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EnglishBACKGROUND: Clinical success of pancreatic islet allograft (TX) for the therapy of diabetes mellitus is hampered by several pitfalls, primarily including the restricted availability of donor tissue and the immune- and/or non-immune-related TX's early loss, with the latter not necessarily being prevented by the host's general immunosuppression. Finally, adult islet beta-cells normally exhibit minimal proliferation capacity, which would not permit restoration of an eventually declining TX mass. METHODS: To address the limited beta-cell growth capacity, we have examined whether in vitro co-culturing adult rat islets (I) with prepubertal homologous Sertoli cells (SC) would stimulate I beta-cell expansion. SC-derived effects on the islets were studied in vitro, both morphologically (confocal laser microscopy) and functionally (glucose-stimulated insulin release). We have also preliminarily examined the in vivo impact of microencapsulated SC + I co-cultures on TX in diabetic mice. RESULTS: In vitro, we observed that SCs promoted significant beta-cell replication, as I beta-cell mitotic activity increased from 1% to greater than 8%, which coincided with the adult elements reversing into fetal-like status. This finding was coupled with significantly greater insulin release either in basal or in response to glucose, as compared with controls. CONCLUSIONS: Addition of SC to islets promotes reversal of the adult beta-cell elements into fetal-like conditions, thereby providing a new, potentially powerful tool that could significantly enhance the functional performance of islet TX in diabetic recipients.
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| Titolo: | Sertoli cell-induced reversal of adult rat pancreatic islet beta-cells into fetal-like status: potential implications for islet transplantation in type I diabetes mellitus |
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| Data di pubblicazione: | 2000 |
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| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Clinical success of pancreatic islet allograft (TX) for the therapy of diabetes mellitus is hampered by several pitfalls, primarily including the restricted availability of donor tissue and the immune- and/or non-immune-related TX's early loss, with the latter not necessarily being prevented by the host's general immunosuppression. Finally, adult islet beta-cells normally exhibit minimal proliferation capacity, which would not permit restoration of an eventually declining TX mass. METHODS: To address the limited beta-cell growth capacity, we have examined whether in vitro co-culturing adult rat islets (I) with prepubertal homologous Sertoli cells (SC) would stimulate I beta-cell expansion. SC-derived effects on the islets were studied in vitro, both morphologically (confocal laser microscopy) and functionally (glucose-stimulated insulin release). We have also preliminarily examined the in vivo impact of microencapsulated SC + I co-cultures on TX in diabetic mice. RESULTS: In vitro, we observed that SCs promoted significant beta-cell replication, as I beta-cell mitotic activity increased from 1% to greater than 8%, which coincided with the adult elements reversing into fetal-like status. This finding was coupled with significantly greater insulin release either in basal or in response to glucose, as compared with controls. CONCLUSIONS: Addition of SC to islets promotes reversal of the adult beta-cell elements into fetal-like conditions, thereby providing a new, potentially powerful tool that could significantly enhance the functional performance of islet TX in diabetic recipients. |
| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11391/949791 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |
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