title: Distant mesenchymal progenitors contribute to skin wound healing and produce collagen: evidence from a murine fetal microchimerism model.
abstract: The contribution of distant and/or bone marrow-derived endogenous mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) to skin wounds is controversial. Bone marrow transplantation experiments employed to address this have been largely confounded by radiation-resistant host-derived MSC populations. Gestationally-acquired fetal MSC are known to engraft in maternal bone marrow in all pregnancies and persist for decades. These fetal cells home to damaged maternal tissues, mirroring endogenous stem cell behavior. We used fetal microchimerism as a tool to investigate the natural homing and engraftment of distant MSC to skin wounds. Post-partum wild-type mothers that had delivered transgenic pups expressing luciferase under the collagen type I-promoter were wounded. In vivo bioluminescence imaging (BLI) was then used to track recruitment of fetal cells expressing this mesenchymal marker over 14 days of healing. Fetal cells were detected in 9/43 animals using BLI (Fisher exact p = 0.01 versus 1/43 controls). These collagen type I-expressing fetal cells were specifically recruited to maternal wounds in the initial phases of healing, peaking on day 1 (n = 43, p<0.01). This was confirmed by detection of Y-chromosome+ve fetal cells that displayed fibroblast-like morphology. Histological analyses of day 7 wounds revealed vimentin-expressing fetal cells in dermal tissue. Our results demonstrate the participation of distant mesenchymal cells in skin wounds. These data imply that endogenous MSC populations are likely recruited from bone marrow to wounds to participate in healing.
authors: The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Herston Campus, Brisbane, Australia.
authors: Elke
authors: E
authors: Seppanen
authors: Edwige
authors: E
authors: Roy
authors: Rebecca
authors: R
authors: Ellis
authors: George
authors: G
authors: Bou-Gharios
authors: Nicholas M
authors: NM
authors: Fisk
authors: Kiarash
authors: K
authors: Khosrotehrani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D058948:Cell Tracking; D046528:Chimerism; D003094:Collagen; D024042:Collagen Type I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000166:cytology*; D008297:Male; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011247:Pregnancy; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D024042:Collagen Type I; D003094:Collagen
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