Use of allogenic epidermal sheets for difficult wound healing: Selection and testing of relevant growth factors
Titel:
Use of allogenic epidermal sheets for difficult wound healing: Selection and testing of relevant growth factors
Auteur:
Auxenfans, C. Colloud, M. Debard, A.L. Braye, F.M. Amini, M. Allombert-Blaise, V. Builles, N. Claudy, A. Damour, O.
Verschenen in:
Bio-medical materials and engineering
Paginering:
Jaargang 16 (2006) nr. supplement-4 pagina's S73-S83
Jaar:
2006-07-13
Inhoud:
The clinical interest of using allogenic epidermal sheets (AES) has largely been shown [1,2,3]. As well as covering, they also stimulate healing, by simultaneously secreting numerous growth factors (GFs), although little is known on their mechanism of action. Our objectives were to: (a) devise a test for the efficacy of AES release, (b) select keratinocyte-secreting strains and optimal culture conditions. Three GFs were selected: IL-1α, IL-8 and VEGF. Three different keratinocyte strains were cultured for 3 and 6 days after confluence for 3 passages. Assays were performed after 3 h and 24 h+3 h after dispase treatment (AES conservation for 24 h then change of medium and sampling after 3 h). AES were found to secrete GFs in DMEM and the amounts were greater when cultured for 6 rather than 3 days after confluence. Each strain had different secretory patterns depending on passage and time in culture, this variability being explained by inter-individual heterogeneity.