title: Vascular endothelial growth factor expression in rat skin incision wound.
abstract: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a glycoprotein that enhances vascular permeability, induces chemotaxis and activation of monocytes/macrophages, and promotes growth of vascular endothelial cells. We report that infiltrating polymorphonuclear leukocytes in an incision wound in rat skin express VEGF from 1 day after the injury, as shown by immunohistochemistry. VEGF is also present in macrophages, fibroblast-like cells, and endothelial cells 3 and 7 days after the injury. mRNA for VEGF is statistically significantly increased in the wound area in the tissue 1 day after the skin incision compared with 3 and 7 days after the incision. The VEGF protein content in the wound tissue is statistically significantly higher in the wound than in control skin at 1 and 3 days after skin incision. Our results indicate that VEGF is produced by inflammatory cells to induce vascularization in the early stage of the wound healing process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan. mnogami@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nogami
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Michiho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takama
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology*; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000032:analysis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D040262:Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries*; D015854:Up-Regulation; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D040262:Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor