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Martínez-Cuazitl A, Gómez-García MDC, Hidalgo-Alegria O, Flores OM, Núñez-Gastélum JA, Martínez ESM, Ríos-Cortés AM, Garcia-Solis M, Pérez-Ishiwara DG. Characterization of Polyphenolic Compounds from Bacopa procumbens and Their Effects on Wound-Healing Process. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27196521. [PMID: 36235058 PMCID: PMC9571823 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Wounds represent a medical problem that contributes importantly to patient morbidity and to healthcare costs in several pathologies. In Hidalgo, Mexico, the Bacopa procumbens plant has been traditionally used for wound-healing care for several generations; in vitro and in vivo experiments were designed to evaluate the effects of bioactive compounds obtained from a B. procumbens aqueous fraction and to determine the key pathways involved in wound regeneration. Bioactive compounds were characterized by HPLC/QTOF-MS, and proliferation, migration, adhesion, and differentiation studies were conducted on NIH/3T3 fibroblasts. Polyphenolic compounds from Bacopa procumbens (PB) regulated proliferation and cell adhesion; enhanced migration, reducing the artificial scratch area; and modulated cell differentiation. PB compounds were included in a hydrogel for topical administration in a rat excision wound model. Histological, histochemical, and mechanical analyses showed that PB treatment accelerates wound closure in at least 48 h and reduces inflammation, increasing cell proliferation and deposition and organization of collagen at earlier times. These changes resulted in the formation of a scar with better tensile properties. Immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR molecular analyses demonstrated that treatment induces (i) overexpression of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) and (ii) the phosphorylation of Smad2/3 and ERK1/2, suggesting the central role of some PB compounds to enhance wound healing, modulating TGF-β activation.
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- Adriana Martínez-Cuazitl
- Laboratorio de Biomedicina Molecular, ENMyH, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07320, Mexico
- Escuela Militar de Medicina, Centro Militar de Ciencias de la Salud, UDEFA-SEDENA, Mexico City 11200, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biomedicina Molecular, ENMyH, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07320, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biomedicina Molecular, ENMyH, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07320, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 32310, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada-Unidad Legaria, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 11500, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl 90700, Mexico
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- Departamento de Patología, Hospital General de Tláhuac, Mexico City 13250, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biomedicina Molecular, ENMyH, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 07320, Mexico
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +01-55-5538993877 (ext. 07320)
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Mandale V, Thomas A, Wavhale R, Chitlange S. In-silico Screening of Phytoconstituents on Wound Healing Targets-Approaches and Current Status. Curr Drug Discov Technol 2021; 19:e301121198426. [PMID: 34847843 DOI: 10.2174/1570163819666211130141442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Over recent years, there has been tremendous research focused on the effective utilization of natural products in wound management. Natural or herbal products contain several phytoconstituents that may act on various stages in wound healing and thereby provide a multi-targeted approach especially in the treatment of chronic wounds. Currently, attempts have been made to screen the phytoconstituents present in herbs on various targets involved in wound healing. This review includes a systematic evaluation of scientific reports by various groups of researchers on the herbals evaluated for wound management, their phytochemical profiling, pre-clinical studies, and molecular modeling studies. Various wound targets discussed include Interleukin-1, Interleukin-6, Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), Thymosin beta-4 (Tβ-4) that regulate the early inflammatory stage and the novel T cell immune response cDNA 7(TIRC7) that regulates angiogenesis. Also, neuropeptides P and Y act on the inflammatory, migratory, and proliferation phases, and growth factors like vascular endothelial growth factor family (VEGF) and placental growth factor family (PGF) are involved in angiogenesis, while the role of Fibroblast growth factor in tissue remodeling is discussed. As many of the natural products include polyherbal systems, this approach can help in the judicious selection of a combination of herbs that will act on multiple targets in the wound healing process and provide a multi-factorial approach in wound management.
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- Vijaya Mandale
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune, MS. India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune, MS. India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune, MS. India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr. D.Y. Patil Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Pimpri, Pune, MS. India
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Romaní J, Romaní M. Causes and Cures of Skin Diseases in the Work of Hildegard of Bingen. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2017.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Causes and Cures of Skin Diseases in the Work of Hildegard of Bingen. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2016; 108:538-543. [PMID: 27788912 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Revised: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Akimoto Y, Ikehara S, Yamaguchi T, Kim J, Kawakami H, Shimizu N, Hori M, Sakakita H, Ikehara Y. Galectin expression in healing wounded skin treated with low-temperature plasma: Comparison with treatment by electronical coagulation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 605:86-94. [PMID: 26827730 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Revised: 01/23/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Low-temperature plasma is useful for the care of wounded skin. It accelerates wound healing. However, the mechanism of this effect has not been fully elucidated yet. Galectin-1 is reported to accelerate wound healing via the Smad signaling pathway. In the present study to clarify whether or not galectins were expressed during the process of wound healing in the plasma-treated skin, we examined the effect of low-temperature plasma on galectin expression in the healing skin. We compared the effects of low-temperature plasma on the expression of galectin-1, -2, and -3 in the healing skin with those of electrocoagulation conducted with a high-frequency electrical coagulator. Immediately after the start of low-temperature plasma treatment following the incision made in the skin, a membrane-like structure was formed on the surface of the wound. Immunoelectron microscopy showed that these galectins were localized in the membrane-like structure of the plasma-treated skin. The expressions of these galectins were increased by the low-temperature plasma treatment, whereas they were inhibited by the electrocoagulation. These results suggest that galectins were involved in the wound healing of low-temperature plasma-treated skin. Galectins will thus be good markers for further examination of the effects of low-temperature plasma on the healing of wounded skin.
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- Yoshihiro Akimoto
- Department of Anatomy, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, 181-8611, Japan.
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- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, The National Institutes of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, The National Institutes of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan
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- Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, AIST, Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, 181-8611, Japan
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- International University of Health and Welfare, Sanno Hospital, Akasaka, 107-0052, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, AIST, Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, The National Institutes of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8565, Japan; Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 107-0052, Japan
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Choopani R, Ghourchian A, Hajimehdipoor H, Kamalinejad M. Scientific Evaluation of Pharmacological Treatment of Osteoarthritis in the Canon of Medicine. J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med 2015; 21:228-34. [DOI: 10.1177/2156587215599291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Osteoarthritis is the most common articular disease worldwide. Nonetheless, common osteoarthritis treatments are either not effective or associated with side effects. Now the materials derived from plants have found a relevant place in drug discovery. Until the mid-18th century, osteoarthritis in all medical schools worldwide had been managed as general arthritis. Avicenna, the famous scholar of Iranian traditional medicine has provided a long list of herbs that have been used traditionally to treat arthritis. To gain this worthy list, we searched his most famous medical masterpiece: Canon of Medicine. Some of these materials are investigated and employed by modern medicine. However, it is difficult to ignore that still more of these naturally occurring materials could be of use in modern medicine not only to prevent osteoarthritis progression but also osteoarthritis management as natural anti-inflammatory drugs.
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- Rasool Choopani
- Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Traditional Pharmacy, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Materia and Medica Research Center, School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Iran
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Budovsky A, Yarmolinsky L, Ben-Shabat S. Effect of medicinal plants on wound healing. Wound Repair Regen 2015; 23:171-83. [DOI: 10.1111/wrr.12274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2015] [Revised: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Arie Budovsky
- Judea Regional Research & Development Center; Carmel
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology; Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Beer-Sheva Israel
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Kováč I, Ďurkáč J, Hollý M, Jakubčová K, Peržeľová V, Mučaji P, Švajdlenka E, Sabol F, Legáth J, Belák J, Smetana K, Gál P. Plantago lanceolata L. water extract induces transition of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts and increases tensile strength of healing skin wounds. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 67:117-25. [PMID: 25244603 DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Although the exact underlying mechanisms are still unknown, Plantago lanceolata L. (PL) water extracts are frequently used to stimulate wound healing and to drain abscesses. Therefore, in this experimental study the effect of PL water extract on skin wound healing was studied in Sprague-Dawley rats. METHODS Two excisional and one incisional skin wounds were performed on the back of each rat. Wounds were treated for three consecutive days with two different concentrations of the aqueous extract of PL. Rats were sacrificed 7, 14, and 21 days after surgery. Samples of wounds were processed for macroscopic (excisions - wound contraction measurement), biomechanical (incisions - wound tensile strength (TS) measurement) and histological examination (excisions). KEY FINDINGS It was shown that open wounds treated with PL extract contained myofibroblasts and demonstrated significantly higher contraction rates. Furthermore, significantly increased wound TSs were recorded in treated rats as a consequence of increased organization of extracellular matrix proteins, such as the collagen type 1. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that PL aqueous extract improves skin wound healing in rats. However, further research need to be performed to find optimal therapeutic concentration, and exact underlying mechanism prior obtained results may be introduced into the clinical practice.
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- Ivan Kováč
- Department for Biomedical Research, East-Slovak Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Košice, Slovak Republic; 2nd Department of Surgery, Louise Pasteur University Hospital and Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
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