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Connexin43 gap junction drives fascia mobilization and repair of deep skin wounds.
Matrix biol. 97, 58-71 (2021)
Deep and voluminous skin wounds are repaired with scars, by mobilization of fibroblasts and extracellular matrix from fascia, deep below the skin. The molecular trigger of this novel repair mechanism is incompletely understood. Here we reveal that the gap junction alpha-1 protein (Connexin43, Cx43) is the key to patch repair of deep wounds. By combining full-thickness wound models with fibroblast lineage specific transgenic lines, we show Cx43 expression is substantially upregulated in specialized fibroblasts of the fascia deep beneath the skin that are responsible for scar formation. Using live imaging of fascia fibroblasts and fate tracing of the fascia extracellular matrix we show that Cx43 inhibition disrupts calcium oscillations in cultured fibroblasts and that this inhibits collective migration of fascia EPFs necessary to mobilize fascia matrix into open wounds. Cell-cell communication through Cx43 thus mediates matrix movement and scar formation, and is necessary for patch repair of voluminous wounds. These mechanistic findings have broad clinical implications toward treating fibrosis, aggravated scarring and impaired wound healing.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2021
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2021
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0945-053X
e-ISSN
1569-1802
Zeitschrift
Matrix biology
Quellenangaben
Band: 97,
Seiten: 58-71
Verlag
Fischer
Verlagsort
Radarweg 29, 1043 Nx Amsterdam, Netherlands
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Regenerative Biology and Medicine (IRBM)
Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI)
Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI)
POF Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Lung Research
PSP-Element(e)
G-509400-001
G-554000-001
G-554000-001
Förderungen
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT)
China Scholarship Council (CSC)
European Research Council Consolidator Grant
Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung
German Research Foundation
Human Frontier Science Program Career Development Award
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT)
China Scholarship Council (CSC)
European Research Council Consolidator Grant
Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung
German Research Foundation
Human Frontier Science Program Career Development Award
WOS ID
WOS:000635079700004
Scopus ID
85100442554
PubMed ID
33508427
Erfassungsdatum
2021-04-12