Topical insulin accelerates wound healing in diabetes by enhancing the AKT and ERK pathways: a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial.
<h4>Background</h4>Wound healing is impaired in diabetes mellitus, but the mechanisms involved in this process are virtually unknown. Proteins belonging to the insulin signaling pathway respond to insulin in the skin of rats.<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of this study was to...
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| author | Maria H M Lima Andréa M Caricilli Lélia L de Abreu Eliana P Araújo Fabiana F Pelegrinelli Ana C P Thirone Daniela M Tsukumo Ana Flávia M Pessoa Marinilce F dos Santos Maria A de Moraes José B C Carvalheira Lício A Velloso Mario J A Saad |
| author_facet | Maria H M Lima Andréa M Caricilli Lélia L de Abreu Eliana P Araújo Fabiana F Pelegrinelli Ana C P Thirone Daniela M Tsukumo Ana Flávia M Pessoa Marinilce F dos Santos Maria A de Moraes José B C Carvalheira Lício A Velloso Mario J A Saad |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Wound healing is impaired in diabetes mellitus, but the mechanisms involved in this process are virtually unknown. Proteins belonging to the insulin signaling pathway respond to insulin in the skin of rats.<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of this study was to investigate the regulation of the insulin signaling pathway in wound healing and skin repair of normal and diabetic rats, and, in parallel, the effect of a topical insulin cream on wound healing and on the activation of this pathway.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>We investigated insulin signaling by immunoblotting during wound healing of control and diabetic animals with or without topical insulin. Diabetic patients with ulcers were randomized to receive topical insulin or placebo in a prospective, double-blind and placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial (NCT 01295177) of wound healing.<h4>Results and conclusions</h4>Expression of IR, IRS-1, IRS-2, SHC, ERK, and AKT are increased in the tissue of healing wounds compared to intact skin, suggesting that the insulin signaling pathway may have an important role in this process. These pathways were attenuated in the wounded skin of diabetic rats, in parallel with an increase in the time of complete wound healing. Upon topical application of insulin cream, the wound healing time of diabetic animals was normalized, followed by a reversal of defective insulin signal transduction. In addition, the treatment also increased expression of other proteins, such as eNOS (also in bone marrow), VEGF, and SDF-1α in wounded skin. In diabetic patients, topical insulin cream markedly improved wound healing, representing an attractive and cost-free method for treating this devastating complication of diabetes.<h4>Trial registration</h4>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01295177. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ff995adceeda4ee897ead84bcf90b6bf2025-08-20T02:20:13ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032012-01-0175e3697410.1371/journal.pone.0036974Topical insulin accelerates wound healing in diabetes by enhancing the AKT and ERK pathways: a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial.Maria H M LimaAndréa M CaricilliLélia L de AbreuEliana P AraújoFabiana F PelegrinelliAna C P ThironeDaniela M TsukumoAna Flávia M PessoaMarinilce F dos SantosMaria A de MoraesJosé B C CarvalheiraLício A VellosoMario J A Saad<h4>Background</h4>Wound healing is impaired in diabetes mellitus, but the mechanisms involved in this process are virtually unknown. Proteins belonging to the insulin signaling pathway respond to insulin in the skin of rats.<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of this study was to investigate the regulation of the insulin signaling pathway in wound healing and skin repair of normal and diabetic rats, and, in parallel, the effect of a topical insulin cream on wound healing and on the activation of this pathway.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>We investigated insulin signaling by immunoblotting during wound healing of control and diabetic animals with or without topical insulin. Diabetic patients with ulcers were randomized to receive topical insulin or placebo in a prospective, double-blind and placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial (NCT 01295177) of wound healing.<h4>Results and conclusions</h4>Expression of IR, IRS-1, IRS-2, SHC, ERK, and AKT are increased in the tissue of healing wounds compared to intact skin, suggesting that the insulin signaling pathway may have an important role in this process. These pathways were attenuated in the wounded skin of diabetic rats, in parallel with an increase in the time of complete wound healing. Upon topical application of insulin cream, the wound healing time of diabetic animals was normalized, followed by a reversal of defective insulin signal transduction. In addition, the treatment also increased expression of other proteins, such as eNOS (also in bone marrow), VEGF, and SDF-1α in wounded skin. In diabetic patients, topical insulin cream markedly improved wound healing, representing an attractive and cost-free method for treating this devastating complication of diabetes.<h4>Trial registration</h4>ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01295177.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0036974&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Maria H M Lima Andréa M Caricilli Lélia L de Abreu Eliana P Araújo Fabiana F Pelegrinelli Ana C P Thirone Daniela M Tsukumo Ana Flávia M Pessoa Marinilce F dos Santos Maria A de Moraes José B C Carvalheira Lício A Velloso Mario J A Saad Topical insulin accelerates wound healing in diabetes by enhancing the AKT and ERK pathways: a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. PLoS ONE |
| title | Topical insulin accelerates wound healing in diabetes by enhancing the AKT and ERK pathways: a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. |
| title_full | Topical insulin accelerates wound healing in diabetes by enhancing the AKT and ERK pathways: a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. |
| title_fullStr | Topical insulin accelerates wound healing in diabetes by enhancing the AKT and ERK pathways: a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Topical insulin accelerates wound healing in diabetes by enhancing the AKT and ERK pathways: a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. |
| title_short | Topical insulin accelerates wound healing in diabetes by enhancing the AKT and ERK pathways: a double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. |
| title_sort | topical insulin accelerates wound healing in diabetes by enhancing the akt and erk pathways a double blind placebo controlled clinical trial |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0036974&type=printable |
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