Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
9-2018
Abstract
Physicians have observed that surgical wounds in the elderly heal with thinner scars than wounds in young patients. Understanding this phenomenon may reveal strategies for promoting scarless wound repair. We show that full-thickness skin wounds in aged but not young mice fully regenerate. Exposure of aged animals to blood from young mice by parabiosis counteracts this regenerative capacity. The secreted factor, stromal-derived factor 1 (SDF1), is expressed at higher levels in wounded skin of young mice. Genetic deletion of SDF1 in young skin enhanced tissue regeneration. In aged mice, enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) and histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation are recruited to the SDF1 promoter at higher levels, and pharmacologic inhibition of EZH2 restores SDF1 induction and prevents tissue regeneration. Similar age-dependent EZH2-mediated SDF1 suppression occurs in human skin. Our findings counter the current dogma that tissue function invariably declines with age and suggest new therapeutic strategies in regenerative medicine.
Keywords
tissue regeneration, scar, aging, skin, epigenetics, SDF1, CXCL12, organ regeneration
Discipline
Econometrics | Medical Sciences
Research Areas
Econometrics
Publication
Cell Reports
Volume
24
Issue
13
First Page
3383
Last Page
3392
ISSN
2211-1247
Identifier
10.1016/j.celrep.2018.12.056
Publisher
Elsevier (Cell Press): OAJ / Elsevier
Citation
Nishiguchi, Mailyn A.; Spencer, Casey A.; LEUNG, Denis H. Y.; and Leung, Thomas H..
Aging suppresses skin-derived circulating SDF1 to promote full-thickness tissue regeneration. (2018). Cell Reports. 24, (13), 3383-3392.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2347
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2018.12.056