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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 146, 56-66, Copyright © 1995 by American Society for Investigative Pathology


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Apoptosis mediates the decrease in cellularity during the transition between granulation tissue and scar

A Desmouliere, M Redard, I Darby and G Gabbiani
Department of Pathology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Granulation tissue formation and contraction is an important step of second intention wound healing. Granulation tissue develops from the connective tissue surrounding the damaged or missing area and its cellular components are mainly small vessel and inflammatory cells as well as fibroblasts and myofibroblasts. As the wound closes and evolves into a scar, there is an important decrease in cellularity; in particular myofibroblasts disappear. The question arises as to which process is responsible for this cellular loss. During a previous investigation on the expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin in myofibroblasts (Darby I, Skalli O, Gabbiani G, Lab Invest, 1990, 63:21- 29), we have observed that in late phases of wound healing, many myofibroblasts show changes compatible with apoptosis and suggested that this type of cell death could be responsible for the disappearance of myofibroblasts. We have now tested this hypothesis by means of morphometry at the electron microscopic level and by in situ end labeling of fragmented DNA. Our results indicate that the number of myofibroblastic and vascular cells undergoing apoptosis increases as the wound closes and support the assumption that this is the mechanism of granulation tissue evolution into a scar. The regulation of apoptotic phenomena during wound healing may be important in scar establishment and development of pathological scarring.


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