(-1) (n=42). Normal healing and vehicle-treated wild type animals (WT) served as controls. The microcirculation of the wound was analysed quantitatively in vivo using epi-illumination intravital fluorescence microscopy. Microtomography (micro-CT) analysis of casted wound microvessels was performed allowing three-dimensional (3D) histomorphometric analysis. Tissue samples were examined ex vivo for wound scoring and for expression analysis of EPO-Receptor (Epo-R) and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). Upon EPO treatment, the total wound score in ApoE(-/-) mice was increased by 23% on day 3, by 26% on day 7 and by 18% on day 13 when compared to untreated ApoE(-/-) mice (all P<0.05 vs. vehicle). Improved wound healing was accompanied with a significant increase of functional angiogenetic density and angiogenetic red blood cell perfusion on days 5, 7, 9 and 11 post-wounding. 3D histomorphometric analysis revealed an increase of vessel thickness (1.7-fold), vessel volume (2.4-fold) and vessel surface (1.7-fold) (all P<0.05 vs. vehicle). In addition, improved wound healing was associated with enhanced Epo-R expression (4.6-fold on day 3 and 13.5-fold on day 7) and eNOS expression (2.4-fold on day 7) (all P<0.05 vs. vehicle). Our data demonstrate that repetitive systemic EPO treatment reverses microvascular dysfunction during wound healing in hypercholesterolaemic mice by inducing new vessel formation and by providing the wound with more oxygen.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Cardiac Surgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Division of Surgical Research
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Reconstructive Surgery
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Surgery
Language:English
Date:2012
Deposited On:04 Feb 2013 09:00
Last Modified:25 Oct 2024 03:31
Publisher:Churchill Livingstone
ISSN:1748-6815
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2012.05.006
PubMed ID:22704605

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