PUBLICATION
Non-Invasive Monitoring of Cutaneous Wound Healing in Non-Diabetic and Diabetic Model of Adult Zebrafish Using OCT Angiography
- Authors
- Kim, J., Kim, S., Choi, W.J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-230528-40
- Date
- 2023
- Source
- Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) 10(5): (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Kim, Suhyun
- Keywords
- adult zebrafish, diabetic wound, optical coherence tomography angiography, wound healing
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 37237607 Full text @ Bioengineering (Basel)
Citation
Kim, J., Kim, S., Choi, W.J. (2023) Non-Invasive Monitoring of Cutaneous Wound Healing in Non-Diabetic and Diabetic Model of Adult Zebrafish Using OCT Angiography. Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland). 10(5):.
Abstract
A diabetic wound presents a severe risk of infections and other complications because of its slow healing. Evaluating the pathophysiology during wound healing is imperative for wound care, necessitating a proper diabetic wound model and assay for monitoring. The adult zebrafish is a rapid and robust model for studying human cutaneous wound healing because of its fecundity and high similarities to human wound repair. OCTA as an assay can provide three-dimensional (3D) imaging of the tissue structure and vasculature in the epidermis, enabling monitoring of the pathophysiologic alterations in the zebrafish skin wound. We present a longitudinal study for assessing the cutaneous wound healing of the diabetic adult zebrafish model using OCTA, which is of importance for the diabetes research using the alternative animal models. We used non-diabetic (n = 9) and type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) adult zebrafish models (n = 9). The full-thickness wound was generated on the fish skin, and the wound healing was monitored with OCTA for 15 days. The OCTA results demonstrated significant differences between diabetic and non-diabetic wound healing, involving delayed tissue remodeling and impaired angiogenesis for the diabetic wound, leading to slow wound recovery. The adult zebrafish model and OCTA technique may benefit long-term metabolic disease studies using zebrafish for drug development.
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