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Murine Excisional Wound Healing Model and Histological Morphometric Wound Analysis
Published on: August 21, 2020
KY19382 Accelerates Cutaneous Wound Healing via Activation of the Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway
Minguen Yoon1, Eunhwan Kim1, Seol Hwa Seo1
1Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway plays important roles in the multi-phases of wound healing: homeostasis, inflammation, proliferative, and remodeling phases. However, there are no clinically available therapeutic agents targeting the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. In this study, we tested the effect of 5, 6-dichloroindirubin-3'-methoxime (KY19382), a small molecule that activates the Wnt/β-catenin pathway via interference with the function of the negative feedback regulator CXXC5, on cutaneous wound healing. KY19382 significantly enhanced cell migration of human keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts with increased levels of β-catenin, phalloidin, Keratin 14, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), Collagen I, and alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) by activating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway without causing significant cytotoxicity. In addition, levels of Collagen I, Keratin 14, PCNA, and stem cell markers were significantly increased by KY19382 in a cutaneous murine wound healing model. Moreover, KY19382 treatment accelerated re-epithelialization and neo-epidermis formation with collagen deposition and stem cell activation at an early stage of cutaneous wound healing. Overall, KY19382 accelerates wound healing via activating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, and may have the potential to be used for the development of a new wound healing agent.
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