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ArticlePNAS nexus2023

Boosting UPR transcriptional activator XBP1 accelerates acute wound healing.

Jie-Mei Wang, Hainan Li, Liping Xu, Hyunbae Kim, Yining Qiu, Kezhong Zhang

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Article in PNAS nexus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jie-Mei WangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 259 Mack Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8723-4410
Hainan LiCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, 540 Canfield Street, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2967-8021
Liping XuCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, 540 Canfield Street, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Hyunbae KimDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 259 Mack Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Yining QiuDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 259 Mack Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Kezhong ZhangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, 259 Mack Ave, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6062-235X
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · USWayne State University · US

Funding

Regional Pilot And Feasibility Study Grants ProgramP30DK020572 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI DAVID P OLSON · 2013 to 2026
$24.3M
Mechanistic study of Small-molecular Therapy in diabetic Wound HealingR01DK128937 · NIDDK · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, JIEMEI, YI, ZHENGPING · 2021 to 2024
$1.6M
Mitochondrial NAD kinase: function and mechanism in metabolismR01DK132065 · NIDDK · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHANG, KEZHONG, ZHANG, REN · 2022 to 2025
$1.5M
Alleviating Reactive Carbonyl Species-Induced Progenitor Cell Dysfunction in Diabetic Wound HealingR01DK119222 · NIDDK · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MONKS, TERRENCE J., WANG, JIEMEI · 2019 to 2022
$1.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020572NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK119222NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK128937NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK132065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients' suffering from large or deep wounds caused by traumatic and/or thermal injuries have significantly lower chances of recapitulating lost skin function through natural healing. We tested whether enhanced unfolded protein response (UPR) by expression of a UPR transcriptional activator, X-box-binding protein 1 (XBP1) can significantly promote wound repair through stimulating growth factor production and promoting angiogenesis. In mouse models of a second-degree thermal wound, a full-thickness traumatic wound, and a full-thickness diabetic wound, the topical gene transfer of the activated form of XBP1 (spliced XBP1, XBP1s) can significantly enhance re-epithelialization and increase angiogenesis, leading to rapid, nearly complete wound closure with intact regenerated epidermis and dermis. Overexpression of XBP1s stimulated the transcription of growth factors in fibroblasts critical to proliferation and remodeling during wound repair, including platelet-derived growth factor BB, basic fibroblast growth factor, and transforming growth factor beta 3. Meanwhile, the overexpression of XBP1s boosted the migration and tube formation of dermal microvascular endothelial cells in vitro. Our functional and mechanistic investigations of XBP1-mediated regulation of wound healing processes provide novel insights into the previously undermined physiological role of the UPR in skin injuries. The finding opens an avenue to developing potential XBP1-based therapeutic strategies in clinical wound care protocols.

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gene transfergrowth factorsunfolded protein responsewound healingX-box-binding protein 1

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PMID36959909
PMCPMC10028334
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