Ramhormozi, P. and Ansari, J.M. and Simorgh, S. and Asgari, H.R. and Najafi, M. and Barati, M. and Babakhani, A. and Nobakht, M. (2021) Simvastatin accelerates the healing process of burn wound in Wistar rats through Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Annals of Anatomy, 236.
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Statins, apart from cholesterol-lowering properties, have wound healing effects. Hereby, we aimed to assess the impact of Simvastatin (SMV), one of the most commonly used statins, on Akt/mTOR signaling pathway during burn wound healing process. After creating a second-degree burn on the dorsal area of adult male Wistar rats (n = 60), they were randomly divided into the control, SMV, vehicle of Simvastatin (SMV-Veh), Rapamycin (RM), vehicle of Rapamycin (RM-Veh), and combined SMV and RM (SMV + RM) groups. The animals were sacrificed on the 7th and 14th post-burn days and wound tissue samples were collected for histologic, immunohistochemical, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and western blot investigations. Rapamycin (RM) was also used to treat animals as an mTOR inhibitor. Topical administration of SMV resulted in a faster healing rate, elevated collagen deposition, and increased myofibroblast population compared to other experimental groups. Moreover, qRT-PCR findings showed that the wounds treated with SMV alone had the highest expression levels of CD31, VEGF, Akt, mTOR, and p70S6K after 7 and 14 days of burn model (p < 0.001). According to western blot findings, daily topical treatment with SMV further increased protein levels of P-AktThr308, P-mTORSer2448, and P-p70S6 KThr389 compared with other treatments, at both follow-up time points (p < 0.001). In contrast, inhibition of Akt/mTOR signaling pathway by RM reduced SMV-induced wound healing process. Seemingly, SMV promotes burn wound healing, at least in part, through activating Akt/mTOR signaling pathway, suggesting topically applied SMV as an alternative therapeutic approach for managing burn wound healing. © 2020
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| Additional Information: | cited By 1 |
| Subjects: | QV Pharmacology |
| Depositing User: | eprints admin |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Nov 2021 06:43 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2021 06:43 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iums.ac.ir/id/eprint/39187 |
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