Experimental study of repair effects of moderate-intensity static magnetic fields on type 2 diabetic soft tissue wound healing

• Main Authors: Dan Liu1, Tian-Ci Wang2, Da Jing2, Shu-Hua Ge1
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editorial Board of Journal of Hainan Medical University 2019-10-01
• Series: Journal of Hainan Medical University
• Subjects: static magnetic fields; type 2 diabetes mellitus; soft tissue wound; inflammatory cytokines; tensile strength
• Online Access: http://www.hnykdxxb.com/PDF/201919/01.pdf
• ISSN: 1007-1237; 1007-1237

Objective: To systematically explore the effects of moderate-intensity static magnetic fields (SMF) on type 2 diabetic wound healing and preliminarily explore the possible mechanism, and hence to lay a foundation for its scientific and extensive clinical application. Methods: Round-shape wound of soft tissues with 1-cm diameter was constructed on the dorsum of thirty-two 3-month-old male type 2 diabetic db/db mice and sixteen wild-type mice with the same gene background, followed by covered with transparent film wound dressing. The experiment was divided into the control group (control), db/db mice group (db/db), and db/db mice exposed to SMF group (db/db+SMF) with sixteen mice in each group. Four mice in each group were killed post 5, 12 and 19 days of the wound model establishment, respectively. The mice in the db/db+SMF group were subjected to systemic SMF exposure (4 mT peak intensity) with 2 h per day. The wound closure rate, overall wound healing period, tensile strength, and histopathological morphology in each group were determined and analyzed. The interleukin- 1β (IL-1β), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene expression were also measured and analyzed. Results: SMF significantly increased the wound closure rate (P<0.05), decreased the overall healing period (P<0.05), increased the tensile strength of wound tissues (P<0.05), decreased the number of inflammatory cells, and inhibited the expression of inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6) in db/db mice at 5, 12 and 19 days post-surgery (P<0.05), whereas SMF had no significant effect on the VEGF expression. Conclusion: Moderate-intensity systemic SMF exposure exhibits positive therapeutic effects on accelerating type 2 diabetic soft tissue wound repair, and the positive effects are closely related to its significant anti-inflammatory response.