NETosis delays diabetic wound healing

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NETosis delays diabetic wound healing in mice and humans.
Fadini GP et al
Diabetes. 2016 Jan 6. pii: db150863

Upon activation, neutrophils undergo histone citrullination by protein arginine deiminase-4 (PAD4), exocytosis of chromatin and enzymes as neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), and death. In diabetes, neutrophils are primed to release NETs and die by NETosis. Although this process is a defense against infection, NETosis can damage tissue. Therefore, we examined the effect of NETosis on the healing of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU). Using proteomics, we found that NET components were enriched in non-healing human DFU. In an independent validation cohort, a high concentration of neutrophil elastase in the wound was associated with infection and a subsequent worsening of the ulcer. NET components (elastase, histones, NGAL, and proteinase-3) were elevated in the blood of patients with DFU. Circulating elastase and proteinase-3 were associated with infection, and serum elastase predicted delayed healing. Neutrophils isolated from the blood of DFU patients showed an increased spontaneous NETosis but an impaired inducible NETosis. In mice, skin PAD4 activity was increased by diabetes, and FACS detection of histone citrullination, together with intravital microscopy showed that NETosis occurred in the bed of excisional wounds. PAD4 inhibition by Cl-amidine reduced netting neutrophils and rescued wound healing in diabetic mice. Cumulatively, these data suggest that NETosis delays DFU healing.
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