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(American Journal of Pathology. 2005;167:721-732.)
© 2005 American Society for Investigative Pathology

Fibrin-Induced Skin Fibrosis in Mice Deficient in Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Alexander de Giorgio-Miller*, Steve Bottoms*, Geoffrey Laurent*, Peter Carmeliet{dagger} and Sarah Herrick*

From the Department of Medicine,* University College London, Rayne Institute, London, United Kingdom; and the Centre for Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy,{dagger} Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

The deposition of fibrin is an integral part of the tissue repair process, but its persistence is also associated with a number of fibrotic conditions. This study addressed the hypothesis that reduced fibrinolysis and fibrin persistence are associated with an enhanced accumulation of collagen and the development of skin fibrosis. Decreased fibrinolysis was confirmed in fibrin gel cultures that contained human dermal fibroblasts plus the specific plasmin inhibitor {alpha}2-antiplasmin or dermal fibroblasts isolated from plasminogen activator (PA)-deficient mice. Collagen accumulation was significantly increased in the presence of inhibitor and in tPA-deficient, but not uPA-deficient, fibroblasts compared with controls. These findings were also confirmed using a skin fibrosis model in which multiple injections of fibrin were given subcutaneously to PA-deficient mice. Injection sites from tPA-deficient mice displayed significantly increased collagen levels compared with uPA-deficient mice and wild-type controls. Up-regulation of fibroblast procollagen gene expression and reduced activation of pro-MMP-1 appeared to mediate the increase in collagen by human dermal fibroblasts in the presence of {alpha}2-antiplasmin. These findings suggest that persistent fibrin is associated with enhanced collagen accumulation that may result in the development of fibrotic skin disorders in which reduced fibrinolysis is a feature.




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