title: Healing effect of a spray containing Rhealba oat colloidal extract in an in vitro reconstitution model of skin.
abstract: By using a reconstituted skin model, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a spray containing Rhealba oat extract on the rapidity of healing and the extension of the newly formed epithelium. A dermal equivalent was first made in a petri dish by combining skin fibroblasts with collagen type I. Then a punch biopsy as a source of epidermal cells was implanted on this dermal equivalent, where a multilayered epidermis developed. The spray containing Rhealba oat extract was added to the culture medium to evaluate epidermal growth by immunohistochemical analysis of mitotic activity (5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine [BrDu] incorporation). The extension of the neoepithelium in comparison with untreated reconstituted skin over 22 days was evaluated histologically. On day 12, 16% of positive BrDu basal cells was detected after spray treatment in comparison with 4.2% positive cells in untreated reconstituted skin (p < 0.05). During epidermal differentiation between days 12 and 22, we observed a significant increase in the number of cellular epithelial layers after 16 and 18 days of spray treatment. Moreover the extension of re-epithelialization was also significantly increased after spray treatment on days 16 and 18. In conclusion, our results demonstrate a positive modulation of re-epithelialization on a newly formed epithelium by a spray containing Rhealba oat extract displaying a healing effect.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Oncologie et de Stomatologie Médicale du Professeur J C Bertrand, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boisnic
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Branchet
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ermosilla
mesh_terms: D018554:Avena / Q000737:chemistry*; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D024042:Collagen Type I / Q000378:metabolism; D003102:Colloids; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008938:Mitosis; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D016196:S Phase; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D024042:Collagen Type I; D003102:Colloids; D003470:Culture Media; D010936:Plant Extracts; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine