AccScience Publishing / IJB / Online First / DOI: 10.36922/ijb.5659
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Prevascularized cell sheets enhanced the therapeutic effect of ECM scaffolds in a one-stage skin grafting rat model

Fei Zhou1,2 Ning Liu1,3 Shuying Chen1,2 Yahui Xiong1,2 Zhaoqiang Zhang4 Lei Chen1, 2* Yingbin Xu1,2*
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1 Department of Burn, Wound Repair & Reconstruction, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China
2 Institute of Precision Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
3 Department of the Second Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery, The First People’s Hospital of Foshan, Foshan, China
4 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Submitted: 28 October 2024 | Accepted: 20 December 2024 | Published: 20 December 2024
© 2024 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

Dermal substitutes (DS) have been widely used in wound repair, but the survival rate of skin grafts with a DS remains an important challenge in regenerative medicine. In this study, we used porcine dermis-derived decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) to construct an optimized 3D-printed DS, which exhibited the desired structure, good mechanical properties, and biocompatibility. Meanwhile, we constructed prevascularized human mesenchymal stem cell sheets (PHCS) with a certain microstructure, which could enhance microvessel formation and maturation and upregulate the expression of angiogenic growth factors. An immune competent one-stage skin graft model in vivo demonstrated that the P-DS group (PHCS + DS + STSG) could improve the repair effect of skin grafts, reduce graft fibrosis and later scar formation, increase the blood perfusion of skin grafts, through the early angiogenesis and the rapid microvessel maturation.  This study aims to investigate the efficacy of combining PHCS with DS in improving full-thickness wound healing.

Keywords
Decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM)
Dermal substitutes (DS)
Prevascularized hBMSCs cell sheet (PHCS)
Angiogenesis
Skin grafts
Funding
This study was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2020A1515110694).
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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