Enhanced skin wound healing by a sustained release of growth factors contained in platelet-rich plasma

Hee Seok Yang, Jaehoon Shin, Suk Ho Bhang, Jung Youn Shin, Jooyeon Park, Gun Im, Chang Sung Kim, Byung Soo Kim

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Abstract

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) contains growth factors that promote tissue regeneration. Previously, we showed that heparin-conjugated fibrin (HCF) exerts the sustained release of growth factors with affinity for heparin. Here, we hypothesize that treatment of skin wound with a mixture of PRP and HCF exerts sustained release of several growth factors contained in PRP and promotes skin wound healing. The release of fibroblast growth factor 2, platelet-derived growth factor-BB, and vascular endothelial growth factor contained in PRP from HCF was sustained for a longer period than those from PRP, calcium-activated PRP (C-PRP), or a mixture of fibrin and PRP (F-PRP). Treatment of full-thickness skin wounds in mice with HCF-PRP resulted in much faster wound closure as well as dermal and epidermal regeneration at day 12 compared to treatment with either C-PRP or F-PRP. Enhanced skin regeneration observed in HCF-PRP group may have been at least partially due to enhanced angiogenesis in the wound beds. Therefore, this method could be useful for skin wound treatment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)622-629
Number of pages8
JournalExperimental and Molecular Medicine
Volume43
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

Keywords

  • Angiogenesis inducing agents
  • Endothelial growth factors
  • Fibrin
  • Fibroblast growth factor 2
  • Heparin
  • Neovascularization
  • Physiologic
  • Platelet-rich plasma
  • Plateletderived growth factor
  • Wound healing

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