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Hindlimb unloading depresses corneal epithelial wound healing in mice

Section of Leukocyte Biology, Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030

Submitted 23 February 2004 ; accepted in final form 31 March 2004

C57BL/6 mice were subjected to hindlimb unloading (HU) for a period of 3 wk to determine the possible effects on epithelial wound healing. A standardized corneal epithelial wound was performed, and parameters of the inflammatory response and reepithelialization were analyzed over an observation period of 96 h. Wound closure was significantly retarded in mice during HU with reepithelialization being delayed by 12 h. Both epithelial migration and cell division were significantly depressed and delayed. The inflammatory response to epithelial wounding was also significantly altered during HU. Neutrophils, as detected by the Gr-1 marker, were initially elevated above normal levels before wounding and during the first few hours afterward, but there was a significant reduction in neutrophil response to wounding at times where neutrophil influx and migration in controls were vigorous. A similar pattern was seen with CD11b+CD11c+ cells (monocyte lineage). Langerhans cells are normally resident within the peripheral corneal epithelium. They respond to injury by initially leaving the epithelial site within 6 h and returning to normal levels by 96 h, 2 days after reepithelialization is complete. During HU, this pattern is distinctly different, with Langerhans cell numbers slowly diminishing, reaching a nadir at 96 h, which is significantly below normal. Evidence for systemic effects of HU is provided by findings that collagen deposition within subcutaneous sponges was significantly reduced during HU. In conclusion, HU, a ground-based model simulating some physiological aspects of spaceflight, impairs wound repair of corneas. Multiple factors, both local and systemic, likely contribute to this delayed wound healing.

leukocyte; Langerhans cell; dendritic cell; proliferation; cornea; epithelium

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