Local growth hormone therapy for pressure ulcer healing on a human skin mouse model
- The growth hormone is involved in skin homeostasis and wound healing. We hypothesize whether it is possible to improve pressure ulcer (PU) healing by locally applying the recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) in a human skin mouse model. Non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient mice (n = 10) were engrafted with a full-thickness human skin graft. After 60 days with stable grafts, human skin underwent three cycles of ischemia-reperfusion with a compression device to create a PU. Mice were classified into two groups: rhGH treatment group (n = 5) and control group (n = 5). In the rhGH group for local intradermal injections, each had 0.15 mg (0.5IU) applied to the PU edges, once per week for four weeks. Evaluation of the wound healing was conducted with photographic and visual assessments, and histological analysis was performed after complete wound healing. The results showed a healing rate twice as fast in the rhGH group compared to the control group (1.25 ± 0.33 mm2/day versus 0.61 ± 0.27 mm2/day; p-value < 0.05), with a faster healing rate during the first 30 days. The rhGH group showed thicker skin (1953 ± 457 µm versus 1060 ± 208 µm; p-value < 0.05) in the repaired area, with a significant decrease in collagen type I/III ratio at wound closure (62 days, range 60–70). Local administration of the rhGH accelerates PU healing in our model. The rhGH may have a clinical use in pressure ulcer treatmen
Author: | Cristóbal Lara Beuatell, Nerea de los Reyes, Miguel A. Ortega, Melchor Alvarez-Mon, Natalio García-Honduvilla, Julia Buján-Varela, Andrés A. Maldonado |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-518404 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20174157 |
ISSN: | 1422-0067 |
ISSN: | 1661-6596 |
Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31454882 |
Parent Title (English): | International journal of molecular sciences |
Publisher: | Molecular Diversity Preservation International |
Place of publication: | Basel |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2019 |
Date of first Publication: | 2019/08/26 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2020/03/11 |
Tag: | growth hormone; human skin graft; pressure ulcer treatment; wound healing |
Volume: | 20 |
Issue: | 17, Art. 4157 |
Page Number: | 15 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 15 |
Note: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited |
HeBIS-PPN: | 463906675 |
Institutes: | Medizin / Medizin |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |