Generating and Reversing Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Mice by Manipulating Wound Redox Parameters

By 2025, more than 500 M people worldwide will suffer from diabetes; 125 M will develop foot ulcer(s) and 20 M will undergo an amputation, creating a major health problem. Understanding how these wounds become chronic will provide insights to reverse chronicity. We hypothesized that oxidative stress...

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Main Authors: Sandeep Dhall, Danh C. Do, Monika Garcia, Jane Kim, Seyed H. Mirebrahim, Julia Lyubovitsky, Stefano Lonardi, Eugene A. Nothnagel, Neal Schiller, Manuela Martins-Green
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Diabetes Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/562625
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author Sandeep Dhall
Danh C. Do
Monika Garcia
Jane Kim
Seyed H. Mirebrahim
Julia Lyubovitsky
Stefano Lonardi
Eugene A. Nothnagel
Neal Schiller
Manuela Martins-Green
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Monika Garcia
Jane Kim
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Manuela Martins-Green
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description By 2025, more than 500 M people worldwide will suffer from diabetes; 125 M will develop foot ulcer(s) and 20 M will undergo an amputation, creating a major health problem. Understanding how these wounds become chronic will provide insights to reverse chronicity. We hypothesized that oxidative stress (OS) in wounds is a critical component for generation of chronicity. We used the db/db mouse model of impaired healing and inhibited, at time of injury, two major antioxidant enzymes, catalase and glutathione peroxidase, creating high OS in the wounds. This was necessary and sufficient to trigger wounds to become chronic. The wounds initially contained a polymicrobial community that with time selected for specific biofilm-forming bacteria. To reverse chronicity we treated the wounds with the antioxidants α-tocopherol and N-acetylcysteine and found that OS was highly reduced, biofilms had increased sensitivity to antibiotics, and granulation tissue was formed with proper collagen deposition and remodeling. We show for the first time generation of chronic wounds in which biofilm develops spontaneously, illustrating importance of early and continued redox imbalance coupled with the presence of biofilm in development of wound chronicity. This model will help decipher additional mechanisms and potentially better diagnosis of chronicity and treatment of human chronic wounds.
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spelling doaj-art-dd5e61ed62694b9fa448ea5bd760861a2025-08-20T03:26:30ZengWileyJournal of Diabetes Research2314-67452314-67532014-01-01201410.1155/2014/562625562625Generating and Reversing Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Mice by Manipulating Wound Redox ParametersSandeep Dhall0Danh C. Do1Monika Garcia2Jane Kim3Seyed H. Mirebrahim4Julia Lyubovitsky5Stefano Lonardi6Eugene A. Nothnagel7Neal Schiller8Manuela Martins-Green9Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USADivision of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USADepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USADepartment of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USADepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USABioengineering Interdepartmental Graduate Program, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USADepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USADepartment of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USADivision of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USADepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, USABy 2025, more than 500 M people worldwide will suffer from diabetes; 125 M will develop foot ulcer(s) and 20 M will undergo an amputation, creating a major health problem. Understanding how these wounds become chronic will provide insights to reverse chronicity. We hypothesized that oxidative stress (OS) in wounds is a critical component for generation of chronicity. We used the db/db mouse model of impaired healing and inhibited, at time of injury, two major antioxidant enzymes, catalase and glutathione peroxidase, creating high OS in the wounds. This was necessary and sufficient to trigger wounds to become chronic. The wounds initially contained a polymicrobial community that with time selected for specific biofilm-forming bacteria. To reverse chronicity we treated the wounds with the antioxidants α-tocopherol and N-acetylcysteine and found that OS was highly reduced, biofilms had increased sensitivity to antibiotics, and granulation tissue was formed with proper collagen deposition and remodeling. We show for the first time generation of chronic wounds in which biofilm develops spontaneously, illustrating importance of early and continued redox imbalance coupled with the presence of biofilm in development of wound chronicity. This model will help decipher additional mechanisms and potentially better diagnosis of chronicity and treatment of human chronic wounds.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/562625
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Danh C. Do
Monika Garcia
Jane Kim
Seyed H. Mirebrahim
Julia Lyubovitsky
Stefano Lonardi
Eugene A. Nothnagel
Neal Schiller
Manuela Martins-Green
Generating and Reversing Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Mice by Manipulating Wound Redox Parameters
Journal of Diabetes Research
title Generating and Reversing Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Mice by Manipulating Wound Redox Parameters
title_full Generating and Reversing Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Mice by Manipulating Wound Redox Parameters
title_fullStr Generating and Reversing Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Mice by Manipulating Wound Redox Parameters
title_full_unstemmed Generating and Reversing Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Mice by Manipulating Wound Redox Parameters
title_short Generating and Reversing Chronic Wounds in Diabetic Mice by Manipulating Wound Redox Parameters
title_sort generating and reversing chronic wounds in diabetic mice by manipulating wound redox parameters
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/562625
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