ArticleScientific reports2018
Corneal myofibroblasts inhibit regenerating nerves during wound healing.
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- Multifunctional Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide Nanodrug for Corneal Haze Treatment and Its Mechanism.Biomaterials research · 2025Article
- Corneal Treatment, Repair, and Regeneration: Exosomes at Rescue.Pharmaceutics · 2024Review
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- RNA-Seq Analysis Unraveling Novel Genes and Pathways Influencing Corneal Wound Healing.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2024Article
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- Regenerated Corneal Epithelium Expresses More βIII-Tubulin After Chemical Injuries Compared to Mechanical Injuries.Translational vision science & technology · 2023Article
- Blocking Mitochondrial Pyruvate Transport Alters Corneal Myofibroblast Phenotype: A New Target for Treating Fibrosis.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023Article
- The impact of UV cross-linking on corneal stromal cell migration, differentiation and patterning.Experimental eye research · 2023Article
- Cell Biology of Spontaneous Persistent Epithelial Defects After Photorefractive Keratectomy in Rabbits.Translational vision science & technology · 2023Article
- Enhanced Ablation of Cornea Doped with a Fluorescein Dye Using a Visible Wavelength Laser.ACS omega · 2023Article
- Topical Losartan: Practical Guidance for Clinical Trials in the Prevention and Treatment of Corneal Scarring Fibrosis and Other Eye Diseases and Disorders.Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics · 2023Review
- Corneal stromal repair and regeneration.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2022Review
- Corneal Opacity: Cell Biological Determinants of the Transition From Transparency to Transient Haze to Scarring Fibrosis, and Resolution, After Injury.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2022Review
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Abstract
Abnormal nerve regeneration often follows corneal injury, predisposing patients to pain, dry eye and vision loss. Yet, we lack a mechanistic understanding of this process. A key event in corneal wounds is the differentiation of keratocytes into fibroblasts and scar-forming myofibroblasts. Here, we show for the first time that regenerating nerves avoid corneal regions populated by myofibroblasts in vivo. Recreating this interaction in vitro, we find neurite outgrowth delayed when myofibroblasts but not fibroblasts, are co-cultured with sensory neurons. After neurites elongated sufficiently, contact inhibition was observed with myofibroblasts, but not fibroblasts. Reduced neurite outgrowth in vitro appeared mediated by transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) secreted by myofibroblasts, which increased phosphorylation of collapsin response mediating protein 2 (CRMP2) in neurons. The significance of this mechanism was further tested by applying Mitomycin C after photorefractive keratectomy to decrease myofibroblast differentiation. This generated earlier repopulation of the ablation zone by intra-epithelial and sub-basal nerves. Our findings suggest that attaining proper, rapid corneal nerve regeneration after injury may require blocking myofibroblast differentiation and/or TGF-β during wound healing. They also highlight hitherto undefined myofibroblast-neuron signaling processes capable of restricting neurite outgrowth in the cornea and other tissues where scars and nerves co-exist.
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