RNA-seq analysis of match paired papillary and reticular skin fibroblasts cultivated as pro-angiogenic cell sheets

The aim of our study was to determin if papillary and reticular fibroblasts cell sheets expressed distinct genes involved in angiogenesis regulation and extracellular matrix. Thanks to our RNAseq analyssis, we demonstrated that papillary and reticular fibroblasts express specific signature of genes related to secreted angiogenic regulators and matrisome genes, suggesting that each subtype of fibroblasts differently regulate the formation of capillary via secreted factors and the microenvironment they generate. We confirmed this hypothesis with functional angiogenesis model in vitro. Overall, we show that papillary fibroblasts have a greater angiogenic potential and support the formation of dense branched vascular netword. On the other hand, reticular fibroblasts allow the formation of fewer vessel of larger diameter. This resultats are coherent with native skin vasculature and suggest that each fibroblasts subtypes play a role in regulating skin vascularisation. We used primary papillary and reticular fibroblasts from three distinct donors that we cultivated in pro-angiogenic that also stimulate matrix deposition. We generated experimental duplicates.