An ear punch model for studying the effect of radiation on wound healing.
Journal Article
PURPOSE: Radiation and wound combined injury represents a major clinical challenge because of the synergistic interactions that lead to higher morbidity and mortality than either insult would produce singly. The purpose of this study was to develop a mouse ear punch model to study the physiological mechanisms underlying radiation effects on healing wounds. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Surgical wounds were induced by a 2 mm surgical punch in the ear pinnae of MRL/MpJ mice. Photographs of the wounds were taken and the sizes of the ear punch wounds were quantified by image analysis. Local radiation to the ear was delivered by orthovoltage X-ray irradiator using a specially constructed jig that shields the other parts of body. RESULTS: Using this model, we demonstrated that local radiation to the wound area significantly delayed the healing of ear punch wounds in a dose-dependent fashion. The addition of sublethal whole body irradiation (7 Gy) further delayed the healing of ear punch wounds. These results were replicated in C57BL/6 mice; however, wound healing in MRL/MpJ mice was accelerated. CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate that the mouse ear punch model is a valuable model to study radiation and wound combined injury.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Deoliveira, D; Jiao, Y; Ross, JR; Corbin, K; Xiao, Q; Toncheva, G; Anderson-Evans, C; Yoshizumi, TT; Chen, BJ; Chao, NJ
Published Date
- August 2011
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 87 / 8
Start / End Page
- 869 - 877
PubMed ID
- 21480768
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1362-3095
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.3109/09553002.2011.568575
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England