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September 09-10, 2019 | Edinburgh, Scotland
2
nd
Global Summit on
3
rd
International Conference on
Dermatology and Cosmetology
Wound Care, Tissue Repair and Regenerative Medicine
Joint Event
&
Journal of Dermatology Research and Skin Care | Volume 3
Dermatol Res Skin Care, Volume 3
Annexin A1 contained in extracellular vesicles promotes the activation of keratinocytes by
mesoglycan effects: An autocrine loop through syndecan-4 pathway and formyl peptide
receptors
Antonello Petrella
University of Salerno, Italy
W
ound healing is a dynamic process comprising
multiple
events,
such
as
inflammation,
re-epithelialization and tissue remodelling. Re-
epithelialization phase is characterized by the
engagement of several cell populations, mainly of
keratinocytes that sequentially go through cycles of
migration, proliferation and differentiation to restore
skin functions. Over the last decades, the efforts aimed
to find new pharmacological approaches for wound care
were made; yet almost all current therapeutic strategies
used remain inadequate or even ineffective. As such,
it is crucial to identify new drugs that can enable a
proper regeneration of the epithelium in wounded skin.
We have investigated the effects of the fibrinolytic drug
mesoglycan, a glycosaminoglycans mixture derived from
porcine intestinal mucosa, on HaCaT human keratinocytes
that were used as
in vitro
experimental model of skin
re-epithelialization. We found that mesoglycan induces
keratinocyte migration and early differentiation by
triggering the syndecan-4/PKCα pathway and that these
effects were, at least in part, because of the formation
of the annexin A1 (ANXA1)/S100A11 complex. Moreover,
syndecan-4 participates to the formation and secretion
of microvesicles (EVs), which may contribute to wound
healing. We found that the mesoglycan increases the
release of EVs which amplify its same effects. ANXA1
contained in the microvesicles is able to promote
keratinocytes motility and differentiation by acting on
Formyl Peptide Receptors (FPRs). Thus, the extracellular
form of ANXA1 may be considered as a link to intensify the
effects of mesoglycan.
Our work, for the first time, identified an interesting
autocrine loop ANXA1/EVs/FPRs in human keratinocytes,
induced by mesoglycan. Taken together, these data suggest
that mesoglycan may represent a useful pro-healing
drug for skin wound care. Its effects are triggered by the
syndecan-4 activation, which leads to the ANXA1 secretion
and the formation of a positive loop through FPRs.
Speaker Biography
Antonello Petrella is currently working as a professor of pharmacology
at University of Salerno-Department of Pharmacology, Italy. He has over
60 publications that have been cited over 1300 times, and his publication
H-index is 23 and has been serving as an editorial board member of
reputed Journals.
e:
apetrella@unisa.it