The invention discloses an active polypeptide for promoting healing of oral ulcer and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of biological medicines. The
amino acid sequence of the active polypeptide NPTX3 capable of promoting healing of the oral ulcer is DLKPIAEDIPSLEK. An in-vitro experiment result shows that the polypeptide NPTX3 can remarkably promote the scratch closure of the human immortalized keratinocytes at the concentration as low as 500 pM. Transwell migration experiments further prove that the polypeptide NPTX3 can obviously enhance the migration ability of
HaCaT cells at the concentrations of 1nM and 10nM, which prompts that the polypeptide NPTX3 may accelerate wound repair by promoting epithelial
cell migration. In an SD (
Sprague Dawley) rat oral ulcer model, the
ulcer healing rate can be obviously improved by locally applying the polypeptide NPTX3 (1 nM, 10 nM). The polypeptide NPTX3 provided by the invention shows excellent activity of promoting
cell migration and
tissue repair at an extremely
low dose, has the advantages of low effective
dose, strong
biological activity, high safety and the like, and provides an efficient and mild new choice for
drug treatment of oral ulcer.