Prospective, monocentric, pathophysiological study, comparing 3 parallel groups: healthy controls; patients with diabetes and without DFU; patients with diabetes and with DFU. To address secondary objectives, samples from a fourth group will be collected.
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a common and serious complication of diabetes mellitus, and associated with major morbidity. Indeed, diabetes is the primary cause of non-traumatic lower-limb amputation, and the rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes worldwide increases the global burden of DFUs. The treatment of DFUs is particularly challenging. Besides etiologic measures, local therapy of foot ulcers mainly relies on debridement of the wound and dressings. Essential complementary measures include pressure off-loading and infection control. However, despite these treatments, complications are frequent, stressing the need for new treatments. The microcirculation has a key role in tissue survival, and several classical pathways explain how hyperglycemia damages the microvessels. There is growing evidence that the PGI2 pathway is dysregulated in diabetes, which contributes to microvascular dysfunction. Besides its vasodilator effect, recent data has revealed the major role of PGI2 in angiogenesis. In the skin, such effect on healing might be enhanced by the role of PGI2 in the regulation of fibroblast and keratinocytes migration and proliferation. In the past few decades, studies in diabetic patients with ulcers have shown numerous structural and functional abnormalities of the cutaneous microcirculation, supporting its critical role in the pathophysiology of DFUs. However, the detailed mechanisms underlying endothelial dysfunction in the skin of diabetic patients remain largely unexplored in vivo. A better understanding of the specificities of microvascular changes in the diabetic foot is essential to developing new treatments for this pressing clinical need. Objectives are * to explore the role of the PGI2 pathway in skin microvascular reactivity, in healthy subjects and in diabetic patients with and without DFU * To determine the involvement of COX-1 and COX-2 in cutaneous current-induced vasodilation (CIV), in healthy subjects and in diabetic patients with and without DFU. * To determine the involvement of sensory nerves in cutaneous CIV, in healthy subjects and in diabetic patients with and without DFU. * To compare the function of the IP receptor between healthy subjects and diabetic patients with and without DFU. * To determine the involvement of the nitric oxide (NO) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) pathway in cutaneous CIV, in healthy subjects and in diabetic patients with and without DFU. * To assess cutaneous expression of the different components of the PGI2 pathway in the skin of healthy subjects and of diabetic patients with and without DFU. * To assess the role of the PGI2 pathway on cell migration in vitro
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
60
CIV will be applied over all microdialysis fibers: one perfused with saline, one perfused with a preferential COX-1 blocker; and one perfused with a preferential COX-2 blocker. CIV will be applied over all fibers in the following conditions: one perfused with saline, one perfused with fluconazole and L-NMMA, and the last one perfused with lidocaine.Dialysate collection will be performed after each CIV: dermal PGI2 metabolite (6-ketoPGF1α) and other COX-dependent prostanoids or metabolite (e.g. 11-dehydroTXB2) will be collected in the dialysate fluid and quantified. One hour after the last condition, treprostinil will be perfused over all fibers.
Skin biopsy will be proposed. It will be performed on the internal superior calf (medial gastrocnemius), at a reasonable distance from the foot
CHU Grenoble Alpes Centre d'investigation clinique
Grenoble, France
RECRUITINGExploring PGI2 pathway in skin microvascular reactivity
Comparison of skin perfusion measured with laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) on the calf, and expressed as arbitrary perfusion units, in response to local cathodal current application, between the three groups
Time frame: Day 1
Involvement of COX-1 and 2 in cutaneous current-induced vasodilation
1\. Comparison of skin perfusion measured with LSCI on the calf, in response to local current application, during local infusion of ketorolac (COX-1 blocker), and meloxicam (COX-2 blocker), using skin microdialysis, between the three groups.
Time frame: Day 1
Involvement of sensory nerves in cutaneous current-induced vasodilation
2\. Comparison of skin perfusion measured with LSCI on the calf, in response to local current application, after local infusion of lidocaine, between the three groups.
Time frame: Day 1
IP receptor function
3\. Comparison of skin perfusion measured with LSCI on the calf, in response to intradermal infusion of treprostinil using skin microdialysis, between the three groups.
Time frame: Day 1
Involvement of NO et EETs pathways in cutaneous current-induced vasodilation
4\. Comparison of skin perfusion measured with LSCI on the calf, in response to local current application, during local infusion of NG-Monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) and fluconazole using skin microdialysis, between the three groups.
Time frame: Day 1
Expression of different components of PGI2 pathway in the skin : PTGS1/2
5\. Comparison of the expression of Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthase (PTGS1/2 (COX1/2)), in the skin of the calf, between the three groups and a fourth group of foot skin biopsies from patients with diabetes, neuropathy and DFU undergoing lower-limb surgery.
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Non-ulcerated skin from the peri-wound area will be collected. These patient will not undergo all the procedures included in this protocol.
Time frame: Day 1
Expression of different components of PGI2 pathway in the skin : PTGIS
5\. Comparison of the expression of PTGIS (CYP8A1) in the skin of the calf, between the three groups and a fourth group of foot skin biopsies from patients with diabetes, neuropathy and DFU undergoing lower-limb surgery.
Time frame: Day 1
Expression of different components of PGI2 pathway in the skin : PTGIR
5\. Comparison of the expression of PTGIR (IP-receptor) in the skin of the calf, between the three groups and a fourth group of foot skin biopsies from patients with diabetes, neuropathy and DFU undergoing lower-limb surgery.
Time frame: Day 1
Expression of different components of PGI2 pathway in the skin : TBXA2R
5\. Comparison of the expression of TXA2R (TP-receptor) in the skin of the calf, between the three groups and a fourth group of foot skin biopsies from patients with diabetes, neuropathy and DFU undergoing lower-limb surgery.
Time frame: Day 1
role of PGI2 pathway on cell migration in vitro
6\. Cell migration observed on wounded 3D skin equivalents made from cells collected from the three groups and from a fourth group of patients undergoing lower-limb surgery. Fibroblasts and kératinocytes migration on 3D reconstructed skin models.
Time frame: Day 1