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Kirilmaz OB, Salegaonkar AR, Shiau J, Uzun G, Ko HS, Lee HF, Park S, Kwon G. Study of blood glucose and insulin infusion rate in real-time in diabetic rats using an artificial pancreas system. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0254718. [PMID: 34270619 PMCID: PMC8284668 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Artificial pancreas system (APS) is an emerging new treatment for type 1 diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study was to develop a rat APS as a research tool and demonstrate its application. We established a rat APS using Medtronic Minimed Pump 722, Medtronic Enlite sensor, and the open artificial pancreas system as a controller. We tested different dilutions of Humalog (100 units/ml) in saline ranged from 1:3 to 1:20 and determined that 1:7 dilution works well for rats with ~500g bodyweight. Blood glucose levels (BGL) of diabetic rats fed with chow diet (58% carbohydrate) whose BGL was managed by the closed-loop APS for the total duration of 207h were in euglycemic range (70-180 mg/dl) for 94.5% of the time with 2.1% and 3.4% for hyperglycemia (>180mg/dl) and hypoglycemia (<70 mg/dl), respectively. Diabetic rats fed with Sucrose pellets (94.8% carbohydrate) for the experimental duration of 175h were in euglycemic range for 61% of the time with 35% and 4% for hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, respectively. Heathy rats fed with chow diet showed almost a straight line of BGL ~ 95 mg/dl (average 94.8 mg/dl) during the entire experimental period (281h), which was minimally altered by food intake. In the healthy rats, feeding sucrose pellets caused greater range of BGL in high and low levels but still within euglycemic range (99.9%). Next, to study how healthy and diabetic rats handle supra-physiological concentrations of glucose, we intraperitoneally injected various amounts of 50% dextrose (2, 3, 4g/kg) and monitored BGL. Duration of hyperglycemia after injection of 50% dextrose at all three different concentrations was significantly greater for healthy rats than diabetic rats, suggesting that insulin infusion by APS was superior in reducing BGL as compared to natural insulin released from pancreatic β-cells. Ex vivo studies showed that islets isolated from diabetic rats were almost completely devoid of pancreatic β-cells but with intact α-cells as expected. Lipid droplet deposition in the liver of diabetic rats was significantly lower with higher levels of triacylglyceride in the blood as compared to those of healthy rats, suggesting lipid metabolism was altered in diabetic rats. However, glycogen storage in the liver determined by Periodic acid-Schiff staining was not altered in diabetic rats as compared to healthy rats. A rat APS may be used as a powerful tool not only to study alterations of glucose and insulin homeostasis in real-time caused by diet, exercise, hormones, or antidiabetic agents, but also to test mathematical and engineering models of blood glucose prediction or new algorithms for closed-loop APS.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blood Glucose/analysis
- Blood Glucose/drug effects
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/chemically induced
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/diagnosis
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/therapy
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/chemically induced
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/diagnosis
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/therapy
- Glycated Hemoglobin/analysis
- Humans
- Infusions, Intravenous/instrumentation
- Infusions, Intravenous/methods
- Insulin/administration & dosage
- Male
- Pancreas, Artificial
- Rats
- Streptozocin/administration & dosage
- Streptozocin/toxicity
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Affiliation(s)
- Omer Batuhan Kirilmaz
- School of Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America
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- School of Pharmacy, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America
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- School of Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America
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- School of Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America
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- School of Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America
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- Research and Instructional Services, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- School of Pharmacy, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, United States of America
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Kumari P, Singh S, Singh HP. Bifurcation and Stability Analysis of Glucose-Insulin Regulatory System in the Presence of β-Cells. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TRANSACTIONS A: SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s40995-021-01152-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Esmaeili Mohsen Abadi S, Balouchzadeh R, Uzun G, Ko HS, Lee HF, Park S, Kwon G. Tracking changes of the parameters of glucose-insulin homeostasis during the course of obesity in B6D2F1 mice. Heliyon 2020; 6:e03251. [PMID: 32042976 PMCID: PMC7002827 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 10/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Obesity is one of the primary causes of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). To better understand how obesity impairs glucose-insulin homeostasis, we tracked fasting blood glucose and insulin levels and the key components of glucose-insulin homeostasis for 7 months in high fat diet (HFD; 45% fat) fed mice (n = 8). Every 2 weeks we measured body weight, fasting blood glucose and insulin levels, and estimated 5 key rate constants of glucose-insulin homeostasis using the methods established previously (Heliyon 3: e00310, 2017). Mice gained weight steadily, more than doubling their weights after 7 months (23.6 ± 0.5 to 52.3 ± 1.4 g). Fasting (basal) insulin levels were elevated (221.3 ± 16.7 to 1043.1 ± 90.5 pmol l-1) but fasting blood glucose levels unexpectedly returned to the baseline levels (152.8 ± 7.0 to 152.0 ± 7.2 mg/dl) despite significantly elevated levels (216.8 ± 44.9 mg/dl, average of 3 highest values for 8 mice) during the experimental period. After 7 months of HFD feeding, the rate constants for insulin secretion (k1), insulin-independent glucose uptake (k3), and insulin concentration where liver switches from glucose uptake to release (Ipi) were significantly elevated. Insulin-dependent glucose uptake (k2) and rate constant of liver glucose transfer (k4) were lowered but no statistical significance was reached. The novel and key finding of this study is the wide range of fluctuations of the rate constants during the course of obesity, reflecting the body's compensatory responses against metabolic alterations caused by obesity.
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Affiliation(s)
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- School of Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, United States
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- School of Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, United States
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- School of Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, United States
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- School of Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, United States
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- Library and Information Services, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, United States
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- School of Pharmacy, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, United States
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Bahremand S, Ko HS, Balouchzadeh R, Felix Lee H, Park S, Kwon G. Neural network-based model predictive control for type 1 diabetic rats on artificial pancreas system. Med Biol Eng Comput 2018; 57:177-191. [PMID: 30069675 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-018-1872-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
Artificial pancreas system (APS) is a viable option to treat diabetic patients. Researchers, however, have not conclusively determined the best control method for APS. Due to intra-/inter-variability of insulin absorption and action, an individualized algorithm is required to control blood glucose level (BGL) for each patient. To this end, we developed model predictive control (MPC) based on artificial neural networks (ANNs), which combines ANN for BGL prediction based on inputs and MPC for BGL control based on the ANN (NN-MPC). First, we developed a mathematical model for diabetic rats, which was used to identify individual virtual subjects by fitting to empirical data collected through an APS, including BGL data, insulin injection, and food intake. Then, the virtual subjects were used to generate datasets for training ANNs. The NN-MPC determines control actions (insulin injection) based on BGL predicted by the ANN. To evaluate the NN-MPC, we conducted experiments using four virtual subjects under three different scenarios. Overall, the NN-MPC maintained BGL within the normal range about 90% of the time with a mean absolute deviation of 4.7 mg/dl from a desired BGL. Our findings suggest that the NN-MPC can provide subject-specific BGL control in conjunction with a closed-loop APS. Graphical abstract ᅟ.
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Affiliation(s)
- Saeid Bahremand
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, USA
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- Research and Instructional Services, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026, USA
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