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Deep dermal fibroblasts refractory to migration and decorin-induced apoptosis contribute to hypertrophic scarring.

Abstract
Hypertrophic scar (HTS) represents the dermal equivalent of fibroproliferative disorders. Fibroblasts from the deep dermis are implicated in the development of HTS after injuries that involve deeper areas of the skin. However, fibroblasts that reside in the superficial layer of the skin show antifibrotic properties, and injuries limited to this area heal with little or no scarring. Previously, cellular and molecular characteristics of superficial fibroblasts and deep dermal fibroblasts that may influence HTS formation were analyzed. In this study, differences in cellular behavior between superficial fibroblasts and deep dermal fibroblasts that may also affect the development of HTS or tissue fibrosis were further characterized. Immunostaining and migration, adhesion, apoptosis, and cell viability assays were performed in fibroblasts from the superficial and deep dermis. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction was used to examine the gene expression of molecules involved in cell death after treatment of fibroblasts with decorin. When compared with superficial fibroblasts, deep dermal fibroblasts showed lower migration rates. Although all the fibroblasts tested showed no difference in adhesion to fibronectin, superficial fibroblasts demonstrated increased apoptotic and dead cells when treated with decorin. Decorin resulted in a significant increase in the expression of apoptosis markers, histone-1, caspase-1, caspase-8, and p53 in superficial fibroblasts when compared with deep dermal fibroblasts. Taken together, the findings suggest that reduced migration, lack of decorin, and resistance of deep dermal fibroblasts to decorin-induced apoptosis may result in hypercellularity in injuries involving the deep dermis, leading to deposition of excess extracellular matrix and HTS formation.
AuthorsDariush Honardoust, Jie Ding, Mathew Varkey, Heather A Shankowsky, Edward E Tredget
JournalJournal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association (J Burn Care Res) 2012 Sep-Oct Vol. 33 Issue 5 Pg. 668-77 ISSN: 1559-0488 [Electronic] England
PMID22210076 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Decorin
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins
  • Proteoglycans
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Caspase 8
Topics
  • Apoptosis
  • Caspase 8
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Cell Migration Assays
  • Cicatrix, Hypertrophic (pathology)
  • Decorin
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Extracellular Matrix Proteins
  • Fibroblasts
  • Humans
  • Proteoglycans
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Signal Transduction
  • Wound Healing

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