Platelet recruitment promotes keratocyte repopulation following corneal epithelial abrasion in the mouse.
Corneal abrasion not only damages the epithelium but also induces stromal keratocyte death at the site of injury. While a coordinated cascade of inflammatory cell recruitment facilitates epithelial restoration, it is unclear if this cascade is necessary for keratocyte recovery. Since platelet and ne...
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| author | Fong W Lam Jenny Phillips Paul Landry Sri Magadi C Wayne Smith Rolando E Rumbaut Alan R Burns |
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| description | Corneal abrasion not only damages the epithelium but also induces stromal keratocyte death at the site of injury. While a coordinated cascade of inflammatory cell recruitment facilitates epithelial restoration, it is unclear if this cascade is necessary for keratocyte recovery. Since platelet and neutrophil (PMN) recruitment after corneal abrasion is beneficial to epithelial wound healing, we wanted to determine if these cells play a role in regulating keratocyte repopulation after epithelial abrasion. A 2 mm diameter central epithelial region was removed from the corneas of C57BL/6 wildtype (WT), P-selectin deficient (P-sel-/-), and CD18 hypomorphic (CD18hypo) mice using the Algerbrush II. Corneas were studied at 6h intervals out to 48h post-injury to evaluate platelet and PMN cell numbers; additional corneas were studied at 1, 4, 14, and 28 days post injury to evaluate keratocyte numbers. In WT mice, epithelial abrasion induced a loss of anterior central keratocytes and keratocyte recovery was rapid and incomplete, reaching ~70% of uninjured baseline values by 4 days post-injury but no further improvement at 28 days post-injury. Consistent with a beneficial role for platelets and PMNs in wound healing, keratocyte recovery was significantly depressed at 4 days post-injury (~30% of uninjured baseline) in P-sel-/- mice, which are known to have impaired platelet and PMN recruitment after corneal abrasion. Passive transfer of platelets from WT, but not P-sel-/-, into P-sel-/- mice prior to injury restored anterior central keratocyte numbers at 4 days post-injury to P-sel-/- uninjured baseline levels. While PMN infiltration in injured CD18hypo mice was similar to injured WT mice, platelet recruitment was markedly decreased and anterior central keratocyte recovery was significantly reduced (~50% of baseline) at 4-28 days post-injury. Collectively, the data suggest platelets and platelet P-selectin are critical for efficient keratocyte recovery after corneal epithelial abrasion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c78922e92bd04e6ca6a920b3555d60a92022-12-22T02:02:56ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01103e011895010.1371/journal.pone.0118950Platelet recruitment promotes keratocyte repopulation following corneal epithelial abrasion in the mouse.Fong W LamJenny PhillipsPaul LandrySri MagadiC Wayne SmithRolando E RumbautAlan R BurnsCorneal abrasion not only damages the epithelium but also induces stromal keratocyte death at the site of injury. While a coordinated cascade of inflammatory cell recruitment facilitates epithelial restoration, it is unclear if this cascade is necessary for keratocyte recovery. Since platelet and neutrophil (PMN) recruitment after corneal abrasion is beneficial to epithelial wound healing, we wanted to determine if these cells play a role in regulating keratocyte repopulation after epithelial abrasion. A 2 mm diameter central epithelial region was removed from the corneas of C57BL/6 wildtype (WT), P-selectin deficient (P-sel-/-), and CD18 hypomorphic (CD18hypo) mice using the Algerbrush II. Corneas were studied at 6h intervals out to 48h post-injury to evaluate platelet and PMN cell numbers; additional corneas were studied at 1, 4, 14, and 28 days post injury to evaluate keratocyte numbers. In WT mice, epithelial abrasion induced a loss of anterior central keratocytes and keratocyte recovery was rapid and incomplete, reaching ~70% of uninjured baseline values by 4 days post-injury but no further improvement at 28 days post-injury. Consistent with a beneficial role for platelets and PMNs in wound healing, keratocyte recovery was significantly depressed at 4 days post-injury (~30% of uninjured baseline) in P-sel-/- mice, which are known to have impaired platelet and PMN recruitment after corneal abrasion. Passive transfer of platelets from WT, but not P-sel-/-, into P-sel-/- mice prior to injury restored anterior central keratocyte numbers at 4 days post-injury to P-sel-/- uninjured baseline levels. While PMN infiltration in injured CD18hypo mice was similar to injured WT mice, platelet recruitment was markedly decreased and anterior central keratocyte recovery was significantly reduced (~50% of baseline) at 4-28 days post-injury. Collectively, the data suggest platelets and platelet P-selectin are critical for efficient keratocyte recovery after corneal epithelial abrasion.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4361664?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Fong W Lam Jenny Phillips Paul Landry Sri Magadi C Wayne Smith Rolando E Rumbaut Alan R Burns Platelet recruitment promotes keratocyte repopulation following corneal epithelial abrasion in the mouse. PLoS ONE |
| title | Platelet recruitment promotes keratocyte repopulation following corneal epithelial abrasion in the mouse. |
| title_full | Platelet recruitment promotes keratocyte repopulation following corneal epithelial abrasion in the mouse. |
| title_fullStr | Platelet recruitment promotes keratocyte repopulation following corneal epithelial abrasion in the mouse. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Platelet recruitment promotes keratocyte repopulation following corneal epithelial abrasion in the mouse. |
| title_short | Platelet recruitment promotes keratocyte repopulation following corneal epithelial abrasion in the mouse. |
| title_sort | platelet recruitment promotes keratocyte repopulation following corneal epithelial abrasion in the mouse |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4361664?pdf=render |
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