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- Title
Sodium alginate/collagen hydrogel loaded with human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells promotes wound healing and skin remodeling.
- Authors
Zhang, Zhenkun; Li, Zhe; Li, Ya; Wang, Yingying; Yao, Minghao; Zhang, Kun; Chen, Zhenyu; Yue, Han; Shi, Jijing; Guan, Fangxia; Ma, Shanshan
- Abstract
Stem cell transplantation is a promising therapy for wound healing, but the low retention and survival of transplanted stem cells limit their application. Injectable hydrogels exert beneficial effects in skin tissue engineering. In this study, an injectable hydrogel composed of sodium alginate (SA) and collagen type I (Col) was synthesized as a tissue scaffold to improve the efficacy of stem cells in a full-thickness excision wound model. Our results showed that SA/Col hydrogel was injectable, biodegradable, and exhibited low immunogenicity, which could promote the retention and survival of hUC-MSCs in vivo. SA/Col loaded with hUC-MSCs showed reduced wound size (p < 0.05). Histological and immunofluorescence results confirmed that SA/Col loaded with hUC-MSCs significantly promoted the formation of granulation, enhanced collagen deposition and angiogenesis, increased VEGF and TGF-β1 expression (p < 0.05), and mitigated inflammation evidenced by lower production of TNF-α and IL-1β and higher release of IL-4 and IL-10 (p < 0.05). Furthermore, SA/Col loaded with hUC-MSCs significantly lowered the expression of NLRP3 inflammasome-related proteins (p < 0.05). Taken together, our results suggest that SA/Col loaded with hUC-MSCs promotes skin wound healing via partly inhibiting NLRP3 pathway, which has potential to the treatment of skin wounds.
- Publication
Cell & Tissue Research, 2021, Vol 383, Issue 2, p809
- ISSN
0302-766X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00441-020-03321-7