TY - JOUR
T1 - Differential effects of oxygen on human dermal fibroblasts
T2 - Acute versus chronic hypoxia
AU - Siddiqui, Aamir
AU - Galiano, Robert D.
AU - Connors, David
AU - Gruskin, Elliott
AU - Wu, Liancun
AU - Mustoe, Thomas A.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The observation that many chronic wounds are ischemic has spurred a series of studies evaluating the response of cells exposed to hypoxia. To date, these studies have shown largely beneficial effects from hypoxia, such as increased cellular replication and procollagen synthesis. These findings are counter-intuitive from a clinical standpoint because cellular growth and synthetic function are known to be retarded in chronic ischemic wounds. We have established an in vitro system in which human dermal fibroblasts grown chronically at 5 ± 3 mm Hg will proliferate at a rate three times slower than those fibroblasts grown under standard culture conditions (namely an oxygen partial pressure of 150 mm Hg). No phenotypic changes are noted in chronically hypoxic cells, and the growth-retarding effects are reversible when the cells are returned to standard oxygen conditions. Competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction showed that acute exposure to hypoxia (up to 1 week) results in a 6.3-fold increase in the relative expression of transforming growth factor-β1 messenger RNA, whereas chronic exposure to hypoxia leads to a 3.1-fold decrease in this message. Collagen production measured at both the mRNA and protein level is also decreased in the setting of chronic hypoxia. We propose that this system may be the most appropriate setting for studying the role of oxygen on dermal fibroblasts in ischemic, nonhealing wounds.
AB - The observation that many chronic wounds are ischemic has spurred a series of studies evaluating the response of cells exposed to hypoxia. To date, these studies have shown largely beneficial effects from hypoxia, such as increased cellular replication and procollagen synthesis. These findings are counter-intuitive from a clinical standpoint because cellular growth and synthetic function are known to be retarded in chronic ischemic wounds. We have established an in vitro system in which human dermal fibroblasts grown chronically at 5 ± 3 mm Hg will proliferate at a rate three times slower than those fibroblasts grown under standard culture conditions (namely an oxygen partial pressure of 150 mm Hg). No phenotypic changes are noted in chronically hypoxic cells, and the growth-retarding effects are reversible when the cells are returned to standard oxygen conditions. Competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction showed that acute exposure to hypoxia (up to 1 week) results in a 6.3-fold increase in the relative expression of transforming growth factor-β1 messenger RNA, whereas chronic exposure to hypoxia leads to a 3.1-fold decrease in this message. Collagen production measured at both the mRNA and protein level is also decreased in the setting of chronic hypoxia. We propose that this system may be the most appropriate setting for studying the role of oxygen on dermal fibroblasts in ischemic, nonhealing wounds.
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1524-475X.1996.40207.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1524-475X.1996.40207.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17177815
AN - SCOPUS:0005974723
SN - 1067-1927
VL - 4
SP - 211
EP - 218
JO - Wound Repair and Regeneration
JF - Wound Repair and Regeneration
IS - 2
ER -