Improved in vivo pancreatic islet function after prolonged in vitro islet culture
Improved in vivo pancreatic islet function after prolonged in vitro islet culture
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DOI:
10.1097/00007890-200112150-00005
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发表时间:
2001-12-15
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影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Kotb, MY
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作者:
Gaber, AO;Fraga, DW;Kotb, MY
Background. Difficulties with recovering and preserving pancreatic islets have hampered progress in islet transplantation. In previous in vitro studies, our laboratory successfully demonstrated that using serum-free medium for prolonged pancreatic islet culture allows postculture recovery ratios greater than those obtained,with standard media with sustained in vitro islet function. The goal of this study was to determine whether culturing of islets in a modified serum-free medium (M-SFM) would sustain function in vivo.Methods. Islets were isolated from pancreata procured from 12 cadaveric organ donors and cultured in the M-SFM for up to 2 months, cryopreserved at -70 degreesC within 1-3 days of isolation for 2 months, or placed in short-term culture (3-5 days) before their transplantation under the kidney capsule of nonobese diabetic-severe combined immunodeficient mice (n=4-7 per group/time point). In vivo islet function was assessed by measuring the production of human insulin and C-peptide over a period of 3-15 months.Results. After extended culture of islets in M-SFM for 1 or 2 months, transplanted islets maintained their viability, and in some instances in vivo function improved when compared with short-term cultured islets transplanted from the same preparation (P