Figure 7. Blocking K_Ca3.1 with TRAM-34 and ICA-17043 induces a dose-dependent attenuation of myofibroblast wound healing.

a) and b) Myofibroblasts stimulated with 10% FBS and 0.1% DMSO vehicle control, showed accelerated wound healing in comparison to 0.1% DMSO alone (P=0.002, and P=0.004 respectively, paired t-test). There was a dose-dependent decrease in FBS-induced wound healing over 48h in the presence of either a) TRAM-34 (20 nM and 200 nM) (P<0.0001, repeated measures ANOVA) or b) ICA-17043 (10 nM and 100 nM) (P=0.0095, repeated measures ANOVA). c) Myofibroblast wound healing in response to 10 ng/ml bFGF and 0.1% DMSO stimulation at 48 h was increased in comparison to media alone (*P=0.002, paired t-test). There was a dose-dependent decrease in wound healing over the 48 h in the presence ICA-17043 (P=0.0076, Repeated measures ANOVA). Data represented as mean±SEM for all the above figures.