Issue 47, 2019

Substance P-loaded electrospun small intestinal submucosa/poly(ε-caprolactone)-ran-poly(l-lactide) sheet to facilitate wound healing through MSC recruitment

Abstract

In this work, we prepared an electrospun small intestinal submucosa/poly(ε-caprolactone)-ran-poly(L-lactide) (SIS/PCLA) sheet onto which substance P (SP) was loaded, and this was employed as a cell-free scaffold for wound healing through the mobilization of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). SP release from the SP-loaded scaffold was 42% at 12 h and 51% at 24 h due to an initial burst of SP, but after 1 day, it exhibited a linear release profile and was released at a sustained rate for 21 days. The SP-loaded SIS/PCLA sheet exhibited higher in vitro and in vivo hMSC migration than did the PCLA and SIS/PCLA sheets. Large hMSCs injected into the tail vein of mice models migrated towards the wound to a greater extent in the presence of the SP-loaded SIS/PCLA sheet than with the PCLA and SIS/PCLA sheets, as confirmed by the CD44 and CD29 markers of recruited hMSCs. In animal wound models, significantly higher wound contraction (∼97%) in the group treated with the SP-loaded SIS/PCLA sheet was observed compared with the PCLA (∼74%) and SIS/PCLA (∼84%) groups at 3 weeks. In addition, SP-loaded SIS/PCLA-treated animals showed significant epidermal regeneration and collagen density (56%) in the mature granulation tissue at 3 weeks compared to the PCLA and SIS/PCLA groups. The wound area after SP-loaded SIS/PCLA sheet treatment also showed high blood vessel formation at the early stage, resulting in enhanced wound healing. Furthermore, the SP-loaded SIS/PCLA group exhibited a lower macrophage count (2.9%) than did the PCLA (7.7%) and SIS/PCLA (3.4%) groups. It was thus confirmed that the use of SP-loaded SIS/PCLA sheet as a cell-free scaffold could effectively enhance wound healing through MSC recruitment.

Graphical abstract: Substance P-loaded electrospun small intestinal submucosa/poly(ε-caprolactone)-ran-poly(l-lactide) sheet to facilitate wound healing through MSC recruitment

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Jul 2019
Accepted
31 Oct 2019
First published
19 Nov 2019

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019,7, 7599-7611

Substance P-loaded electrospun small intestinal submucosa/poly(ε-caprolactone)-ran-poly(L-lactide) sheet to facilitate wound healing through MSC recruitment

M. J. Kim, Y. B. Ji, J. Y. Seo, S. H. Park, J. H. Kim, B. H. Min and M. S. Kim, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2019, 7, 7599 DOI: 10.1039/C9TB01532A

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