Intralesional infiltrations of arteriosclerotic tissue cells-free filtrate reproduce vascular pathology in healthy recipient rats

Lower-extremity arterial disease is a major health problem with increasing prevalence, often leading to non-traumatic amputation, disability and mortality. The molecular mechanisms underpinning abnormal vascular wall remodeling are not fully understood. We hypothesized on the existence of a vascular tissue memory that may be transmitted through soluble signaling messengers, transferred from humans to healthy recipient animals, and consequently drive the recapitulation of arterial wall thickening and other vascular pathologies. We examined the effects of the intralesional infiltration for 6 days of arteriosclerotic popliteal artery-derived homogenates (100 µg of protein) into rats’ full-thickness wounds granulation tissue. Animals infiltrated with normal saline solution or healthy brachial arterial tissue homogenate obtained from traumatic amputation served as controls. The significant thickening of arteriolar walls was the constant outcome in two independent experiments for animals receiving arteriosclerotic tissue homogenates. This material induced other vascular morphological changes including an endothelial cell phenotypic reprogramming that mirrored the donor’s vascular histopathology. The immunohistochemical expression pattern of relevant vascular markers appeared to match between the human tissue and the corresponding recipient rats. These changes occurred within days of administration, and with no cross-species limitation. The identification of these “vascular disease drivers” may pave novel research avenues for atherosclerosis pathobiology

Endogenous Biological Drivers in Diabetic Lower Limb Wounds Recurrence: Hypothetical Reflections

An impaired healing response underlies diabetic foot wound chronicity, frequently translating to amputation, disability, and mortality. Diabetics suffer from underappreciated episodes of post-epithelization ulcer recurrence. Recurrence epidemiological data are alarmingly high, so the ulcer is considered in “remission” and not healed from the time it remains epithelialized. Recurrence may result from the combined effects of behavioral and endogenous biological factors. Although the damaging role of behavioral, clinical predisposing factors is undebatable, it still remains elusive in the identification of endogenous biological culprits that may prime the residual scar tissue for recurrence. Furthermore, the event of ulcer recurrence still waits for the identification of a molecular predictor. We propose that ulcer recurrence is deeply impinged by chronic hyperglycemia and its downstream biological effectors, which originate epigenetic drivers that enforce abnormal pathologic phenotypes to dermal fibroblasts and keratinocytes as memory cells. Hyperglycemia-derived cytotoxic reactants accumulate and modify dermal proteins, reduce scar tissue mechanical tolerance, and disrupt fibroblast-secretory activity. Accordingly, the combination of epigenetic and local and systemic cytotoxic signalers induce the onset of “at-risk phenotypes” such as premature skin cell aging, dysmetabolism, inflammatory, pro-degradative, and oxidative programs that may ultimately converge to scar cell demise. Post-epithelialization recurrence rate data are missing in clinical studies of reputed ulcer healing therapies during follow-up periods. Intra-ulcer infiltration of epidermal growth factor exhibits the most consistent remission data with the lowest recurrences during 12-month follow-up. Recurrence data should be regarded as a valuable clinical endpoint during the investigational period for each emergent healing candidate

Vesículas que incluem fator de crescimento epidérmico e composiçoe que contêm o mesmo

A invençao refere-se a vesículas que compreendem fator de crescimento epidérmido (EGF), um tensioativo catiónico e colesterol ou derivados dos mesmos. A invençcao também revela um procedimento para a sua preparaçao, com base na tecnologia de fluido comprimido (CFS). As vesículas da invençao sao úteis no fabrico de fármacos e cosméticos e em engenharia de tecidos.Peer reviewedConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España); Centro de Ingeniería Genética y BiotecnologíaT1 Traducción de reivindicaciones de solicitud de patente europe

Synthesis of the fluorene spiroorthocarbonate and the evaluation of its antishrinkage activity in the cationic photopolymerization of an epoxy resin

In this work, the spiroorthocarbonate FSOC derived from fluorene was prepared. After characterization by FTIR and NMR spectroscopy, the synthesized FSOC was evaluated as antishrinkage additive in the cationic photopolymerization of bisglycidil ether of Bisphenol-A (DGEBA). The FSOC was mixed at 2.5–10 mol% with DGEBA. It was found that shrinkage decreased with increased concentration of FSOC. At 10 mol% of FSOC not only shrinkage was eliminated, but a small level of volume expansion was also achieved. The presence of FSOC did not interfere with the photopolymerization of DGEBA

Cuantificación por inmunomicroscopía electrónica del efecto terapéutico del EGF en úlceras del pie diabético

Introducción: la Inmunomicroscopía electrónica cuantitativa se aplicó recientemente en el estudio de la cuantificación de las distribuciones de determinadas proteínas en diferentes organelos celulares en fibroblastos de Úlceras de pie diabético tratados con el Factor de crecimiento epidérmico en humanos. Objetivo: el presente se enfoca en los resultados relacionados con una molécula clave [el antígeno nuclear de proliferación celular] en la señalización inducida por el Factor de crecimiento epidérmico. Desarrollo: las muestras de Úlceras de pie diabético se analizaron por la inmunomicroscopía electrónica cuantitativa. Las referencias se obtuvieron de la Base de datos Pubmed. En concordancia con una afectación funcional de la señalización mediada por el Factor de crecimiento epidérmico en el tejido de granulación de los individuos diabéticos, se observó poca detección del antígeno nuclear de proliferación celular en los fibroblastos. No obstante, el tratamiento de las Úlceras de pie diabético con el Factor de crecimiento epidérmico indujo una activación temprana del antígeno nuclear de proliferación celular en el núcleo de los fibroblastos de las Úlceras de pie diabético. Se observó, además, un incremento en el inmunomarcaje del antígeno nuclear de proliferación celular en las mitocondrias de los fibroblastos en tiempos tardíos después de la inoculación del Factor de crecimiento epidérmico. Conclusiones: esta investigación demostró la utilidad y el valor de la cuantificación de las distribuciones de inmunomarcaje en organelos celulares para el estudio de las vías de señalización intracelulares de relevancia terapéutica