Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference (한국환경과학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2020.10a
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- Pages.221-221
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- 2020
Nanosphere Form of Curcumin Stimulates the Migration of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
- Kim, Do-Wan (Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Daegu Haany University) ;
- Kim, Ju Ha (Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Daegu Haany University) ;
- Lee, Sei-Jung (Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Daegu Haany University)
- Published : 2020.10.31
Abstract
Curcumin, a hydrophobic polyphenol derived from turmeric, has been used a food additive and as a herbal medicine for the treatment of various diseases. In the present study, we found the functional role of a nanosphere loaded with curcumin (CN) in the promotion of the motility of human umbilical cord blood derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUCB-MSCs) during the wound closure. We found that the efficacy of hUCB-MSCs migration induced by CN was 1000-fold higher than that of curcumin powder. CN significantly increased the motility of hUCB-MSCs by activating c-Src, which is responsible for the phosphorylation of protein kinase C (PKC) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). CN induced the expression levels of α-actinin-1, profilin-1 and filamentous-actin, as regulated by the phosphorylation of nuclear factor-kappa B during its promotion of cell migration. In a mouse skin excisional wound model, we found that transplantation of UCB-MSCs pre-treated with CN enhances wound closure, granulation, and re-epithelialization at mouse skin wound sites. These results indicate that CN is a functional agent that promotes the mobilization of UCB-MSCs for cutaneous wound repair.