Editor-in-Chief
Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu
Vice Editors
Levent Kabasakal
Esra Tatar
Online ISSN
2630-6344
Publisher
Marmara University
Frequency
Bimonthly (Six issues / year)
Abbreviation
J.Res.Pharm.
Former Name
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Journal of Research in Pharmacy
2023 , Vol 27 , Issue 4
The Effects of Metformin and Hyaluronic Acid on Wound Healing in High Glucose Incubated Fibroblast Cells
1Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
DOI :
10.29228/jrp.421
Chronic wounds in diabetes are common and serious health problems which also create
significant economic burden in society. A comprehensive treatment has not yet been found in chronic
wounds and new treatment recommendations are needed. The beneficial effects of metformin on
wound healing was shown previously in healthy or diabetic animal models. Hyaluronic acid was
also found to accelerate wound closure in clinical trials as well as animal models. Metformin and
hyaluronic acid have been shown to be beneficial for wound healing in diabetes in in vivo studies,
but their effect on wound healing under in vitro diabetic conditions have not yet been enlightened.
In this study; we investigated the effects of metformin and hyaluronic acid on wound healing in
mouse fibroblast cells under high glucose conditions. We used the 2,3-bis-(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-
sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide (XTT) and scratch migration assays to examine
fibroblast cell viability and migration in wound healing respectively. We showed that metformin and
hyaluronic acid enhanced wound healing in fibroblasts incubated with high glucose by increasing
cell viability, proliferation and migration. This is the first study to examine the effect of metformin,
hyaluronic acid, or their combination on wound healing under high glucose conditions in vitro.
Keywords :
Fibroblast; hyaluronic acid; metformin; wound healing; diabetes