Treatment of refractory cutaneous ulcers with mixed sheets consisting of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and fibroblasts

Sci Rep. 2016 Jun 22:6:28538. doi: 10.1038/srep28538.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to confirm the therapeutic effects of mixed sheets consisting of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) and fibroblasts on cutaneous skin ulcers. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) secretion in mixed cell sheets was much higher than in PBMNCs and fibroblasts. Concerning the mechanism, transforming growth factor beta 1 and platelet-derived growth factor BB secreted from PBMNCs enhanced VEGF production in fibroblasts. In wounds created on the backs of diabetic mice, the therapeutic effect of mixed cell sheets was similar to that of daily treatment with trafermin, a recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor. Although abnormal granulation tissue and inflammatory cell infiltration were observed in trafermin-treated wounds, the transplantation of mixed cell sheets resulted in the natural anatomy of subcutaneous tissues. The expression patterns of identical wound-healing factors in wounds were different between mixed sheet-transfected and trafermin-treated animals. Because mixed cell sheets transplanted into full-thickness skin defects were eliminated in hosts by day 21 in syngeneic transplantation models, allogeneic transplantation was performed using mice with different genetic backgrounds. The wound-healing rates were similar between the mixed cell sheet and trafermin groups. Our data indicated that mixed cell sheets represent a promising therapeutic material for cutaneous ulcers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Becaplermin
  • Diabetes Complications / metabolism
  • Diabetes Complications / pathology
  • Diabetes Complications / therapy
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / complications
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Female
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors / therapeutic use
  • Fibroblasts / transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear / transplantation*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C3H
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Peptide Fragments / therapeutic use
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis / biosynthesis
  • Skin Transplantation
  • Skin Ulcer / metabolism
  • Skin Ulcer / pathology
  • Skin Ulcer / therapy*
  • Skin, Artificial
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / biosynthesis
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / biosynthesis
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / genetics
  • Wound Healing
  • Y Chromosome / genetics

Substances

  • Peptide Fragments
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis
  • Tgfb1 protein, mouse
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta1
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • vascular endothelial growth factor A, mouse
  • Becaplermin
  • trafermin
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors