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  • Extracellular calreticulin (eCRT) is an ER chaperone protein.
  • Topical eCRT enhances wound healing and tissue regeneration in animal models.
  • eCRT promotes epidermal appendage neogenesis and reduces scarring.

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  • To elucidate the mechanisms by which eCRT induces extracellular matrix (ECM) formation.
  • To investigate the signaling pathways involved in eCRT-mediated ECM synthesis.

Main Methods:

  • In vitro studies using human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) and neonatal fibroblasts (HFFs).
  • Utilized TGF-β canonical signaling, Smad2/3 activation, and LRP1 inhibition (RAP).
  • Compared responses in wild-type and calreticulin (CRT) null mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs).

Main Results:

  • eCRT strongly induces collagen I, fibronectin, elastin, and α-smooth muscle actin via TGF-β/Smad2/3 signaling.
  • LRP1 inhibition blocks eCRT-induced ECM production.
  • eCRT induces TGF-β3 via LRP1, followed by intracellular CRT (iCRT)-dependent TGF-β1 and ECM induction.
  • CRT null MEFs do not respond to eCRT, confirming CRT's role.

Conclusions:

  • eCRT induces ECM synthesis through LRP1 and TGF-β signaling pathways.
  • eCRT initiates a cascade involving TGF-β3 and subsequently TGF-β1 for ECM production.
  • eCRT and iCRT converge on ECM induction, with eCRT potentially attenuating fibrosis for regeneration.