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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
Published in: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies 1/2014

Open Access 01-12-2014 | Research article

Tanshinone IIA pretreatment protects free flaps against hypoxic injury by upregulating stem cell-related biomarkers in epithelial skin cells

Authors: Zihan Xu, Lijun Wu, Yaowen Sun, Yadong Guo, Gaoping Qin, Shengzhi Mu, Ronghui Fan, Benfeng Wang, Wenjie Gao, Zhenxin Zhang

Published in: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Background

Partial or total flap necrosis after flap transplantation is sometimes encountered in reconstructive surgery, often as a result of a period of hypoxia that exceeds the tolerance of the flap tissue. The purpose of this study was to determine whether Tanshinone IIA (TSA) pretreatment can protect flap tissue against hypoxic injury and improve its viability.

Methods

Primary epithelial cells isolated from the dorsal skin of mice were pretreated with TSA for 2 weeks. Cell Counting Kit-8 and Trypan Blue assays were carried out to examine the proliferation of TSA-pretreated cells after exposure to cobalt chloride. Polymerase chain reaction and western blot analysis were used to assess the expression of β-catenin, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), sex determining region Y-box 2 (SOX2), OCT4 (also known as POU domain class 5 transcription factor 1), Nanog, and glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK-3β) in TSA-treated cells. In other experiments, after mice were pretreated with TSA for 2 weeks, a reproducible ischemic flap model was implemented, and the area of surviving tissue in the transplanted flaps was measured. Immunohistochemistry was conducted to examine Wnt signaling as well as stem cell- and angiogenesis-related biomarkers in epithelial tissue in vivo.

Results

Epidermal cells, pretreated with TSA, showed enhanced resistance to hypoxia. Activation of the Wnt signaling pathway in TSA-pretreated cells was characterized by the upregulation of β-catenin and the downregulation of GSK-3β. The expression of SOX2, Nanog, and OCT4 were also higher in TSA-pretreated epithelial cells than in control cells. In the reproducible ischemic flap model, pretreatment with TSA enhanced resistance to hypoxia and increased the area of surviving tissue in transplanted flaps. The expression of Wnt signaling pathway components, stem-cell related biomarkers, and VEGF and CD34, which are involved in the regeneration of blood vessels, was also upregulated in TSA-pretreated flap tissue.

Conclusions

TSA pretreatment protects free flaps against hypoxic injury and increases the area of surviving tissue by activating Wnt signaling and upregulating stem cell-related biomarkers.
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Metadata
Title
Tanshinone IIA pretreatment protects free flaps against hypoxic injury by upregulating stem cell-related biomarkers in epithelial skin cells
Authors
Zihan Xu
Lijun Wu
Yaowen Sun
Yadong Guo
Gaoping Qin
Shengzhi Mu
Ronghui Fan
Benfeng Wang
Wenjie Gao
Zhenxin Zhang
Publication date
01-12-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 2662-7671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-14-331

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