Effects of porcine testis extract on wound healing in rat

Dong Mok Lee, Abdul Roouf Bhat, Yong Woon Kim, Dong Hoon Shin, Joo Young Kim, Keuk Jun Kim, Ki Ho Lee, Yong Pil Cheon, Taehoon Chun, Inho Choi

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Abstract

Sex hormones have long been considered to play an important role in bone turnover rate, periodontal diseases, and wound healing. We have studied the effect of porcine testis steroid extract (PTSE), an extract of porcine testes, which holds a good ratio of 19-nortestosterone (nandrolone), testosterone, androstenedione, 17β-estradiol, and estrone, on the healing rate of a standardized full-thickness linear wound on the back of the rat. Skin punch or carbon dioxide (CO2) laser methods were used to create the deep skin injury in two groups of animals. The animals were treated with the PTSE cream, control cream and Vaseline (control) to find out the effect in re-epithelialization, contraction, and formation of granulation and scar tissues. Histological examination after 21 days showed 100, 87.4, and 80.5% recovery of epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis, respectively in the PTSE-treated animals. Similarly, on the 15th day of treatment, complete healing of intact skin was observed in the PTSE cream-treated animals among the laser radiation group. Even though the beginning of re-epithelialization phase and completion of serum crust formation was also observed in the base cream- and Vaseline-treated animals respectively, the complete healing cycle was observed only in the PTSE-treated group. The white blood cell count in the PTSE-treated group showed that PTSE cream is nontoxic to animals.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)469-478
Number of pages10
JournalAnimal Cells and Systems
Volume16
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012 Dec

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Funding Information:
This study was supported by iPET (Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries), Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries, Republic of Korea.

Keywords

  • PTSE
  • collagen
  • skin injuries
  • wound healing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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