Abstract
Healing of wounds is a significant biological process that involves the interactions of different cell types, growth factors, cytokines, and extracellular matrix molecules. Mice and rats were treated in vivo with interferon (IFN) alpha/beta or polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (Poly I:C), a ds-RNA, a potent inducer of IFN. We observed faster and enhanced closure of wounds as compared to untreated controls on day 7 (wound area measured on Macintosh II CX using NIH image 1.30u program), increased migration of dermal fibroblasts in the wound bed, complete re-epithelialization evidenced by routine histology and scanning electron microscopic procedures, and increased collagen synthesis, which correlates to greater tensile strength. In addition, classical immunofluorescence procedures using frozen sections showed that dermal fibroblasts synthesized much more laminin following Poly I:C treatment, whereas no effect was observed on fibronectin synthesis. These results suggest that Poly I:C and IFN treatment result in a faster restoration of tissue integrity in both full skin punch biopsy and skin incision models.
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