Re-epithelialization and immune cell behaviour in an ex vivo human skin model
Ana Rakitaa, Nenad Nikolića, Michael Mildnera, Johannes Matiasekb, Adelheid Elbe‐Bürgera c✉
- aDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- bDepartment of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Josef Hospital, Vienna, Austria
- cDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. adelheid.elbe-buerger@meduniwien.ac.at
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
Abstract A large body of literature is available on wound healing in humans. Nonetheless, a standardized ex vivo wound model without disruption of the dermal compartment has not been put forward with compelling justification. Here, we present a novel wound model based on application of negative pressure and its effects for epidermal regeneration and immune cell behaviour. Importantly, the basement membrane remained intact after blister roof removal and keratinocytes were absent in the wounded area. Upon six days of culture, the wound was covered with one to three-cell thick K14 + Ki67 + keratinocyte layers, indicating that proliferation and migration were involved in wound closure. After eight to twelve days, a multi-layered epidermis was formed expressing epidermal differentiation markers (K10, filaggrin, DSG-1, CDSN). Investigations about immune cell-specific manners revealed more T cells in the blister roof epidermis compared to normal epidermis. We identified several cell populations in blister roof epidermis and suction blister fluid that are absent in normal epidermis which correlated with their decrease in the dermis, indicating a dermal efflux upon negative pressure. Together, our model recapitulates the main features of epithelial wound regeneration, and can be applied for testing wound healing therapies and investigating underlying mechanisms.
TL;DRA novel wound model based on application of negative pressure and its effects for epidermal regeneration and immune cell behaviour is presented, which recapitulates the main features of epithelial wound regeneration, and can be applied for testing wound healing therapies and investigating underlying mechanisms. (Semantic Scholar)