Topical Fibronectin Improves Wound Healing of Irradiated Skin

Abstract Wound healing is significantly delayed in irradiated skin. To better understand global changes in protein expression after radiation, we utilized a reverse phase protein array (RPPA) to identify significant changes in paired samples of normal and irradiated human skin. Of the 210 proteins s...

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Main Authors: Maxwell B. Johnson, Brandon Pang, Daniel J. Gardner, Solmaz Niknam-Benia, Vinaya Soundarajan, Athanasios Bramos, David P. Perrault, Kian Banks, Gene K. Lee, Regina Y. Baker, Gene H. Kim, Sunju Lee, Yang Chai, Mei Chen, Wei Li, Lawrence Kwong, Young-Kwon Hong, Alex K. Wong
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03614-y
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author Maxwell B. Johnson
Brandon Pang
Daniel J. Gardner
Solmaz Niknam-Benia
Vinaya Soundarajan
Athanasios Bramos
David P. Perrault
Kian Banks
Gene K. Lee
Regina Y. Baker
Gene H. Kim
Sunju Lee
Yang Chai
Mei Chen
Wei Li
Lawrence Kwong
Young-Kwon Hong
Alex K. Wong
author_facet Maxwell B. Johnson
Brandon Pang
Daniel J. Gardner
Solmaz Niknam-Benia
Vinaya Soundarajan
Athanasios Bramos
David P. Perrault
Kian Banks
Gene K. Lee
Regina Y. Baker
Gene H. Kim
Sunju Lee
Yang Chai
Mei Chen
Wei Li
Lawrence Kwong
Young-Kwon Hong
Alex K. Wong
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description Abstract Wound healing is significantly delayed in irradiated skin. To better understand global changes in protein expression after radiation, we utilized a reverse phase protein array (RPPA) to identify significant changes in paired samples of normal and irradiated human skin. Of the 210 proteins studied, fibronectin was the most significantly and consistently downregulated in radiation-damaged skin. Using a murine model, we confirmed that radiation leads to decreased fibronectin expression in the skin as well as delayed wound healing. Topically applied fibronectin was found to significantly improve wound healing in irradiated skin and was associated with decreased inflammatory infiltrate and increased angiogenesis. Fibronectin treatment may be a useful adjunctive modality in the treatment of non-healing radiation wounds.
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spelling doaj.art-33fe97d81b974d99b20a3d8bdb3a7a9d2022-12-21T20:36:24ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222017-06-017111010.1038/s41598-017-03614-yTopical Fibronectin Improves Wound Healing of Irradiated SkinMaxwell B. Johnson0Brandon Pang1Daniel J. Gardner2Solmaz Niknam-Benia3Vinaya Soundarajan4Athanasios Bramos5David P. Perrault6Kian Banks7Gene K. Lee8Regina Y. Baker9Gene H. Kim10Sunju Lee11Yang Chai12Mei Chen13Wei Li14Lawrence Kwong15Young-Kwon Hong16Alex K. Wong17Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCDepartment of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USCDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCCenter for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, Ostrow School of Dentistry, University of Southern CaliforniaDepartment of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USCDepartment of Dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USCDepartment of Translational Pathology, MD Anderson Cancer CenterDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USCAbstract Wound healing is significantly delayed in irradiated skin. To better understand global changes in protein expression after radiation, we utilized a reverse phase protein array (RPPA) to identify significant changes in paired samples of normal and irradiated human skin. Of the 210 proteins studied, fibronectin was the most significantly and consistently downregulated in radiation-damaged skin. Using a murine model, we confirmed that radiation leads to decreased fibronectin expression in the skin as well as delayed wound healing. Topically applied fibronectin was found to significantly improve wound healing in irradiated skin and was associated with decreased inflammatory infiltrate and increased angiogenesis. Fibronectin treatment may be a useful adjunctive modality in the treatment of non-healing radiation wounds.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03614-y
spellingShingle Maxwell B. Johnson
Brandon Pang
Daniel J. Gardner
Solmaz Niknam-Benia
Vinaya Soundarajan
Athanasios Bramos
David P. Perrault
Kian Banks
Gene K. Lee
Regina Y. Baker
Gene H. Kim
Sunju Lee
Yang Chai
Mei Chen
Wei Li
Lawrence Kwong
Young-Kwon Hong
Alex K. Wong
Topical Fibronectin Improves Wound Healing of Irradiated Skin
Scientific Reports
title Topical Fibronectin Improves Wound Healing of Irradiated Skin
title_full Topical Fibronectin Improves Wound Healing of Irradiated Skin
title_fullStr Topical Fibronectin Improves Wound Healing of Irradiated Skin
title_full_unstemmed Topical Fibronectin Improves Wound Healing of Irradiated Skin
title_short Topical Fibronectin Improves Wound Healing of Irradiated Skin
title_sort topical fibronectin improves wound healing of irradiated skin
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03614-y
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