机构:[1]Department of Dermatology, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China内科片皮肤科云南省第一人民医院[2]Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Kunming, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China[3]Department of Genetics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China[4]Department of Clinical Medicine, Kunming University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan, P.R. China
Background: This study aimed to explore whether 5-aminolaevulinic acid-based photodynamic therapy (ALA-PDT) restrains pathological hyperplasia of fibroblasts from hyperplastic scar tissues, and to investigate the potential mechanism. Material/Methods: We used MTT assay, flow cytometry, and terminal-deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated nick-end labeling (TUNEL) to examine the effects of ALA-PDT on proliferation, cell cycle, and apoptosis of fibroblasts isolated from hyperplastic scar tissues. The growth-promoting effect of fibroblasts on vascular endothelial cells was measured by cell co-culture. Real-time PCR and Western blot analysis were performed to detect the expression levels of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), a-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA), Collagen I, Collagen III, vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGFA), and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). Results: ALA-PDT inhibited proliferation delayed cell cycle progress, promoted apoptosis of fibroblasts, and suppressed its growth-promoting effect on vascular endothelial cells, and decreased expression of TGF-beta 1, alpha-SMA, Collagen I, Collagen III, VEGFA, and bFGF. Conclusions: ALA-PDT effectively restrained pathological hyperplasia of fibroblasts from hyperplastic scar tissues, which may provide a research basis for clinical therapy of hyperplastic scars.
基金:
This study was supported by a grant from the Applied Basic Research Project of Kunming Medical University (No. 2014FB084)