Low-temperature Plasma Promotes Fibroblast Proliferation in Wound Healing by ROS-activated NF-κB Signaling Pathway

Abstract

Low-temperature plasma (LTP) has shown great promise in wound healing, although the underlying mechanism remains poorly understood. In the present study, an argon atmospheric pressure plasma jet was employed to treat L929 murine fibroblasts cultured in vitro and skin wounds in BALB/c mice. The in vitro analysis revealed that treatment of fibroblasts with LTP for 15 s resulted in a significant increase in cell proliferation, secretion of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor-βi (TGF-βi), production of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), and the percentage of cells in S phase, protein expression of phosphorylated p65 (P-p65) and cyclinD1, but a noted decrease in the protein expression of inhibitor kappa B (IκB). The in vitro experiments demonstrated that 30-s LTP treatment enhanced the number of fibroblasts and the ability of collagen synthesis, while 50-s treatment led to the opposite outcomes. These results suggested that LTP treatment promotes the fibroblast proliferation in wound healing by inducing the generation of ROS, upregulating the expression of P-p65, downregulating the expression of IκB, and activating the NF-κB signaling pathway and consequently altering cell cycle progression (increased DNA synthesis in S phage).

Keywords

low-temperature plasma / fibroblast proliferation / NF-κB signaling pathway / cell cycle / reactive oxygen species

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