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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
Angiogenesis plays a central role in wound healing. Among many known growth factors, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is believed to be the most prevalent, efficacious, and long-term signal that is known to stimulate angiogenesis in wounds. Whereas a direct role of copper to facilitate angiogenesis has been evident two decades ago, the specific targets of copper action remained unclear. This report presents first evidence showing that inducible VEGF expression is sensitive to copper and that the angiogenic potential of copper may be harnessed to accelerate dermal wound contraction and closure. At physiologically relevant concentrations, copper sulfate induced VEGF expression in primary as well as transformed human keratinocytes. Copper shared some of the pathways utilized by hypoxia to regulate VEGF expression. Topical copper sulfate accelerated closure of excisional murine dermal wound allowed to heal by secondary intention. Copper-sensitive pathways regulate key mediators of wound healing such as angiogenesis and extracellular matrix remodeling. Copper-based therapeutics represents a feasible approach to promote dermal wound healing.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0363-6135
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
282
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H1821-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Cell Line, Transformed, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Copper, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Copper Sulfate, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Endothelial Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Hydrogen Peroxide, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Hydroxybenzoic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Hydroxyl Radical, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Keratinocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Lymphokines, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Neovascularization, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Wound Healing, pubmed-meshheading:11959648-Wounds and Injuries
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Copper-induced vascular endothelial growth factor expression and wound healing.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Department of Surgery, 512 Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. sen-1@medctr.osu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't