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Tissue-Engineered Wound Dressings
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forDiabetic Foot Ulcers
SimonMatoori, SaharRahmani, andDavidJ.Mooney
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Abstract
As the prevalence of patients with diabetes is rising, the number of patients at risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) is increasing. DFU is one of the most debilitating complications of diabetes because of the high risk of infections and lower extremity amputations. The standard of care for DFU treatment is limited to non­specic diagnostics (wound size, depth) and therapeutic interventions (debridement, wet gauze, antibiotics if needed), and has moderate healing rates. In the past three decades, a number of FDA-approved therapies have been developed that take advantage of advances in biomaterials and tissue engineering to manufacture materials that pro­vide a favorable physicochemical environment and pro­healing cues (e.g., extracellular matrix, growth factors). However, these treatments have not led to strongly increased healing rates. As our understanding of diabetic wound pathophysiology is deepening, new therapeutic targets have emerged, particularly around inammatory processes in diabetic wounds. In the last decade, the emergence of these targets has led to the development of wound dressings that release diagnostic and therapeutic agents that specically address these processes. While many of these therapies have yet to provide a clinical proof-of-concept, the variety of strategies raises hope that novel and more specic diagnostic and therapeutic options will be available in the next decade.
S. Matoori Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada e-mail: simon.matoori@umontreal.ca
S. Rahmani · D. J. Mooney (*) John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA e-mail: rahmani@seas.harvard.edu; mooneyd@seas.harvard.edu
Introduction
Diabetes mellitus is dened as “a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia [increased blood glucose lev­els] resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both” [1]. Insulin deciency and hyperglycemia stem from the destruction of pancreatic β-cells by an autoimmune reac­tion in type 1 diabetes or from a decreased tissue response to insulin (insulin resistance) and reduced insulin production by β-cells in type 2 diabetes [1]. Diabetes mellitus is one of the fastest-growing chronic diseases worldwide, with an estimated prevalence of 537 million adults (10.5%) in the adult popula­tion in 2021 [2]. In the United States, the prevalence of the disease was at 12.1% for non- Hispanic white, 20.4% for non­Hispanic black, 22.1% for Hispanic, and 19.1% for non-His­panic Asian adults in 2016, a number that is expected to grow continuously [3]. Global diabetes-related health expenditures were estimated at 966 billion USD in 2021 [2]. Diabetic patients are likely to develop atherosclerotic macrovascular diseases and diabetes- specic microvascular pathology, espe­cially in the retina, renal, and peripheral nerves, which may consequently result in blindness, end-stage renal disease, and various neuropathies [46]. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease, and an impaired healing cascade often result in the development of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), with a 25% lifetime risk of developing a DFU for a diabetic patient [7, 8]. DFUs are often classied based on their severity using a Wagner Ulcer Classication system, which ranges from supercial diabetic ulcers (Grade 1) to extensive gan­grene of the foot (Grade 4) [9]. When untreated, DFUs often lead to lower extremity amputations [10, 11]. Amputations are necessary in approx. 20% of patients with moderate or severe DFU [12]. With 130000 amputations in the United States in 2016 according to the Centers for Disease Control, DFUs are the leading cause for non-traumatic lower limb amputations [13]. In addition to the human cost, the nancial burden of DFU on the healthcare system is considerable. In 2014, the cost for DFU wound care (including the cost of infections) was 6.2 billion USD for Medicare [14]. A recent study found
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that one DFU patient caused mean healthcare costs of 44200 USD per year in the United States in 2015 [15].
While prevention of DFUs, especially using a multi­disciplinary team of healthcare professionals (e.g., podia­trist, diabetologist, orthopedic and vascular surgeons, microbiologist, and tissue viability nurses) has been shown to reduce their occurrence rate [8, 9], DFUs are still a major complication faced by diabetic patients. Traditional treat­ments of DFUs include controlling the patient’s glycemic levels (slows the progression of neuropathy), improving vas­cularization (increases blood ow to the wound, especially in ischemic legs), debridement of the wound (removes necrotic tissue for improved healing), off-loading (reduces the pres­sure to the wound), negative pressure wound therapy (removes wound exudates via vacuum to promote healing and promotes regeneration), treatment of infections (local and systemic depending on the severity of the infection), and traditional wound dressings (provides a barrier to contami­nants and further injury to the wound) [79, 1620]. Of great importance is the complete debridement of the wound and the presence of a clean wound bed before the start of further therapies, since a lack of full debridement is believed to impede the progress of wound healing [9, 2123]. While these systems can be effective, the patients still often suffer from amputations or secondary DFUs. A possible route for enhancing the treatment of DFUs might be to use more advanced wound dressings that not only function as a barrier, but also take an active role in the healing of ulcers [24].
One approach for the development of active wound dress­ings is to address the issue as an engineering challenge, where the properties and characteristics of an ideal therapy are seen as the design requirements and an ideal product is fabricated to meet these specications. Main design requirements for active wound dressings can be divided into three categories (Fig. 16.1), which include those involved in: (i) material
Fig. 16.1 Representative design requirements for the fabrication of successful wound dressings for the treatment of DFUs
selection, (ii) creation and control of the wound environment, and (iii) encapsulation and delivery of therapeutics. When selecting a material for wound healing, several parameters should be considered including biocompatibility, immunoge­nicity, and ease of removal without further damage [10]. Once selected, such material should be able to create the proper environment for wound healing and should provide gas exchange, thermal insulation, moisture, drainage of exudates, and antimicrobial capabilities [10, 25]. The material may also be capable of encapsulating and controlling the release of various therapeutics from small molecules to macromole­cules and various types of cells [10, 16, 25].
Additionally, several cost-related and regulatory aspects must also be considered when developing new wound dress­ings. In order to make these products marketable, and given the high cost associated with the development of such sys­tems, the results need to be considerably more effective than the current standard treatments in order to make them prot­able. Moreover, the products need to be user-friendly and require minimum additional training on the part of the care­giver. Lastly, while a number of promising treatments are currently being developed, the long regulatory process required to achieve FDA approval is costly, which must espe­cially be considered for smaller companies [26]. In this chapter, we review some of the current, next-generation, and futuristic wound healing systems and discuss their potential with respect to meeting these design requirements.
Current Materials forWound Healing
There are a number of FDA-approved active wound dressings currently available on the market that are in use for the treat­ment of DFUs in patients [10, 25]. The materials used for the fabrication of these dressings can be broadly categorized as natural, synthetic, or a combination of both. Natural wound dressing materials are derived from a natural source, and include cellulose, collagen/gelatin, hyaluronic acid, chitosan, and alginate [10, 27]. The natural materials have the advan­tage of typically being considered biocompatible, have some versatility in mechanical properties, are absorptive, antibacte­rial, and, certain types, are present as part of the natural heal­ing process [28]. However, their isolation, batch- to- batch variability, processing, potential immunogenicity, and limited range of physical properties can make the use of such mate­rial problematic [10, 29]. On the other hand, synthetic materi­als, including polyvinyl alcohol, polyurethanes, polyesters, and polyethylene oxide/glycol, can be fabricated on a large scale and often inexpensively, are much more well dened with lower batch-to-batch variability, provide a broad range of physical properties, and can be chemically modied to bet­ter address various processing and biological aspects [10, 25]. However, the basic synthetic materials often lack some of the
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inherent capabilities of the natural products and often require further chemical modications to achieve the desired traits, which can result in higher manufacturing costs. Often, the natural and synthetic materials are combined to take advan­tage of capabilities from both groups [25].
The currently used wound dressings made from these materials can be categorized into hydrocolloids, hydrogels, foam dressings, lms, and skin substitutes, using the termi­nology common to the eld [8, 10, 27]. The common termi­nology can be somewhat confusing, as hydrocolloids, for example, while by scientic denition a type of material that forms a hydrogel in the presence of water, are typically cate­gorized in this eld as a distinct type of dressing from hydro­gels. As wound dressing materials, hydrocolloids are typically composed of an adhesive, lm-like dressing and absorbent particulates [10]. These dressings absorb wound exudates to form a gel that protects the wound and creates a moist envi­ronment [8]. Unfortunately, there is a limit to the amount of exudates this type of dressing can absorb, leading to accumu­lation at the wound site or the breakdown of the wound dress­ing [9]. Hydrocolloid dressings typically need to be changed multiple times a week to address these issues [30].
Hydrogels are scientically dened as a broad category of materials comprised of hydrophilic, cross-linked polymers that are swollen in a large quantify of water, typically 30–90%. In the common terminology used for wound dress­ing materials, hydrogel dressings are capable of absorbing more liquid than the hydrocolloids, and can create a moist environment for the wound without excess exudates [31]. Hydrogels can be cross-linked ionically or covalently to con­trol their degradation and other chemical/physical character­istics, can be exible, inert, easily removable, and can allow for gas/liquid/metabolite exchange [10, 32]. While, in the way terminology is used in this eld, hydrogel dressings can typically absorb more liquid than hydrocolloid dressings, there is a limit on the amount they can absorb, and in the case of wounds with excess exudates, these dressings will need to be frequently replaced [9]. Hydrogels can also be used as scaffolds for the release of active substances such as in Regranex, an FDA-approved topical formulation for DFU treatment that is composed of a carboxymethylcellulose hydrogel containing recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor (becaplermin) [33, 34].
One way to address wounds with excess exudates is to use foam-type dressings that can absorb a large amount of liquid based on their polymeric makeup and thickness [9, 10]. A foam is technically a type of colloid in which a discontinu­ous gas phase is distributed in a continuous liquid phase. As this term is used in the wound dressing eld, once exudates are absorbed, a foam dressing is considered to exhibit a gel­like texture and creates a moist environment for the wound. Foam dressings can also act as a cushion and a protective layer on the wound, which can enhance their functionality
and the comfort level for the patient [10]. This type of dress­ing can be left on the wound for up to a week due to its excel­lent absorbance capabilities.
Film dressings are typically transparent, exible, easy-to­manipulate adhesives that allow for gas exchange, but are non-permeable to liquids and bacterial infections [35]. These dressings are not liquid absorbent and are not typically used with wounds that have more than a moderate amount of exu­dates [36]. While this might limit their applicability for the treatment of DFUs on their own, their combination with some of the dressings mentioned above can create a more comprehensive system, as they can provide better xation of the dressing to the surrounding tissue and create a barrier for liquid transport and bacterial infections [10].
Perhaps the most advanced dressings that are currently in use for the treatment of wounds are acellular and cellular skin substitutes [37]. A variety of acellular dermal matrices have been developed as temporary extracellular matrix replace­ments for diabetic wounds [38]. These extracellular matrix products allow the inux of host cells and promote matrix deposition, angiogenesis, re-epithelialization [38]. The FDA­approved acellular bandage Integra® Dermal Regeneration Template is composed of an inner layer of collagen and gly­cosaminoglycan, and an outer silicone layer, and resulted in a moderate improvement in complete wound healing [39]. A number of other bandages made from human (e.g., Epix® and Amnioexel®, amniotic membrane) or animal origin mate­rials (e.g., OASIS®, porcine small intestinal mucosa and Matristem®, urinary bladder matrix), have shown encourag­ing results in clinical studies in DFU patients [38].
Cellular skin substitutes are typically composed of natu­ral or synthetic scaffolds that have been seeded with various cells involved in the wound healing process, especially bro­blasts and keratinocytes. These scaffolds provide cellular support and structural integrity to aid in the wound-healing process [37]. The cells incorporated in these scaffolds are allogenic [27], and while they typically do not persist in patients for more than 6weeks, they do tend to be clinically more effective as compared to their non-cellular counterparts [3943]. This is in part attributed to the secretion of cyto­kines, proteoglycans, growth factors, and ECM components by the cells, that support the physiologic progression of the wound-healing cascade [44, 45]. A number of these skin sub­stitutes are FDA-approved to treat DFUs, and have been shown to improve the rate of wound closure [46, 47]. Unfortunately, this type of wound dressing on its own is not capable of absorbing exudates and will require an additional dressing for this function. Additionally, they typically lack dermal structures, such as sweat glands and hair follicles [48]. While further side-by-side studies are needed to prop­erly compare the effectiveness of different types of wound dressings for the treatment of DFUs, and other factors such as cost and availability must also be considered, skin substi-
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Table 16.1 A list of FDA-approved therapeutic wound dressings commonly used in DFUs
Dressing type Product Company Description Hydrocolloids Aquacel ConvaTec Antimicrobial hydro-ber with carboxy-methyl cellulose and ionic silver [5054]
Comfeel Coloplast Corp A semi-permeable polyurethane lm embedded with calcium alginate and
carboxymethylcellulose particles DuoDerm CGF
Hydrogels Restore Hollister Woundcare Calcium alginate dressing with silver lining for antimicrobial properties [5860]
Carrasyn Medline industries Hydrogel containing aloe vera for simple hydration of wound site [17, 61] Regranex Smith+nephew Hydrogel made of carboxymethylcellulose containing becaplermin
Foam dressings
Films OpSite Smith & nephew, Inc. A thin, semi-permeable polyurethane foam sheet with an acrylic adhesive
Skin substitutes
Tielle Johnson&Johnson
Allevyn Smith & nephew, Inc. Combination of polyurethane foam & lms, with 5% silver sulphadiazine.
Lyofoam Seton healthcare
X-cell Medline industries A non-adherent cellulose dressing with polyhexamethylene biguanide for
Tegaderm 3M healthcare A thin, semi-permeable polyurethane membrane with an acrylic adhesive
Apligraf Organogenesis, Inc. Bovine type I collagen scaffold with human broblasts & keratinocytes [7577] Dermagraft Organogenesis, Inc. Bio-absorbable poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) mesh with neonatal foreskin
Epix MiMedx group Inc. Human amniotic membrane with epithelial cells [77, 80,
Integra Integra LifeSciences Collagen and glycosaminoglycan (inner layer), silicone (outer layer) [39]
ConvaTec A semi-permeable polyurethane foam dressing [56, 57]
(recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor)
A semi-permeable, thin sheet of hydrophilic polyurethane with acrylic
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adhesive coating
Contains an acrylic adhesive that aids in easy removal of the bandage
A semi-permeable polyurethane foam sheet [68, 69]
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tutes open the door for more advanced wound treatment options that can take a more active role in enhancing wound healing in diabetic patients. Table16.1 outlines a representa­tive sample of the FDA-approved current therapies from each of these categories and outlines their signicant capa­bilities. A more complete list of the current therapies has been published in a number of recent reviews [22, 49].
The current set of FDA-approved therapies is certainly an improvement over traditional therapies, especially with respect to the design parameters that were outlined earlier in this chapter. The majority of the materials outlined here are biocompatible, do not elicit a harmful immune response, and can be easily removed without further damage to the wounds. Additionally, they can provide gas exchange, thermal insula­tion, a moist environment, and provide a barrier to infec­tions. The different materials perform variably with respect to the absorption and drainage of exudates from wounds, with foams capable of absorbing the largest amount of liq­uids, followed by hydrogels, hydrocolloids, and lms. Since DFUs have differing amounts of exudates depending on their severity and the stage of healing, this provides the caregiver with a range of options to choose from, but it does not guar­antee a one-size-ts-all mentality. Additionally, while skin substitutes provide a means for the delivery of various thera­peutics to the wounds via secretions from their loaded cells, few of the other FDA-approved wound dressings contain
therapeutics to enhance healing. As such, while the current wound dressings address some of the design requirements for an ideal system (material properties and control over the environment), they often fall short in encapsulating drugs and providing controlled drug release kinetics which limits their pro-healing effects in diabetic patients.
Next-Generation Materials forWound Healing
To address some of the challenges faced by the FDA­approved wound dressing systems, current research is focused on developing materials that can address their physi­cal/chemical shortcomings as well as to provide the ability to deliver therapeutics, including small molecules, peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, natural products, and various cell types (Fig.16.2) [37]. While the majority of these systems have not been tested in humans and/or are currently in the early stages of clinical testing, or they have been tested for general wound healing and not specically for treating DFUs, there is certainly a number of promising materials that could be used to enhance healing and wound closure in diabetic patients.
A number of the currently developing wound care systems
use the same natural and synthetic materials discussed earlier
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Fig. 16.2 Therapeutic agents at different length scales can be encapsulated in wound dressing materials, and their release prole can be controlled to optimize their therapeutic effects
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in this chapter. However, what makes these systems often unique is their altered chemical structures, which enhance their capabilities. Whether these alterations result from the blends of multiple polymers, copolymerization of two or more different polymers, or the modication of monomers/ polymers to add functional groups, these chemical changes result in products intended to better meet the design parame­ters, such as their biocompatibility/degradability, inertness, swelling ratios, and adhesiveness [32]. Additionally, these modications can enhance the encapsulation of therapeutics and create better control over their release proles. As an example, alginate is a natural polymer that is traditionally used as a wound dressing by cross- linking it via cations to form alginate hydrogels. Research in various groups in the past decades have resulted in a number of different modica­tions to the alginate polymer or how it is used to fabricate hydrogels, ranging from providing covalent cross-linking that enhances durability and improves mechanical characteristics to modifying the polymer to include peptides or signaling molecules to enhance the loading and delivery of cells [32]. Modied polymers, in combination with the appropriate pay­load, might be an avenue for the fabrication of wound dress­ings for the treatment of DFUs that meet all of the required design requirements.
Building on previous successful cell delivery systems, numerous research groups are focused on expanding the range of cells delivered or their delivery vehicles [22]. While further research has been conducted in the delivery of bro­blasts and their role in regeneration [82, 83], a number of studies have instead focused on the delivery of stem cells to treat wound healing [84]. Mesenchymal stem cells have been shown to accelerate wound healing in DFUs and prevent the formation of secondary ulcers by controlling the inamma­tory phase, providing a well-vascularized environment, attracting keratinocytes, and preventing apoptosis of cells
involved in the wound healing process [32, 85, 86]. While some studies have applied the cells directly to the wound [84], others have used various materials, such as brin, to deliver the cells [85]. A number of these strategies are cur­rently in various phases of regulatory approval [87]. Additionally, other cell types have been incorporated into skin substitute products to enhance wound healing, including melanocytes to improve the aesthetic outcomes [88], endo­thelial cells to improve blood supplies and lymphatic drain­age [8991], and eccrine sweat gland cells to enable sweating and the creation of a moist environment for healing [92]. Immune cells have also been delivered to diabetic wounds. The key role of macrophages in diabetic wound healing motivated the investigation of macrophage delivery into the wound bed [37]. Encapsulating pro-inammatory (M1) or anti-inammatory (M2) macrophage phenotypes in alginate hydrogels improved wound healing, potentially due to the therapeutic effects of inducing acute inammation (M1 mac­rophages) and of the secretion of pro-healing growth factors and extracellular matrix deposition (M2 macrophages) [93].
In addition to delivering cells, a number of studies have shown a signicant improvement in the healing rate of DFUs by delivering various therapeutics (Fig.16.2). Traditionally, such therapeutics are applied topically either in liquid form or as a more viscous ointment during the placement of dress­ings on wounds. However, due to the large amount of exu­dates leaving the wound in most DFUs, the fast clearance of many biological therapeutics, and the need for a continuous presence of these therapeutics to be clinically applicable, their topical delivery is often not successful [94]. To address this challenge, many of the current wound healing systems under development take advantage of research in the drug delivery eld to incorporate therapeutics into their wound dressings, which allows for the protection of the encapsu­lated therapeutic over longer durations and their controlled
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release over a more clinically relevant period. As demon­strated in Fig.16.2, the encapsulated therapeutics include a wide variety of substances such as macromolecules, cells, small molecules, and nucleic acid-based therapeutics that are encapsulated in the dressing material and released over time in the wound environment to enhance the therapeutic effect of the dressing. Here, we review different wound dressings loaded with various therapeutics ranging from small mole­cules to various macromolecules that are currently under investigation for use in wound healing.
Low molecular compounds used for the treatment of DFUs include immune system modulators (e.g., mast cell stabilizer) [95], antioxidant substances (e.g., deferoxamine) [96, 97], matrix metalloprotease-9 inhibitors [98, 99], and antibiotics [100], have been successfully delivered using a number of material systems including polyvinyl alcohol, various polyesters, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, alginate hydro­gels, and hyaluronic acids to aid in the healing of the wounds as well as to provide an antimicrobial environment [37]. To slow down the usually fast release of hydrophilic small mol­ecules from hydrogels, different drug delivery strategies were employed such as encapsulation in reverse micelles and adsorption to clay microparticles [95, 97]. Peptides, proteins including growth factors, DNA plasmids, and siRNAs are among the macromolecules that have been explored to enhance wound healing. A number of peptides and proteins have been incorporated into scaffolds to aid in the adhesion, migration, and proliferation of pro-healing cells into the wound bed, including integrin-binding peptides [101], lam­inin [102104], bronectin [105107], and brin [108]. The role of growth factors in aiding wound healing is well estab­lished, and numerous studies have used materials to deliver these potential therapeutics to improve wound healing [9, 17,
37, 83, 109117]. Growth factors, such as FGF [118120],
EGF [114, 121], TGF-β [122], KGF [123], and PDGF [115], have also been incorporated into skin substitutes to success­fully promote healing. In the area of gene therapy, various nucleic acid-based therapies, such as DNA plasmids [124,
125], siRNAs [126], and adenoviruses [127, 128], have been
explored as therapies, as these act by modulating the expres­sion of target genes responsible for wound healing and regeneration [94, 128132]. Additionally, a number of natu­ral substances that are a combination of amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, and polysaccharides have also been delivered using wound dressings and have been reported to improve wound healing in diabetic wounds. These natural substances include honey [133], aloe vera extract [134, 135], essential oils [136, 137], and plant extracts [138].
Current research in tissue-engineered materials for wound healing address some of the short-comings faced by the already FDA-approved products. These new technologies aim to meet the design specications with regard to the mate-
rial selection (high biocompatibility, low immunogenicity, and ease of removal), environmental control (providing gas exchange, thermal insulation, a moist environment, drainage of exudates, and antimicrobial properties), and specically the ability to encapsulate and control the release of various therapeutics from small molecules to macromolecules and various types of cells. Materials able to deliver a wide range of therapeutics and simultaneously control the wound envi­ronment might be best suited to create the next generation of therapies for wound healing in diabetic patients since they could impact a wide array of key features, including cell migration and proliferation into the wound, and can have control over the physiochemical environment by presenting pro-healing agents rather than inammatory ones. Key chal­lenges that still need to be addressed, though, include the fabrication of materials that can both absorb a large amount of exudates and release therapeutics in a controlled manner. Hydrogels, for example, swell as they absorb liquids and this may lead to a burst release of the encapsulated therapeutics instead of their controlled release over time. The incorpora­tion of multiple therapeutics that are diverse in their chemi­cal makeup (e.g., simultaneous delivery of small, hydrophobic molecules, and hydrophilic growth factors or nanoparticles in the same wound dressing) is another challenge. A possible solution might be the use of materials that have multiple functionalities or compartments, or are fabricated using a combination of materials. However, in doing so one must always consider the loss of capabilities of each material when combined together. Perhaps more pressing is that while all of the current therapies mentioned in this section have been explored for wound healing, not all of them were neces­sarily used for the treatment of DFUs. As such, further stud­ies are required to demonstrate their viability in the diabetic patients.
Future Directions inWound Healing Biomaterials
As our understanding of the diabetic wound pathophysiol­ogy has grown, novel therapeutic targets have emerged. While current DFU bandages often provide non-specic physicochemical cues (e.g., moist environment, exudate absorption, gas exchange) to provide a pro-healing envi­ronment, the next generation of wound dressings is likely to specically address molecular targets. These targets include the lack of an acute immune response, macrophage recruitment and polarization, chronic oxidative stress, and matrix metalloprotease activity. Therefore, rather than adding to the large library of wound dressings that at times differ only slightly from each other, next-generation wound dressings will address the molecular pathophysiol-
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ogy of an individual wound. As the molecular and cellular composition of diabetic wounds can strongly differ between patients, molecular ngerprinting of wounds will likely become essential to select the most appropriate treatment and to assess treatment success. In this nal sec­tion, we review some of these novel therapeutic and diag­nostic bandages.
It has become increasingly clear in recent years that the inammatory phase of diabetic wound healing is likely the most dysregulated process [37]. There is growing evidence that the lack of an acute inammatory reaction to tissue injury is one of the main contributors to the chronic inam­matory state of diabetic wounds [37]. Novel pro­inammatory treatments are currently being investigated to induce an acute inammatory response and jump-start the healing process. The preventive application of a mast cell stabilizer, that leads to a stronger pro-inammatory mast cell response after tissue injury, and local application of the pro-inammatory neuropeptide substance P or the neutro­phil-attracting cytokine interleukin-8 decreased chronic inammation and accelerated wound healing [95, 139, 140]. These local therapies demonstrate the previously counter­intuitive hypothesis that inducing an acute inammatory response can reduce chronic inammation and improve wound healing.
In the absence of an acute inammatory response, dia­betic wounds are stalled in a chronic inammatory state that prevents the progression into the proliferation phase and impairs key processes of tissue repair such as angiogenesis, ECM remodeling, and re-epithelialization [37]. A variety of anti-inammatory wound dressings are currently being investigated as treatments for diabetic wounds. The chronic, low-grade inammation is being directly targeted by modu­lating the circle of macrophage inux, polarization to the pro-inammatory M1 phenotype, and secretion of macrophage- attracting cytokines, that lead to further macro­phage recruitment. Bandages that actively capture macrophage- attracting cytokines demonstrated that this cycle can be broken in diabetic wounds [141]. Furthermore, wound dressings have been designed to detoxify factors secreted by immune cells (e.g., ROS, MMP-9) that impair the proliferative and remodeling phases of tissue repair. The strategies include small molecule antioxidants such as the FDA-approved drug deferoxamine, which inhibits the con­version of hydrogen peroxide to the highly toxic hydroxyl radical [96, 142] and low molecular weight inhibitors of matrix metalloprotease-9 [98, 99]. In addition to small mol­ecules, lipid nanoparticles for the delivery of short interfer­ing RNAable to downregulate oxidative stress-inducing genes and matrix metalloprotease-9 improved wound heal­ing in diabetic animal models [125, 143].
Another aspect to consider is how differences in molecular and cellular composition of DFUs may impact prognosis and treatment success. As mentioned previously, DFUs are cur­rently classied using macroscopic and unspecic criteria (wound size, depth), but this does not address the complexity of the underlying molecular pathophysiology [144]. As more knowledge on key pathophysiologic factors in diabetic wound healing is emerging, fabrication of adaptive or “smart” mate­rials that can sense these biomarkers in the wound environ­ment has been proposed [144, 145]. Among others, these diagnostic wound dressings sensed markers of inammation, oxidative stress, bacterial infection, and mechanical stress [144]. Molecular ngerprinting of wounds promises to trans­form disease staging, evidence-based treatment selection, and assessment of treatment success in DFU.This trend toward personalized medicine in DFU has the potential to improve the outcome for individual patients but will only be widely adopted if the cost/benet ratio is favorable.
Conclusions
With the growing prevalence of diabetes, the number of patients at risk of developing DFU is increasing. This disease has low healing rates and is the most common reason for lower extremity amputations in North America, which can have debilitating effects on the lives of patients with DFU. The standard of care for DFU treatment is still based on non-spe­cic interventions (debridement, wet gauze, antibiotics if needed). Advances in the eld of tissue engineering have resulted in a number of FDA-approved wound dressings that provide more specic pro-healing cues such as extracellular matrix and growth factors, and have resulted in moderately improved healing rates. As our understanding of diabetic wound pathophysiology is growing, new therapeutic targets have emerged, particularly regarding the inammatory pro­cesses in diabetic wounds. In the last decade, the emergence of these targets has led to the development of therapeutic dress­ings that specically address these processes, for instance using strategies to induce an acute inammatory response or reduce chronic inammation by modulating macrophage recruitment and polarization, lowering oxidative stress, and inhibiting protease activity. Looking into the future, it will be important to test these novel strategies in clinical studies, and to combine these treatments with molecular diagnostics that allow the identication of individuals that could most benet from the intervention. and to evaluate treatment success on a molecular level. In the past several decades, this eld has seen a dramatic change in the way it has addressed wound healing, and equally or more impactful changes are anticipated as the eld heads into its next transformative phase.
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