Inositol kinase and its product accelerate wound healing by modulating calcium levels, Rho GTPases, and F-actin assembly.

Ximena Soto, Jingjing Li, Robert Lea, Eamon Dubaissi, Athanasia Papalopulu, Enrique Amaya

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Abstract

Wound healing is essential for survival. We took advantage of the Xenopus embryo, which exhibits remarkable capacities to repair wounds quickly and efficiently, to investigate the mechanisms responsible for wound healing. Previous work has shown that injury triggers a rapid calcium response, followed by the activation of Ras homolog (Rho) family guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases), which regulate the formation and contraction of an F-actin purse string around the wound margin. How these processes are coordinated following wounding remained unclear. Here we show that inositol-trisphosphate 3-kinase B (Itpkb) via its enzymatic product inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate (InsP4) plays an essential role during wound healing by modulating the activity of Rho family GTPases and F-actin ring assembly. Furthermore, we show that Itpkb and InsP4 modulate the speed of the calcium wave, which propagates from the site of injury into neighboring uninjured cells. Strikingly, both overexpression of itpkb and exogenous application of InsP4 accelerate the speed of wound closure, a finding that has potential implications in our quest to find treatments that improve wound healing in patients with acute or chronic wounds.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)11029-11034
Number of pages6
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume110
Issue number27
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2013

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