Inhibition of Wnt signaling pathway suppresses radiation-induced dermal fibrosis
- Title
- Inhibition of Wnt signaling pathway suppresses radiation-induced dermal fibrosis
- Author
- 윤채옥
- Keywords
- BETA; ACTIVATION; CELLS
- Issue Date
- 2020-08
- Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
- Citation
- SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 10, no. 1, article no. 13594
- Abstract
- Progressive fibrosis of the dermal tissues is a challenging complication of radiotherapy whose underlying mechanism is not fully understood, and there are few available treatments. The canonical Wnt/beta -catenin signaling pathway plays an important role in fibrosis as well as in the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). We investigated whether inhibition of Wnt/beta -catenin signaling with sLRP6E1E2, a molecule that binds to extracellular Wnt ligands, ameliorated radiation-induced fibrosis both in vitro and in vivo. Radiation with a single dose of 2 Gy not only facilitated fibrosis in cultured human dermal fibroblasts via activation of the Wnt/beta -catenin pathway but also initiated EMT in cultured keratinocytes, developing collagen-producing mesenchymal cells. sLRP6E1E2-expressing adenovirus treatment exerted anti-fibrotic activity in irradiated cultured dermal fibroblasts and keratinocytes. In a mouse model, a single fraction of 15 Gy was delivered to the dorsal skins of 36 mice randomized into three groups: those receiving PBS, those receiving control adenovirus, and those receiving decoy Wnt receptor-expressing adenovirus (dE1-k35/sLRP6E1E2). The mice were observed for 16 weeks, and excessive deposition of type I collagen was suppressed by sLRP6E1E2-expressing adenovirus treatment. These results demonstrate that the modulation of the Wnt/beta -catenin pathway has the potential to decrease the severity of radiation-induced dermal fibrosis.
- URI
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-70243-3https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/170078
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-020-70243-3
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