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

J Mater Chem B. 2019 Dec 21;7(47):7599-7611. doi: 10.1039/c9tb01532a. Epub 2019 Nov 19.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Movement / drug effects
  • Female
  • Hyaluronan Receptors / metabolism
  • Intestinal Mucosa / chemistry*
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / cytology
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Polyesters / chemistry*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
  • Substance P / chemistry*
  • Substance P / metabolism
  • Substance P / pharmacology
  • Wound Healing / drug effects

Substances

  • Hyaluronan Receptors
  • Polyesters
  • polycaprolactone
  • Substance P
  • poly(lactide)