Defining the activity of pro-reparative extracellular vesicles in wound healing based on miRNA payloads and cell type-specific lineage mapping

Dong Jun Park, Wooil Choi, Sakeef Sayeed, Robert A. Dorschner, Joseph Rainaldi, Kayla Ho, Jenny Kezios, John P. Nolan, Prashant Mali, Todd Costantini, Brian P. Eliceiri

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Abstract

Small extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released by cells and deliver biologically active payloads to coordinate the response of multiple cell types in cutaneous wound healing. Here we used a cutaneous injury model as a donor of pro-reparative EVs to treat recipient diabetic obese mice, a model of impaired wound healing. We established a functional screen for microRNAs (miRNAs) that increased the pro-reparative activity of EVs and identified a down-regulation of miR-425-5p in EVs in vivo and in vitro associated with the regulation of adiponectin. We tested a cell type-specific reporter of a tetraspanin CD9 fusion with GFP to lineage map the release of EVs from macrophages in the wound bed, based on the expression of miR-425-5p in macrophage-derived EVs and the abundance of macrophages in EV donor sites. Analysis of different promoters demonstrated that EV release under the control of a macrophage-specific promoter was most abundant and that these EVs were internalized by dermal fibroblasts. These findings suggested that pro-reparative EVs deliver miRNAs, such as miR-425-5p, that stimulate the expression of adiponectin that has insulin-sensitizing properties. We propose that EVs promote intercellular signaling between cell layers in the skin to resolve inflammation, induce proliferation of basal keratinocytes, and accelerate wound closure.

Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalMolecular Therapy
DOIs
StateAccepted/In press - 2024
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • adiponectin
  • diabetic wound closure
  • extracellular vesicles
  • macrophage
  • miR-425-5p
  • single-cell RNA sequence

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