A synthetic uric acid analog accelerates cutaneous wound healing in mice.
Wound healing is a complex process involving intrinsic dermal and epidermal cells, and infiltrating macrophages and leukocytes. Excessive oxidative stress and associated inflammatory processes can impair wound healing, and antioxidants have been reported to improve wound healing in animal models and human subjects. Uric acid (UA) is an efficient free radical scavenger, but has a very low solubility and poor tissue penetrability. We recently developed novel UA analogs with increased solubility and excellent free radical-scavenging properties and demonstrated their ability to protect neural cells against oxidative damage. Here we show that the uric acid analog (6, 8 dithio-UA, but not equimolar concentrations of UA or 1, 7 dimethyl-UA) modified the behaviors of cultured vascular endothelial cells, keratinocytes and fibroblasts in ways consistent with enhancement of the wound healing functions of all three cell types. We further show that 6, 8 dithio-UA significantly accelerates the wound healing process when applied topically (once daily) to full-thickness wounds in mice. Levels of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase were increased in wound tissue from mice treated with 6, 8 dithio-UA compared to vehicle-treated mice, suggesting that the UA analog enhances endogenous cellular antioxidant defenses. These results support an adverse role for oxidative stress in wound healing and tissue repair, and provide a rationale for the development of UA analogs in the treatment of wounds and for modulation of angiogenesis in other pathological conditions.
Chigurupati
Srinivasulu
S
Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
Mughal
Mohamed R
MR
Chan
Sic L
SL
Arumugam
Thiruma V
TV
Baharani
Akanksha
A
Tang
Sung-Chun
SC
Yu
Qian-Sheng
QS
Holloway
Harold W
HW
Wheeler
Ross
R
Poosala
Suresh
S
Greig
Nigel H
NH
Mattson
Mark P
MP
D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D051379:Mice; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D012995:Solubility; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000187:drug effects; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*
D000975:Antioxidants; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D014527:Uric Acid; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase
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