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Dijksterhuis J, Kleinhoven P, van Kuijk S, Wolters AHG, Bruinenberg PG. Synergistic antifungal effects of the preservative ammonium propionate and medium chain fatty acids against dormant and germinating conidia, germ tubes and hyphae of Aspergillus chevalieri, a feed spoilage fungus. Int J Food Microbiol 2024; 422:110802. [PMID: 38943772 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2024.110802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 06/05/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/01/2024]
Abstract
In feed, propionic acid is the weak organic acid of choice to prevent growth of spoilage fungi. For safe and easy industrial handling this antifungal agent is applied in the presence of neutralizing ammonium, which however has the disadvantage to negatively affect the efficacy of fungus-inhibiting properties of the formulation. In the present study we investigated the impact of medium chain fatty acids (MCFA) on the antifungal efficacy of an ammonium propionate formulation on dormant- and germinating conidia as well as germ tubes and hyphae of Aspergillus chevalieri, a xerophilic fungus predominant on moulded feed. Dormant conidia were not affected by 32 mM of ammonium propionate after a 28 h-treatment in demi water. Similar results were obtained with solely 0.52 mM MCFA. However, the combination of both components nearly eradicated formation of colonies from these conidia and was accompanied by distortion of the cellular structure as was visible with light- and transmission electron microscopy. Germination of conidia, characterised by swelling and germ tube formation, was significantly decreased in the presence of 16 mM ammonium propionate and 0.26 mM MCFA, while the latter component itself did not significantly decrease germination. We conclude that a combination of ammonium propionate and MCFA had a synergistic antifungal effect on dormant and germinating conidia. When the combination of ammonium propionate and MCFA was tested on hyphae for 30 min, we observed that cell death was significantly increased in comparison to components alone. Treatment of the hyphae with 16 mM of ammonium propionate caused aberrant mitochondria, as evidenced by irregularly shaped and enlarged mitochondria that contained electron-dense inclusions as observed by transmission electron microscopy. When the combination of ammonium propionate and MCFA was applied against the hyphae, more severe cell damage was observed, with signs of autophagy. Summarised, our results demonstrate synergistic antifungal effects of ammonium propionate and medium chain fatty acids on fungal survival structures, during their germination and after a short (sudden) treatment of growing cells. This is of potential importance for several areas of feed and food storage and shelf-life.
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- Jan Dijksterhuis
- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Trouw Nutrition R&D, Stationsstraat 77, 3811 MH Amersfoort, the Netherlands
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Chen L, Wang N, Zhang T, Zhang F, Zhang W, Meng H, Chen J, Liao Z, Xu X, Ma Z, Xu T, Liu H. Directed differentiation of pancreatic δ cells from human pluripotent stem cells. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6344. [PMID: 39068220 PMCID: PMC11283558 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50611-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024] Open
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Dysfunction of pancreatic δ cells contributes to the etiology of diabetes. Despite their important role, human δ cells are scarce, limiting physiological studies and drug discovery targeting δ cells. To date, no directed δ-cell differentiation method has been established. Here, we demonstrate that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 7 promotes pancreatic endoderm/progenitor differentiation, whereas FGF2 biases cells towards the pancreatic δ-cell lineage via FGF receptor 1. We develop a differentiation method to generate δ cells from human stem cells by combining FGF2 with FGF7, which synergistically directs pancreatic lineage differentiation and modulates the expression of transcription factors and SST activators during endoderm/endocrine precursor induction. These δ cells display mature RNA profiles and fine secretory granules, secrete somatostatin in response to various stimuli, and suppress insulin secretion from in vitro co-cultured β cells and mouse β cells upon transplantation. The generation of human pancreatic δ cells from stem cells in vitro would provide an unprecedented cell source for drug discovery and cell transplantation studies in diabetes.
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- Lihua Chen
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou International Campus, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
- Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
- Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou International Campus, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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Ewald JD, Lu Y, Ellis CE, Worton J, Kolic J, Sasaki S, Zhang D, dos Santos T, Spigelman AF, Bautista A, Dai XQ, Lyon JG, Smith NP, Wong JM, Rajesh V, Sun H, Sharp SA, Rogalski JC, Moravcova R, Cen HH, Manning Fox JE, Atlas E, Bruin JE, Mulvihill EE, Verchere CB, Foster LJ, Gloyn AL, Johnson JD, Pepper AR, Lynn FC, Xia J, MacDonald PE. HumanIslets: An integrated platform for human islet data access and analysis. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.06.19.599613. [PMID: 38948734 PMCID: PMC11212983 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.19.599613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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Comprehensive molecular and cellular phenotyping of human islets can enable deep mechanistic insights for diabetes research. We established the Human Islet Data Analysis and Sharing (HI-DAS) consortium to advance goals in accessibility, usability, and integration of data from human islets isolated from donors with and without diabetes at the Alberta Diabetes Institute (ADI) IsletCore. Here we introduce HumanIslets.com, an open resource for the research community. This platform, which presently includes data on 547 human islet donors, allows users to access linked datasets describing molecular profiles, islet function and donor phenotypes, and to perform various statistical and functional analyses at the donor, islet and single-cell levels. As an example of the analytic capacity of this resource we show a dissociation between cell culture effects on transcript and protein expression, and an approach to correct for exocrine contamination found in hand-picked islets. Finally, we provide an example workflow and visualization that highlights links between type 2 diabetes status, SERCA3b Ca2+-ATPase levels at the transcript and protein level, insulin secretion and islet cell phenotypes. HumanIslets.com provides a growing and adaptable set of resources and tools to support the metabolism and diabetes research community.
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- Jessica D. Ewald
- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Montreal, QC
- Imaging Platform, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Montreal, QC
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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- Diabetes Research Group, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Surgery, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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- Diabetes Research Group, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Surgery, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
- Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
- Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
- Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michael Smith Laboratories, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michael Smith Laboratories, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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- Environmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON
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- Department of Biology & Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, ON
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON
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- Department of Surgery, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michael Smith Laboratories, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
- Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
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- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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- Diabetes Research Group, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Surgery, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Montreal, QC
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- Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
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Herold KC, Delong T, Perdigoto AL, Biru N, Brusko TM, Walker LSK. The immunology of type 1 diabetes. Nat Rev Immunol 2024; 24:435-451. [PMID: 38308004 PMCID: PMC7616056 DOI: 10.1038/s41577-023-00985-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
Abstract
Following the seminal discovery of insulin a century ago, treatment of individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been largely restricted to efforts to monitor and treat metabolic glucose dysregulation. The recent regulatory approval of the first immunotherapy that targets T cells as a means to delay the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β-cells highlights the critical role of the immune system in disease pathogenesis and tends to pave the way for other immune-targeted interventions for T1D. Improving the efficacy of such interventions across the natural history of the disease will probably require a more detailed understanding of the immunobiology of T1D, as well as technologies to monitor residual β-cell mass and function. Here we provide an overview of the immune mechanisms that underpin the pathogenesis of T1D, with a particular emphasis on T cells.
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- Kevan C Herold
- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Internal Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Institute of Immunity & Transplantation, University College London, London, UK.
- Division of Infection & Immunity, University College London, London, UK.
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Deshmukh A, Chang K, Cuala J, Vanslembrouck B, Georgia S, Loconte V, White KL. Subcellular Feature-Based Classification of α and β Cells Using Soft X-ray Tomography. Cells 2024; 13:869. [PMID: 38786091 PMCID: PMC11119489 DOI: 10.3390/cells13100869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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The dysfunction of α and β cells in pancreatic islets can lead to diabetes. Many questions remain on the subcellular organization of islet cells during the progression of disease. Existing three-dimensional cellular mapping approaches face challenges such as time-intensive sample sectioning and subjective cellular identification. To address these challenges, we have developed a subcellular feature-based classification approach, which allows us to identify α and β cells and quantify their subcellular structural characteristics using soft X-ray tomography (SXT). We observed significant differences in whole-cell morphological and organelle statistics between the two cell types. Additionally, we characterize subtle biophysical differences between individual insulin and glucagon vesicles by analyzing vesicle size and molecular density distributions, which were not previously possible using other methods. These sub-vesicular parameters enable us to predict cell types systematically using supervised machine learning. We also visualize distinct vesicle and cell subtypes using Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) embeddings, which provides us with an innovative approach to explore structural heterogeneity in islet cells. This methodology presents an innovative approach for tracking biologically meaningful heterogeneity in cells that can be applied to any cellular system.
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- Aneesh Deshmukh
- Department of Chemistry, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; (A.D.); (K.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; (A.D.); (K.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; (A.D.); (K.C.)
- Medical Biophysics Program, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bridge Institute, Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; (A.D.); (K.C.)
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Son R, Yamazawa K, Oguchi A, Suga M, Tamura M, Yanagita M, Murakawa Y, Kume S. Morphomics via next-generation electron microscopy. J Mol Cell Biol 2024; 15:mjad081. [PMID: 38148118 PMCID: PMC11167312 DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjad081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023] Open
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The living body is composed of innumerable fine and complex structures. Although these structures have been studied in the past, a vast amount of information pertaining to them still remains unknown. When attempting to observe these ultra-structures, the use of electron microscopy (EM) has become indispensable. However, conventional EM settings are limited to a narrow tissue area, which can bias observations. Recently, new trends in EM research have emerged, enabling coverage of far broader, nano-scale fields of view for two-dimensional wide areas and three-dimensional large volumes. Moreover, cutting-edge bioimage informatics conducted via deep learning has accelerated the quantification of complex morphological bioimages. Taken together, these technological and analytical advances have led to the comprehensive acquisition and quantification of cellular morphology, which now arises as a new omics science termed 'morphomics'.
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- Raku Son
- RIKEN-IFOM Joint Laboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Advanced Manufacturing Support Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, Wako 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN-IFOM Joint Laboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Multimodal Microstructure Analysis Unit, RIKEN–JEOL Collaboration Center, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
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- Technology and Development Team for Mouse Phenotype Analysis, RIKEN BioResource Research Center, Tsukuba 305-0074, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
- Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- RIKEN-IFOM Joint Laboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
- Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
- IFOM—The FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan 20139, Italy
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- Laboratory for Pathophysiological and Health Science, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe 650-0047, Japan
- Center for Health Science Innovation, Osaka City University, Osaka 530-0011, Japan
- Osaka Electro-Communication University, Neyagawa 572-8530, Japan
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Ébert A, Gál E, Tóth E, Szögi T, Hegyi P, Venglovecz V. Role of CFTR in diabetes-induced pancreatic ductal fluid and HCO 3 - secretion. J Physiol 2024; 602:1065-1083. [PMID: 38389307 DOI: 10.1113/jp285702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Type 1 diabetes is a disease of the endocrine pancreas; however, it also affects exocrine function. Although most studies have examined the effects of diabetes on acinar cells, much less is known regarding ductal cells, despite their important protective function in the pancreas. Therefore, we investigated the effect of diabetes on ductal function. Diabetes was induced in wild-type and cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) knockout mice following an i.p. administration of streptozotocin. Pancreatic ductal fluid and HCO3 - secretion were determined using fluid secretion measurements and fluorescence microscopy, respectively. The expression of ion transporters was measured by real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry. Transmission electron microscopy was used for the morphological characterization of the pancreas. Serum secretin and cholecystokinin levels were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Ductal fluid and HCO3 - secretion, CFTR activity, and the expression of CFTR, Na+ /H+ exchanger-1, anoctamine-1 and aquaporin-1 were significantly elevated in diabetic mice. Acute or chronic glucose treatment did not affect HCO3 - secretion, but increased alkalizing transporter activity. Inhibition of CFTR significantly reduced HCO3 - secretion in both normal and diabetic mice. Serum levels of secretin and cholecystokinin were unchanged, but the expression of secretin receptors significantly increased in diabetic mice. Diabetes increases fluid and HCO3 - secretion in pancreatic ductal cells, which is associated with the increased function of ion and water transporters, particularly CFTR. KEY POINTS: There is a lively interaction between the exocrine and endocrine pancreas not only under physiological conditions, but also under pathophysiological conditions The most common disease affecting the endocrine part is type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), which is often associated with pancreatic exocrine insufficiency Compared with acinar cells, there is considerably less information regarding the effect of diabetes on pancreatic ductal epithelial cells, despite the fact that the large amount of fluid and HCO3 - produced by ductal cells is essential for maintaining normal pancreatic functions Ductal fluid and HCO3 - secretion increase in T1DM, in which increased cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator activation plays a central role. We have identified a novel interaction between T1DM and ductal cells. Presumably, the increased ductal secretion represents a defence mechanism in the prevention of diabetes, but further studies are needed to clarify this issue.
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- Attila Ébert
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- ELI ALPS, ELI-HU Non-Proft Ltd, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Translational Pancreatology Research Group, Interdisciplinary Center of Excellence for Research Development and Innovation, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- Department of Health Sciences, Department of Theoretical and Integrative Health Sciences, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Pathology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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- Translational Pancreatology Research Group, Interdisciplinary Center of Excellence for Research Development and Innovation, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- Institute for Translational Medicine, Szentágothai Research Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
- Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- Division of Pancreatic Diseases, Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
- Institute for Translational Medicine, Szentágothai Research Centre, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
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Stege NM, Eijgenraam TR, Oliveira Nunes Teixeira V, Feringa AM, Schouten EM, Kuster DW, van der Velden J, Wolters AH, Giepmans BN, Makarewich CA, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN, de Boer RA, Silljé HH. DWORF Extends Life Span in a PLN-R14del Cardiomyopathy Mouse Model by Reducing Abnormal Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Clusters. Circ Res 2023; 133:1006-1021. [PMID: 37955153 PMCID: PMC10699510 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.123.323304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The p.Arg14del variant of the PLN (phospholamban) gene causes cardiomyopathy, leading to severe heart failure. Calcium handling defects and perinuclear PLN aggregation have both been suggested as pathological drivers of this disease. Dwarf open reading frame (DWORF) has been shown to counteract PLN regulatory calcium handling function in the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (S/ER). Here, we investigated the potential disease-modulating action of DWORF in this cardiomyopathy and its effects on calcium handling and PLN aggregation. METHODS We studied a PLN-R14del mouse model, which develops cardiomyopathy with similar characteristics as human patients, and explored whether cardiac DWORF overexpression could delay cardiac deterioration. To this end, R14Δ/Δ (homozygous PLN-R14del) mice carrying the DWORF transgene (R14Δ/ΔDWORFTg [R14Δ/Δ mice carrying the DWORF transgene]) were used. RESULTS DWORF expression was suppressed in hearts of R14Δ/Δ mice with severe heart failure. Restoration of DWORF expression in R14Δ/Δ mice delayed cardiac fibrosis and heart failure and increased life span >2-fold (from 8 to 18 weeks). DWORF accelerated sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium reuptake and relaxation in isolated cardiomyocytes with wild-type PLN, but in R14Δ/Δ cardiomyocytes, sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium reuptake and relaxation were already enhanced, and no differences were detected between R14Δ/Δ and R14Δ/ΔDWORFTg. Rather, DWORF overexpression delayed the appearance and formation of large pathogenic perinuclear PLN clusters. Careful examination revealed colocalization of sarcoplasmic reticulum markers with these PLN clusters in both R14Δ/Δ mice and human p.Arg14del PLN heart tissue, and hence these previously termed aggregates are comprised of abnormal organized S/ER. This abnormal S/ER organization in PLN-R14del cardiomyopathy contributes to cardiomyocyte cell loss and replacement fibrosis, consequently resulting in cardiac dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS Disorganized S/ER is a major characteristic of PLN-R14del cardiomyopathy in humans and mice and results in cardiomyocyte death. DWORF overexpression delayed PLN-R14del cardiomyopathy progression and extended life span in R14Δ/Δ mice, by reducing abnormal S/ER clusters.
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- Nienke M. Stege
- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (N.M.S., T.R.E., V.O.N.T., A.M.F., E.M.S., R.A.d.B., H.H.W.S.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (N.M.S., T.R.E., V.O.N.T., A.M.F., E.M.S., R.A.d.B., H.H.W.S.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (N.M.S., T.R.E., V.O.N.T., A.M.F., E.M.S., R.A.d.B., H.H.W.S.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (N.M.S., T.R.E., V.O.N.T., A.M.F., E.M.S., R.A.d.B., H.H.W.S.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (N.M.S., T.R.E., V.O.N.T., A.M.F., E.M.S., R.A.d.B., H.H.W.S.)
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- Department of Physiology (D.W.D.K., J.v.d.V.), Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmias (D.W.D.K., J.v.d.V.), Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Physiology (D.W.D.K., J.v.d.V.), Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Heart Failure and Arrhythmias (D.W.D.K., J.v.d.V.), Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, UMC Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (A.H.G.W., B.N.G.G.)
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- Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, UMC Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (A.H.G.W., B.N.G.G.)
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- Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology of the Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, OH (C.A.M.)
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH (C.A.M.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (N.M.S., T.R.E., V.O.N.T., A.M.F., E.M.S., R.A.d.B., H.H.W.S.)
- Department of Molecular Biology and Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.B.-D., E.N.O.)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (R.B.-D., E.N.O.)
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- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (R.A.d.B.)
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands (N.M.S., T.R.E., V.O.N.T., A.M.F., E.M.S., R.A.d.B., H.H.W.S.)
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Nijholt KT, Sánchez-Aguilera PI, Mahmoud B, Gerding A, Wolters JC, Wolters AHG, Giepmans BNG, Silljé HHW, de Boer RA, Bakker BM, Westenbrink BD. A Kinase Interacting Protein 1 regulates mitochondrial protein levels in energy metabolism and promotes mitochondrial turnover after exercise. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18822. [PMID: 37914850 PMCID: PMC10620178 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45961-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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A Kinase Interacting Protein 1 (AKIP1) is a signalling adaptor that promotes mitochondrial respiration and attenuates mitochondrial oxidative stress in cultured cardiomyocytes. We sought to determine whether AKIP1 influences mitochondrial function and the mitochondrial adaptation in response to exercise in vivo. We assessed mitochondrial respiratory capacity, as well as electron microscopy and mitochondrial targeted-proteomics in hearts from mice with cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of AKIP1 (AKIP1-TG) and their wild type (WT) littermates. These parameters were also assessed after four weeks of voluntary wheel running. In contrast to our previous in vitro study, respiratory capacity measured as state 3 respiration on palmitoyl carnitine was significantly lower in AKIP1-TG compared to WT mice, whereas state 3 respiration on pyruvate remained unaltered. Similar findings were observed for maximal respiration, after addition of FCCP. Mitochondrial DNA damage and oxidative stress markers were not elevated in AKIP1-TG mice and gross mitochondrial morphology was similar. Mitochondrial targeted-proteomics did reveal reductions in mitochondrial proteins involved in energy metabolism. Exercise performance was comparable between genotypes, whereas exercise-induced cardiac hypertrophy was significantly increased in AKIP1-TG mice. After exercise, mitochondrial state 3 respiration on pyruvate substrates was significantly lower in AKIP1-TG compared with WT mice, while respiration on palmitoyl carnitine was not further decreased. This was associated with increased mitochondrial fission on electron microscopy, and the activation of pathways associated with mitochondrial fission and mitophagy. This study suggests that AKIP1 regulates the mitochondrial proteome involved in energy metabolism and promotes mitochondrial turnover after exercise. Future studies are required to unravel the mechanistic underpinnings and whether the mitochondrial changes are required for the AKIP1-induced physiological cardiac growth.
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- Kirsten T Nijholt
- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Metabolic Disease, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Systems Medicine of Metabolism and Signalling, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Metabolic Disease, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Liu H, Geravandi S, Grasso AM, Sikdar S, Pugliese A, Maedler K. Enteroviral infections are not associated with type 2 diabetes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1236574. [PMID: 38027145 PMCID: PMC10643152 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1236574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Introduction For more than a century, enteroviral infections have been associated with autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes (T1D). Uncontrolled viral response pathways repeatedly presented during childhood highly correlate with autoimmunity and T1D. Virus responses evoke chemokines and cytokines, the "cytokine storm" circulating through the body and attack cells especially vulnerable to inflammatory destruction. Intra-islet inflammation is a major trigger of β-cell failure in both T1D and T2D. The genetic contribution of islet inflammation pathways is apparent in T1D, with several mutations in the interferon system. In contrast, in T2D, gene mutations are related to glucose homeostasis in β cells and insulin-target tissue and rarely within viral response pathways. Therefore, the current study evaluated whether enteroviral RNA can be found in the pancreas from organ donors with T2D and its association with disease progression. Methods Pancreases from well-characterized 29 organ donors with T2D and 15 age- and BMI-matched controls were obtained from the network for pancreatic organ donors with diabetes and were analyzed in duplicates. Single-molecule fluorescence in-situ hybridization analyses were performed using three probe sets to detect positive-strand enteroviral RNA; pancreas sections were co-stained by classical immunostaining for insulin and CD45. Results There was no difference in the presence or localization of enteroviral RNA in control nondiabetic and T2D pancreases; viral infiltration showed large heterogeneity in both groups ranging from 0 to 94 virus+ cells scattered throughout the pancreas, most of them in the exocrine pancreas. Very rarely, a single virus+ cell was found within islets or co-stained with CD45+ immune cells. Only one single T2D donor presented an exceptionally high number of viruses, similarly as seen previously in T1D, which correlated with a highly reduced number of β cells. Discussion No association of enteroviral infection in the pancreas and T2D diabetes could be found. Despite great similarities in inflammatory markers in islets in T1D and T2D, long-term enteroviral infiltration is a distinct pathological feature of T1D-associated autoimmunity and in T1D pancreases.
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- Huan Liu
- Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- The JDRF nPOD-Virus Group
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- Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- The JDRF nPOD-Virus Group
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- Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- The JDRF nPOD-Virus Group
- Diabetes Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Miami, FL, United States
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
- Department of Diabetes Immunology & The Wanek Family Project for Type 1 Diabetes, Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- The JDRF nPOD-Virus Group
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Aswath A, Alsahaf A, Giepmans BNG, Azzopardi G. Segmentation in large-scale cellular electron microscopy with deep learning: A literature survey. Med Image Anal 2023; 89:102920. [PMID: 37572414 DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2023.102920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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Electron microscopy (EM) enables high-resolution imaging of tissues and cells based on 2D and 3D imaging techniques. Due to the laborious and time-consuming nature of manual segmentation of large-scale EM datasets, automated segmentation approaches are crucial. This review focuses on the progress of deep learning-based segmentation techniques in large-scale cellular EM throughout the last six years, during which significant progress has been made in both semantic and instance segmentation. A detailed account is given for the key datasets that contributed to the proliferation of deep learning in 2D and 3D EM segmentation. The review covers supervised, unsupervised, and self-supervised learning methods and examines how these algorithms were adapted to the task of segmenting cellular and sub-cellular structures in EM images. The special challenges posed by such images, like heterogeneity and spatial complexity, and the network architectures that overcame some of them are described. Moreover, an overview of the evaluation measures used to benchmark EM datasets in various segmentation tasks is provided. Finally, an outlook of current trends and future prospects of EM segmentation is given, especially with large-scale models and unlabeled images to learn generic features across EM datasets.
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- Anusha Aswath
- Bernoulli Institute of Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Bernoulli Institute of Mathematics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Moore J, Basurto-Lozada D, Besson S, Bogovic J, Bragantini J, Brown EM, Burel JM, Casas Moreno X, de Medeiros G, Diel EE, Gault D, Ghosh SS, Gold I, Halchenko YO, Hartley M, Horsfall D, Keller MS, Kittisopikul M, Kovacs G, Küpcü Yoldaş A, Kyoda K, le Tournoulx de la Villegeorges A, Li T, Liberali P, Lindner D, Linkert M, Lüthi J, Maitin-Shepard J, Manz T, Marconato L, McCormick M, Lange M, Mohamed K, Moore W, Norlin N, Ouyang W, Özdemir B, Palla G, Pape C, Pelkmans L, Pietzsch T, Preibisch S, Prete M, Rzepka N, Samee S, Schaub N, Sidky H, Solak AC, Stirling DR, Striebel J, Tischer C, Toloudis D, Virshup I, Walczysko P, Watson AM, Weisbart E, Wong F, Yamauchi KA, Bayraktar O, Cimini BA, Gehlenborg N, Haniffa M, Hotaling N, Onami S, Royer LA, Saalfeld S, Stegle O, Theis FJ, Swedlow JR. OME-Zarr: a cloud-optimized bioimaging file format with international community support. Histochem Cell Biol 2023; 160:223-251. [PMID: 37428210 PMCID: PMC10492740 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-023-02209-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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A growing community is constructing a next-generation file format (NGFF) for bioimaging to overcome problems of scalability and heterogeneity. Organized by the Open Microscopy Environment (OME), individuals and institutes across diverse modalities facing these problems have designed a format specification process (OME-NGFF) to address these needs. This paper brings together a wide range of those community members to describe the cloud-optimized format itself-OME-Zarr-along with tools and data resources available today to increase FAIR access and remove barriers in the scientific process. The current momentum offers an opportunity to unify a key component of the bioimaging domain-the file format that underlies so many personal, institutional, and global data management and analysis tasks.
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- Josh Moore
- German BioImaging-Gesellschaft für Mikroskopie und Bildanalyse e.V., Constance, Germany.
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- Divisions of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, and Computational Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Cell Science, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Divisions of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, and Computational Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Divisions of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, and Computational Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA
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- Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, Seattle, WA, USA
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge, UK
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan
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- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Imaging, Basel, Switzerland
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- Divisions of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, and Computational Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Imaging, Basel, Switzerland
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- Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Divisions of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, and Computational Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Divisions of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, and Computational Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Experimental Medical Science & Lund Bioimaging Centre, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA
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- Information Technology Branch, National Center for Advancing Translational Science, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Divisions of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, and Computational Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Imaging Platform, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Divisions of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, and Computational Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Imaging Platform, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Information Technology Branch, National Center for Advancing Translational Science, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA
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- Genome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Divisions of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, and Computational Biology, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Smith P, King ONF, Pennington A, Tun W, Basham M, Jones ML, Collinson LM, Darrow MC, Spiers H. Online citizen science with the Zooniverse for analysis of biological volumetric data. Histochem Cell Biol 2023; 160:253-276. [PMID: 37284846 PMCID: PMC10245346 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-023-02204-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Public participation in research, also known as citizen science, is being increasingly adopted for the analysis of biological volumetric data. Researchers working in this domain are applying online citizen science as a scalable distributed data analysis approach, with recent research demonstrating that non-experts can productively contribute to tasks such as the segmentation of organelles in volume electron microscopy data. This, alongside the growing challenge to rapidly process the large amounts of biological volumetric data now routinely produced, means there is increasing interest within the research community to apply online citizen science for the analysis of data in this context. Here, we synthesise core methodological principles and practices for applying citizen science for analysis of biological volumetric data. We collate and share the knowledge and experience of multiple research teams who have applied online citizen science for the analysis of volumetric biological data using the Zooniverse platform ( www.zooniverse.org ). We hope this provides inspiration and practical guidance regarding how contributor effort via online citizen science may be usefully applied in this domain.
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- Patricia Smith
- The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK
- Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
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- The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Harwell Campus, Fermi Avenue, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK.
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- The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.
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Pugliese LA, De Lorenzi V, Bernardi M, Ghignoli S, Tesi M, Marchetti P, Pesce L, Cardarelli F. Unveiling nanoscale optical signatures of cytokine-induced β-cell dysfunction. Sci Rep 2023; 13:13342. [PMID: 37587148 PMCID: PMC10432522 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40272-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Pro-inflammatory cytokines contribute to β-cell failure in both Type-1 and Type-2 Diabetes. Data collected so far allowed to dissect the genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and biochemical landscape underlying cytokine-induced β-cell progression through dysfunction. Yet, no report thus far complemented such molecular information with the direct optical nanoscopy of the β-cell subcellular environment. Here we tackle this issue in Insulinoma 1E (INS-1E) β-cells by label-free fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) and fluorescence-based super resolution imaging by expansion microscopy (ExM). It is found that 24-h exposure to IL-1β and IFN-γ is associated with a neat modification of the FLIM signature of cell autofluorescence due to the increase of either enzyme-bound NAD(P)H molecules and of oxidized lipid species. At the same time, ExM-based direct imaging unveils neat alteration of mitochondrial morphology (i.e. ~ 80% increase of mitochondrial circularity), marked degranulation (i.e. ~ 40% loss of insulin granules, with mis-localization of the surviving pool), appearance of F-actin-positive membrane blebs and an hitherto unknown extensive fragmentation of the microtubules network (e.g. ~ 37% reduction in the number of branches). Reported observations provide an optical-microscopy framework to interpret the amount of molecular information collected so far on β-cell dysfunction and pave the way to future ex-vivo and in-vivo investigations.
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- Licia Anna Pugliese
- NEST Laboratory - Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, Pisa, Italy.
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- NEST Laboratory - Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, Pisa, Italy
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- NEST Laboratory - Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, Pisa, Italy
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- NEST Laboratory - Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Islet Cell Laboratory, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Islet Cell Laboratory, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- NEST Laboratory - Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, Pisa, Italy.
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- NEST Laboratory - Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza San Silvestro 12, Pisa, Italy.
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Oost W, Huitema AJ, Kats K, Giepmans BNG, Kooistra SM, Eggen BJL, Baron W. Pathological ultrastructural alterations of myelinated axons in normal appearing white matter in progressive multiple sclerosis. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2023; 11:100. [PMID: 37340488 DOI: 10.1186/s40478-023-01598-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) pathophysiology includes inflammation, demyelination and neurodegeneration, but the exact mechanisms of disease initiation and progression are unknown. A major feature of lesions is lack of myelin, which increases axonal energy demand and requires adaptation in number and size of mitochondria. Outside lesions, subtle and diffuse alterations are observed in normal appearing white matter (NAWM) and normal appearing grey matter (NAGM), including increased oxidative stress, reduced axon density and changes in myelin composition and morphology. On an ultrastructural level, only limited data is available on alterations in myelinated axons. We generated large scale 2D scanning transmission electron microscopy images ('nanotomy') of non-demyelinated brain tissue of control and progressive MS donors, accessible via an open-access online repository. We observed a reduced density of myelinated axons in NAWM, without a decrease in cross-sectional axon area. Small myelinated axons were less frequently and large myelinated axons were more frequently present in NAWM, while the g-ratio was similar. The correlation between axonal mitochondrial radius and g-ratio was lost in NAWM, but not in NAGM. Myelinated axons in control GM and NAGM had a similar g-ratio and radius distribution. We hypothesize that axonal loss in NAWM is likely compensated by swelling of the remaining myelinated axons and subsequent adjustment of myelin thickness to maintain their g-ratio. Failure of axonal mitochondria to adjust their size and fine-tuning of myelin thickness may render NAWM axons and their myelin more susceptible to injury.
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- Wendy Oost
- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, Section Molecular Neurobiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- MS Center Noord Nederland, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, Section Molecular Neurobiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- MS Center Noord Nederland, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, Section Molecular Neurobiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, Section Molecular Neurobiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, Section Molecular Neurobiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- MS Center Noord Nederland, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, Section Molecular Neurobiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
- MS Center Noord Nederland, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, Section Molecular Neurobiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
- MS Center Noord Nederland, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Polino AJ, Sviben S, Melena I, Piston DW, Hughes JW. Scanning electron microscopy of human islet cilia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2302624120. [PMID: 37205712 PMCID: PMC10235940 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2302624120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
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Human islet primary cilia are vital glucose-regulating organelles whose structure remains uncharacterized. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is a useful technique for studying the surface morphology of membrane projections like cilia, but conventional sample preparation does not reveal the submembrane axonemal structure, which holds key implications for ciliary function. To overcome this challenge, we combined SEM with membrane-extraction techniques to examine primary cilia in native human islets. Our data show well-preserved cilia subdomains which demonstrate both expected and unexpected ultrastructural motifs. Morphometric features were quantified when possible, including axonemal length and diameter, microtubule conformations, and chirality. We further describe a ciliary ring, a structure that may be a specialization in human islets. Key findings are correlated with fluorescence microscopy and interpreted in the context of cilia function as a cellular sensor and communications locus in pancreatic islets.
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- Alexander J. Polino
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO63110
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- Washington University Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO63110
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO63110
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO63110
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO63110
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO63110
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Larsson H, Albinsson Högberg S, Lind M, Rabe H, Lingblom C. Investigating immune profile by CyTOF in individuals with long-standing type 1 diabetes. Sci Rep 2023; 13:8171. [PMID: 37210405 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-35300-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023] Open
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease caused by T-cell mediated destruction of pancreatic beta cells. Eosinophils are found in pancreatic tissue from individuals with T1D. Eosinophilic suppression of T cells is dependent of the protein galectin-10. Little is known when it comes to the role of eosinophil granulocytes in type 1 diabetes. Here we show that individuals with long-standing T1D had lower levels of galectin-10hi eosinophils and a subgroup of galectin-10hi eosinophils were entirely absent in all T1D patients. In addition, 7% immature eosinophils were present in the circulation of T1D patients whereas 0.8% in healthy individuals. Furthermore, higher levels of CD4+CD8+ T cells and Th17 cells were observed in patients with T1D. Blood samples from 12 adult individuals with long-standing T1D and 12 healthy individuals were compared using cytometry by time-of-flight. Lower levels of galectin-10hi eosinophils, which are potent T cell suppressors, in individuals with T1D could indicate that activated T cells are enabled to unrestrictedly kill the insulin producing beta cells. This is the first study showing absence of galectin-10hi eosinophilic subgroup in individuals with T1D compared with healthy controls. This study is a first important step toward unraveling the role of the eosinophils in patients with T1D.
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- Helen Larsson
- Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, NU Hospital Group, Trollhättan, Sweden
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 10A, 41346, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, NU Hospital Group, Uddevalla, Trollhättan, Sweden
- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden
- Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 10A, 41346, Göteborg, Sweden
- RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Bioscience and Materials, Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 10A, 41346, Göteborg, Sweden.
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden.
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van Tienhoven R, Kracht MJL, van der Slik AR, Thomaidou S, Wolters AHG, Giepmans BNG, Riojas JPR, Nelson MS, Carlotti F, de Koning EJP, Hoeben RC, Zaldumbide A, Roep BO. Presence of immunogenic alternatively spliced insulin gene product in human pancreatic delta cells. Diabetologia 2023; 66:884-896. [PMID: 36884057 PMCID: PMC10036285 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-023-05882-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Transcriptome analyses revealed insulin-gene-derived transcripts in non-beta endocrine islet cells. We studied alternative splicing of human INS mRNA in pancreatic islets. METHODS Alternative splicing of insulin pre-mRNA was determined by PCR analysis performed on human islet RNA and single-cell RNA-seq analysis. Antisera were generated to detect insulin variants in human pancreatic tissue using immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy and single-cell western blot to confirm the expression of insulin variants. Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activation was determined by MIP-1β release. RESULTS We identified an alternatively spliced INS product. This variant encodes the complete insulin signal peptide and B chain and an alternative C-terminus that largely overlaps with a previously identified defective ribosomal product of INS. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the translation product of this INS-derived splice transcript was detectable in somatostatin-producing delta cells but not in beta cells; this was confirmed by light and electron microscopy. Expression of this alternatively spliced INS product activated preproinsulin-specific CTLs in vitro. The exclusive presence of this alternatively spliced INS product in delta cells may be explained by its clearance from beta cells by insulin-degrading enzyme capturing its insulin B chain fragment and a lack of insulin-degrading enzyme expression in delta cells. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Our data demonstrate that delta cells can express an INS product derived from alternative splicing, containing both the diabetogenic insulin signal peptide and B chain, in their secretory granules. We propose that this alternative INS product may play a role in islet autoimmunity and pathology, as well as endocrine or paracrine function or islet development and endocrine destiny, and transdifferentiation between endocrine cells. INS promoter activity is not confined to beta cells and should be used with care when assigning beta cell identity and selectivity. DATA AVAILABILITY The full EM dataset is available via www.nanotomy.org (for review: http://www.nanotomy.org/OA/Tienhoven2021SUB/6126-368/ ). Single-cell RNA-seq data was made available by Segerstolpe et al [13] and can be found at https://sandberglab.se/pancreas . The RNA and protein sequence of INS-splice was uploaded to GenBank (BankIt2546444 INS-splice OM489474).
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- René van Tienhoven
- Department of Diabetes and Cancer Discovery Science, Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Light Microscopy Core, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Schänzer A, Dittmayer C, Weis J, Stenzel W, Goebel HH. [Neuropathology II: diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems : Outlook on new techniques in electron microscopy]. PATHOLOGIE (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 44:113-120. [PMID: 36715732 PMCID: PMC9886214 DOI: 10.1007/s00292-022-01178-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In the diagnosis of diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems, the use of electron microscopic analyses has become rare these days. However, there are questions in which the method is helpful in confirming the etiopathogenesis of the disease. Hereditary neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases, such as the lysosomal storage disease neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, are associated with pathognomonic storage products not only in the central nervous system (CNS) but also in extracerebral tissues such as sweat glands and lymphocytes. These tissues are easily accessible and thus function as "windows to the CNS". In addition, there are new methods that overcome limitations of conventional electron microscopy and may improve ultrastructural diagnostics. This is particularly important for the correct classification of viral particles such as SARS-CoV‑2, leading to a better understanding of COVID19-associated diseases in the CNS and peripheral nervous system.
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- Anne Schänzer
- Institut für Neuropathologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Arndtstr. 16, 35392, Gießen, Deutschland.
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- Institut für Neuropathologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member der Freien Universität Berlin und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Institut für Neuropathologie, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Deutschland
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- Institut für Neuropathologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member der Freien Universität Berlin und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Institut für Neuropathologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member der Freien Universität Berlin und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
- Abteilung für Neuropathologie, Universitätsmedizin der JGU Mainz, Mainz, Deutschland
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Polino AJ, Sviben S, Melena I, Piston DW, Hughes J. Scanning electron microscopy of human islet cilia. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.02.15.528685. [PMID: 36824775 PMCID: PMC9949088 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.15.528685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Human islet primary cilia are vital glucose-regulating organelles whose structure remains uncharacterized. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is a useful technique for studying the surface morphology of membrane projections like primary cilia, but conventional sample preparation does not reveal the sub-membrane axonemal structure which holds key implications for cilia function. To overcome this challenge, we combined SEM with membrane-extraction techniques to examine cilia in native human islets. Our data show well-preserved cilia subdomains which demonstrate both expected and unexpected ultrastructural motifs. Morphometric features were quantified when possible, including axonemal length and diameter, microtubule conformations and chirality. We further describe a novel ciliary ring, a structure that may be a specialization in human islets. Key findings are correlated with fluorescence microscopy and interpreted in the context of cilia function as a cellular sensor and communications locus in pancreatic islets.
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Gareb B, van Bakelen NB, Driessen L, Buma P, Kuipers J, Grijpma DW, Vissink A, Bos RR, van Minnen B. Biocompatibility and degradation comparisons of four biodegradable copolymeric osteosynthesis systems used in maxillofacial surgery: A goat model with four years follow-up. Bioact Mater 2022; 17:439-456. [PMID: 35386449 PMCID: PMC8961280 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2022.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Applying biodegradable osteosyntheses avoids the disadvantages of titanium osteosyntheses. However, foreign-body reactions remain a major concern and evidence of complete resorption is lacking. This study compared the physico-chemical properties, histological response and radiographs of four copolymeric biodegradable osteosynthesis systems in a goat model with 48-months follow-up. The systems were implanted subperiosteally in both tibia and radius of 12 Dutch White goats. The BioSorb FX [poly(70LLA-co-30DLLA)], Inion CPS [poly([70–78.5]LLA-co-[16–24]DLLA-co-4TMC)], SonicWeld Rx [poly(DLLA)], LactoSorb [poly(82LLA-co-18GA)] systems and a negative control were randomly implanted in each extremity. Samples were assessed at 6-, 12-, 18-, 24-, 36-, and 48-month follow-up. Surface topography was performed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Differential scanning calorimetry and gel permeation chromatography were performed on initial and explanted samples. Histological sections were systematically assessed by two blinded researchers using (polarized) light microscopy, SEM and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis. The SonicWeld Rx system was amorphous while the others were semi-crystalline. Foreign-body reactions were not observed during the complete follow-up. The SonicWeld Rx and LactoSorb systems reached bone percentages of negative controls after 18 months while the BioSorb Fx and Inion CPS systems reached these levels after 36 months. The SonicWeld Rx system showed the most predictable degradation profile. All the biodegradable systems were safe to use and well-tolerated (i.e., complete implant replacement by bone, no clinical or histological foreign body reactions, no [sterile] abscess formation, no re-interventions needed), but nanoscale residual polymeric fragments were observed at every system's assessment. Foreign-body reactions are a major concern of biodegradable osteosyntheses. Amorphous poly(DLLA) showed the most predictable degradation profile. Nanoscale residual polymeric fragments could still be observed after 4 years.
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First envisioned by early diabetes clinicians, a person-centred approach to care was an aspirational goal that aimed to match insulin therapy to each individual's unique requirements. In the 100 years since the discovery of insulin, this goal has evolved to include personalised approaches to type 1 diabetes diagnosis, treatment, prevention and prediction. These advances have been facilitated by the recognition of type 1 diabetes as an autoimmune disease and by advances in our understanding of diabetes pathophysiology, genetics and natural history, which have occurred in parallel with advancements in insulin delivery, glucose monitoring and tools for self-management. In this review, we discuss how these personalised approaches have improved diabetes care and how improved understanding of pathogenesis and human biology might inform precision medicine in the future.
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- Alice L J Carr
- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
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Giovenzana A, Vecchio F, Cugnata F, Nonis A, Mandelli A, Stabilini A, Mazzi BA, De Pellegrin M, Laurenzi A, Bonfanti R, Battaglia M, Bosi E, Petrelli A. Exocrine pancreas function is impaired in adult relatives of patients with type 1 diabetes. Acta Diabetol 2022; 59:473-479. [PMID: 34782929 PMCID: PMC8917021 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-021-01819-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIMS Alterations of the exocrine pancreas have been reported in type 1 diabetes, but their contribution to the pathogenesis of the disease is poorly understood. Here, we investigated markers of exocrine pancreas dysfunction in individuals at-risk of developing type 1 diabetes. METHODS Serum P-amylase and lipase levels were assessed in samples obtained from healthy controls, patients with new onset type 1 diabetes, relatives participating to the TrialNet Pathway to Prevention who were, at blood collection, autoantibody negative or positive for a single autoantibody (low-risk individuals), and positive for multiple autoantibodies (high-risk individuals). Linear mixed models were adopted to estimate variation of pancreatic enzymes among the groups and to evaluate the influence of high-risk HLA genotypes and residual beta cell function on exocrine pancreas function. RESULTS In adults, but not children, reduced levels of P-amylase and lipase were shown in at-risk individuals, including (for P-amylase levels only) those at low-risk, and in T1Dnew. Furthermore, while high-risk HLA genotypes negatively affected P-amylase levels in autoantibody negative adult individuals, fasting C-peptide levels did not correlate with pancreatic enzyme levels. CONCLUSIONS Exocrine pancreas dysfunction precedes the onset of type 1 diabetes in adult at-risk individuals and may be unrelated to fasting C-peptide levels.
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- Anna Giovenzana
- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- Cochin Institute, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- University Centre of Statistics for Biomedical Sciences (CUSSB), Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- University Centre of Statistics for Biomedical Sciences (CUSSB), Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- Immuno-Hematology and Transfusion Medicine (ITMS), IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- Pediatric Department, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy
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- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
- Telethon Foundation, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy.
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- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy.
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Gupta A, Burgess JK, Borghuis T, de Vries MP, Kuipers J, Permentier HP, Bischoff R, Slebos DJ, Pouwels SD. Identification of damage associated molecular patterns and extracellular matrix proteins as major constituents of the surface proteome of lung implantable silicone/nitinol devices. Acta Biomater 2022; 141:209-218. [PMID: 35038586 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Lung implantable devices have been widely adopted as mechanical interventions for a wide variety of pulmonary pathologies. Despite successful initial treatment, long-term efficacy can often be impacted by fibrotic or granulation tissue formation at the implant sites. This study aimed to explore the lung-device interface by identifying the adhered proteome on lung devices explanted from patients with severe emphysema. In this study, scanning electron microscopy is used to visualize the adhesion of cells and proteins to silicone and nitinol surfaces of explanted endobronchial valves. By applying high-resolution mass-spectrometry, the surface proteome of eight explanted valves is characterized, identifying 263 unique protein species to be mutually adsorbed on the valves. This subset is subjected to gene enrichment analysis, matched with known databases and further validated using immunohistochemistry. Enrichment analyses reveal dominant clusters of functionally-related ontology terms associated with coagulation, pattern recognition receptor signaling, immune responses, cytoskeleton organization, cell adhesion and migration. Matching results show that extracellular matrix proteins and damage-associated molecular patterns are cardinal in the formation of the surface proteome. This is the first study investigating the composition of the adhered proteome on explanted lung devices, setting the groundwork for hypothesis generation and further exploration. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: This is the first study investigating the composition of the adhered proteome on explanted lung devices. Lung implantable devices have been widely adopted as mechanical interventions for pulmonary pathologies. Despite successful initial treatment, long-term efficacy can often be impacted by fibrotic or granulation tissue formation around the implant sites. We identified the adhered proteome on explanted lung devices using several techniques. We identified 263 unique protein species to be mutually adsorbed on explanted lung devices. Pathway analyses revealed that these proteins are associated with coagulation, pattern recognition receptor signaling, immune responses, cytoskeleton organization, cell adhesion and migration. Furthermore, we identified that especially extracellular matrix proteins and damage-associated molecular patterns were cardinal in the formation of the surface proteome.
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- Akash Gupta
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonology, Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology & Medical Biology, Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology & Medical Biology, Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology & Medical Biology, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry and Interfaculty Mass Spectrometry Center, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry and Interfaculty Mass Spectrometry Center, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry and Interfaculty Mass Spectrometry Center, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonology, Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pulmonology, Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology & Medical Biology, Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Mice with a deficiency in Peroxisomal Membrane Protein 4 (PXMP4) display mild changes in hepatic lipid metabolism. Sci Rep 2022; 12:2512. [PMID: 35169201 PMCID: PMC8847483 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06479-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes play an important role in the metabolism of a variety of biomolecules, including lipids and bile acids. Peroxisomal Membrane Protein 4 (PXMP4) is a ubiquitously expressed peroxisomal membrane protein that is transcriptionally regulated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα), but its function is still unknown. To investigate the physiological function of PXMP4, we generated a Pxmp4 knockout (Pxmp4-/-) mouse model using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing. Peroxisome function was studied under standard chow-fed conditions and after stimulation of peroxisomal activity using the PPARα ligand fenofibrate or by using phytol, a metabolite of chlorophyll that undergoes peroxisomal oxidation. Pxmp4-/- mice were viable, fertile, and displayed no changes in peroxisome numbers or morphology under standard conditions. Also, no differences were observed in the plasma levels of products from major peroxisomal pathways, including very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs), bile acids (BAs), and BA intermediates di- and trihydroxycholestanoic acid. Although elevated levels of the phytol metabolites phytanic and pristanic acid in Pxmp4-/- mice pointed towards an impairment in peroxisomal α-oxidation capacity, treatment of Pxmp4-/- mice with a phytol-enriched diet did not further increase phytanic/pristanic acid levels. Finally, lipidomic analysis revealed that loss of Pxmp4 decreased hepatic levels of the alkyldiacylglycerol class of neutral ether lipids, particularly those containing polyunsaturated fatty acids. Together, our data show that while PXMP4 is not critical for overall peroxisome function under the conditions tested, it may have a role in the metabolism of (ether)lipids.
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Lane R, Wolters AHG, Giepmans BNG, Hoogenboom JP. Integrated Array Tomography for 3D Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 8:822232. [PMID: 35127826 PMCID: PMC8809480 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.822232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Volume electron microscopy (EM) of biological systems has grown exponentially in recent years due to innovative large-scale imaging approaches. As a standalone imaging method, however, large-scale EM typically has two major limitations: slow rates of acquisition and the difficulty to provide targeted biological information. We developed a 3D image acquisition and reconstruction pipeline that overcomes both of these limitations by using a widefield fluorescence microscope integrated inside of a scanning electron microscope. The workflow consists of acquiring large field of view fluorescence microscopy (FM) images, which guide to regions of interest for successive EM (integrated correlative light and electron microscopy). High precision EM-FM overlay is achieved using cathodoluminescent markers. We conduct a proof-of-concept of our integrated workflow on immunolabelled serial sections of tissues. Acquisitions are limited to regions containing biological targets, expediting total acquisition times and reducing the burden of excess data by tens or hundreds of GBs.
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- Ryan Lane
- Imaging Physics, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Vig S, Lambooij JM, Dekkers MC, Otto F, Carlotti F, Guigas B, Zaldumbide A. ER stress promotes mitochondrial DNA mediated type-1 interferon response in beta-cells and interleukin-8 driven neutrophil chemotaxis. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:991632. [PMID: 36171907 PMCID: PMC9511040 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.991632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Beta-cell destruction in type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from the combined effect of inflammation and recurrent autoimmunity. Accumulating evidence suggests the engagement of cellular stress during the initial stage of the disease, preceding destruction and triggering immune cell infiltration. While the role of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in this process has been largely described, the participation of the other cellular organelles, particularly the mitochondria which are central mediator for beta-cell survival and function, remains poorly investigated. Here, we have explored the contribution of ER stress, in activating type-I interferon signaling and innate immune cell recruitment. Using human beta-cell line EndoC-βH1 exposed to thapsigargin, we demonstrate that induction of cellular stress correlates with mitochondria dysfunction and a significant accumulation of cytosolic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that triggers neutrophils migration by an IL8-dependent mechanism. These results provide a novel mechanistic insight on how ER stress can cause insulitis and may ultimately facilitate the identification of potential targets to protect beta-cells against immune infiltration.
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- Saurabh Vig
- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Arnaud Zaldumbide, ; Saurabh Vig,
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Arnaud Zaldumbide, ; Saurabh Vig,
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Välikangas T, Lietzén N, Jaakkola MK, Krogvold L, Eike MC, Kallionpää H, Tuomela S, Mathews C, Gerling IC, Oikarinen S, Hyöty H, Dahl-Jorgensen K, Elo LL, Lahesmaa R. Pancreas Whole Tissue Transcriptomics Highlights the Role of the Exocrine Pancreas in Patients With Recently Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:861985. [PMID: 35498413 PMCID: PMC9044038 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.861985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Although type 1 diabetes (T1D) is primarily a disease of the pancreatic beta-cells, understanding of the disease-associated alterations in the whole pancreas could be important for the improved treatment or the prevention of the disease. We have characterized the whole-pancreas gene expression of patients with recently diagnosed T1D from the Diabetes Virus Detection (DiViD) study and non-diabetic controls. Furthermore, another parallel dataset of the whole pancreas and an additional dataset from the laser-captured pancreatic islets of the DiViD patients and non-diabetic organ donors were analyzed together with the original dataset to confirm the results and to get further insights into the potential disease-associated differences between the exocrine and the endocrine pancreas. First, higher expression of the core acinar cell genes, encoding for digestive enzymes, was detected in the whole pancreas of the DiViD patients when compared to non-diabetic controls. Second, In the pancreatic islets, upregulation of immune and inflammation related genes was observed in the DiViD patients when compared to non-diabetic controls, in line with earlier publications, while an opposite trend was observed for several immune and inflammation related genes at the whole pancreas tissue level. Third, strong downregulation of the regenerating gene family (REG) genes, linked to pancreatic islet growth and regeneration, was observed in the exocrine acinar cell dominated whole-pancreas data of the DiViD patients when compared with the non-diabetic controls. Fourth, analysis of unique features in the transcriptomes of each DiViD patient compared with the other DiViD patients, revealed elevated expression of central antiviral immune response genes in the whole-pancreas samples, but not in the pancreatic islets, of one DiViD patient. This difference in the extent of antiviral gene expression suggests different statuses of infection in the pancreas at the time of sampling between the DiViD patients, who were all enterovirus VP1+ in the islets by immunohistochemistry based on earlier studies. The observed features, indicating differences in the function, status and interplay between the exocrine and the endocrine pancreas of recent onset T1D patients, highlight the importance of studying both compartments for better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of T1D.
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- Tommi Välikangas
- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
- InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
- InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Pediatric Department, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Fimlab Laboratories, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland
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- Pediatric Department, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
- InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- *Correspondence: Riitta Lahesmaa, ; Laura L. Elo,
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- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
- InFLAMES Research Flagship Center, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- *Correspondence: Riitta Lahesmaa, ; Laura L. Elo,
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Giovenzana A, Carnovale D, Phillips B, Petrelli A, Giannoukakis N. Neutrophils and their role in the aetiopathogenesis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2022; 38:e3483. [PMID: 34245096 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.3483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Multiple and complex aetiological processes underlie diabetes mellitus, which invariably result in the development of hyperglycaemia. Although there are two prevalent distinct forms of the disease, that is, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, accumulating evidence indicates that these syndromes share more aetiopathological mechanisms than originally thought. This compels a rethinking of the approaches to prevent and treat the different manifestations of what eventually becomes a hyperglycaemic state. This review aims to address the involvement of neutrophils, the most abundant type of granulocytes involved in the initiation of the acute phase of inflammation, in the aetiopathogenesis of diabetes mellitus, with a focus on type 1 and type 2 diabetes. We review the evidence that neutrophils are the first leucocytes to react to and accumulate inside target tissues of diabetes, such as the pancreas and insulin-sensitive tissues. We then review available data on the role of neutrophils and their functional alteration, with a focus on NETosis, in the progression towards clinical disease. Finally, we review potential approaches as secondary and adjunctive treatments to limit neutrophil-mediated damage in the prevention of the progression of subclinical disease to clinical hyperglycaemia.
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- Anna Giovenzana
- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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- Institute of Cellular Therapeutics, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Lombardia, Italy
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- Institute of Cellular Therapeutics, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Kahraman S, Dirice E, Basile G, Diegisser D, Alam J, Johansson BB, Gupta MK, Hu J, Huang L, Soh CL, Huangfu D, Muthuswamy SK, Raeder H, Molven A, Kulkarni RN. Abnormal exocrine-endocrine cell cross-talk promotes β-cell dysfunction and loss in MODY8. Nat Metab 2022; 4:76-89. [PMID: 35058633 DOI: 10.1038/s42255-021-00516-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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MODY8 (maturity-onset diabetes of the young, type 8) is a dominantly inherited monogenic form of diabetes associated with mutations in the carboxyl ester lipase (CEL) gene expressed by pancreatic acinar cells. MODY8 patients develop childhood-onset exocrine pancreas dysfunction followed by diabetes during adulthood. However, it is unclear how CEL mutations cause diabetes. In the present study, we report the transfer of CEL proteins from acinar cells to β-cells as a form of cross-talk between exocrine and endocrine cells. Human β-cells show a relatively higher propensity for internalizing the mutant versus the wild-type CEL protein. After internalization, the mutant protein forms stable intracellular aggregates leading to β-cell secretory dysfunction. Analysis of pancreas sections from a MODY8 patient reveals the presence of CEL protein in the few extant β-cells. The present study provides compelling evidence for the mechanism by which a mutant gene expressed specifically in acinar cells promotes dysfunction and loss of β-cells to cause diabetes.
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- Sevim Kahraman
- Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College of Medicine, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, New York Medical College of Medicine, Valhalla, NY, USA
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- Gade Laboratory for Pathology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Cancer Research Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Pediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Gade Laboratory for Pathology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Development and Application of a Semi quantitative Scoring Method for Ultrastructural Assessment of Acute Stress in Pancreatic Islets. Transplant Direct 2021; 8:e1271. [PMID: 34934809 PMCID: PMC8683222 DOI: 10.1097/txd.0000000000001271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background. Pancreas and islet transplantation outcomes are negatively impacted by injury to the endocrine cells from acute stress during donor death, organ procurement, processing, and transplant procedures. Here, we report a novel electron microscopy scoring system, the Newcastle Pancreas Endocrine Stress Score (NPESS). Methods. NPESS was adapted and expanded from our previously validated method for scoring pancreatic exocrine acinar cells, yielding a 4-point scale (0–3) classifying ultrastructural pathology in endocrine cell nuclei, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, cytoplasmic vacuolization, and secretory granule depletion, with a maximum additive score of 15. We applied NPESS in a cohort of deceased organ donors after brainstem (DBD) and circulatory (DCD) death with a wide range of cold ischemic times (3.6–35.9 h) including 3 donors with type 1 and 3 with type 2 diabetes to assess islets in situ (n = 30) in addition to pancreata (n = 3) pre- and postislet isolation. Results. In DBD pancreata, NPESS correlated with cold ischemic time (head: r = 0.55; P = 0.02) and mirrored exocrine score (r = 0.48; P = 0.01). When stratified by endocrine phenotype, cells with granules of heterogeneous morphology had higher scores than α, β, and δ cells (P < 0.0001). Cells of mixed endocrine-exocrine morphology were observed in association with increased NPESS (P = 0.02). Islet isolation was associated with improved NPESS (in situ: 8.39 ± 0.77 [Mean ± SD]; postisolation: 5.44 ± 0.31; P = 0.04). Conclusions. NPESS provides a robust method for semiquantitative scoring of subcellular ultrastructural changes in human pancreatic endocrine cells in situ and following islet isolation with utility for unbiased evaluation of acute stress in organ transplantation research.
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Li R, Palmiotti A, de Vries HD, Hovingh MV, Koehorst M, Mulder NL, Zhang Y, Kats K, Bloks VW, Fu J, Verkade HJ, de Boer JF, Kuipers F. Low production of 12α-hydroxylated bile acids prevents hepatic steatosis in Cyp2c70 -/- mice by reducing fat absorption. J Lipid Res 2021; 62:100134. [PMID: 34626589 PMCID: PMC8596750 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2021.100134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Bile acids (BAs) play important roles in lipid homeostasis and BA signaling pathways serve as therapeutic targets for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Recently, we generated Cyp2c70-/- mice with a human-like BA composition lacking mouse/rat-specific muricholic acids (MCAs) to accelerate translation from mice to humans. We employed this model to assess the consequences of a human-like BA pool on diet-induced obesity and NAFLD development. Male and female Cyp2c70-/- mice and wild-type (WT) littermates were challenged with a 12-week Western-type high-fat diet (WTD) supplemented with 0.25% cholesterol. Cyp2c70-deficiency induced a hydrophobic BA pool with high abundances of chenodeoxycholic acid, particularly in females, due to sex-dependent suppression of sterol 12α-hydroxylase (Cyp8b1). Plasma transaminases were elevated and hepatic fibrosis was present in Cyp2c70-/- mice, especially in females. Surprisingly, female Cyp2c70-/- mice were resistant to WTD-induced obesity and hepatic steatosis while male Cyp2c70-/- mice showed similar adiposity and moderately reduced steatosis compared to WT controls. Both intestinal cholesterol and fatty acid absorption were reduced in Cyp2c70-/- mice, the latter more strongly in females, despite unaffected biliary BA secretion rates. Intriguingly, the biliary ratio 12α-/non-12α-hydroxylated BAs significantly correlated with fatty acid absorption and hepatic triglyceride content as well as with specific changes in gut microbiome composition. The hydrophobic human-like BA pool in Cyp2c70-/- mice prevents WTD-induced obesity in female mice and NAFLD development in both genders, primarily due to impaired intestinal fat absorption. Our data point to a key role for 12α-hydroxylated BAs in control of intestinal fat absorption and modulation of gut microbiome composition.
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- Rumei Li
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Science of Cells and Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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This review focuses on the human pancreatic islet-including its structure, cell composition, development, function, and dysfunction. After providing a historical timeline of key discoveries about human islets over the past century, we describe new research approaches and technologies that are being used to study human islets and how these are providing insight into human islet physiology and pathophysiology. We also describe changes or adaptations in human islets in response to physiologic challenges such as pregnancy, aging, and insulin resistance and discuss islet changes in human diabetes of many forms. We outline current and future interventions being developed to protect, restore, or replace human islets. The review also highlights unresolved questions about human islets and proposes areas where additional research on human islets is needed.
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- John T Walker
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Bugter O, Li Y, Wolters AH, Agrawal V, Dravid A, Chang A, Hardillo J, Giepmans BN, Baatenburg de Jong RJ, Amelink A, Backman V, Robinson DJ. Early Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancer Detection Using Electron Microscopy to Reveal Chromatin Packing Alterations in Buccal Mucosa Cells. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2021; 27:878-888. [PMID: 34108070 PMCID: PMC8939050 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927621000507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A profound characteristic of field cancerization is alterations in chromatin packing. This study aimed to quantify these alterations using electron microscopy image analysis of buccal mucosa cells of laryngeal, esophageal, and lung cancer patients. Analysis was done on normal-appearing mucosa, believed to be within the cancerization field, and not tumor itself. Large-scale electron microscopy (nanotomy) images were acquired of cancer patients and controls. Within the nuclei, the chromatin packing of euchromatin and heterochromatin was characterized. Furthermore, the chromatin organization was quantified through chromatin packing density scaling. A significant difference was found between the cancer and control groups in the chromatin packing density scaling parameter for length scales below the optical diffraction limit (200 nm) in both the euchromatin (p = 0.002) and the heterochromatin (p = 0.006). The chromatin packing scaling analysis also indicated that the chromatin organization of cancer patients deviated significantly from the control group. They might allow for novel strategies for cancer risk stratification and diagnosis with high sensitivity. This could aid clinicians in personalizing screening strategies for high-risk patients and follow-up strategies for treated cancer patients.
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- Oisín Bugter
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Optics, the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Stieltjesweg 1, 2628 CK Delft, the Netherlands
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, Postbus 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Dittmayer C, Goebel HH, Heppner FL, Stenzel W, Bachmann S. Preparation of Samples for Large-Scale Automated Electron Microscopy of Tissue and Cell Ultrastructure. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2021; 27:815-827. [PMID: 34266508 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927621011958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Manual selection of targets in experimental or diagnostic samples by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), based on single overview and detail micrographs, has been time-consuming and susceptible to bias. Substantial information and throughput gain may now be achieved by the automated acquisition of virtually all structures in a given EM section. Resulting datasets allow the convenient pan-and-zoom examination of tissue ultrastructure with preserved microanatomical orientation. The technique is, however, critically sensitive to artifacts in sample preparation. We, therefore, established a methodology to prepare large-scale digitization samples (LDS) designed to acquire entire sections free of obscuring flaws. For evaluation, we highlight the supreme performance of scanning EM in transmission mode compared with other EM technology. The use of LDS will substantially facilitate access to EM data for a broad range of applications.
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- Carsten Dittmayer
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neuropathology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neuropathology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117Berlin, Germany
- Johannes-Guttenberg University, Department of Neuropathology, Langenbeckstraße 1, 55122Mainz, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neuropathology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117Berlin, Germany
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Charitéplatz 1, 10117Berlin, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Neuropathology, Charitéplatz 1, 10117Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Functional Anatomy, Charitéplatz 1, 10117Berlin, Germany
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Masini M, Suleiman M, Novelli M, Marselli L, Marchetti P, De Tata V. Mast Cells and the Pancreas in Human Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. Cells 2021; 10:cells10081875. [PMID: 34440644 PMCID: PMC8391487 DOI: 10.3390/cells10081875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Mast cells are highly differentiated, widely distributed cells of the innate immune system, that are currently considered as key regulators of both innate and adaptive immunity. Mast cells play a key role in health and survival mechanisms, especially as sentinel cells that can stimulate protective immune responses. On the other hand, it has been shown that mast cells are involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases, and recently a possible pathogenetic role of mast cells in diabetes has been proposed. In this review we summarize the evidence on the increased presence of mast cells in the pancreas of subjects with type 1 diabetes, which is due to the autoimmune destruction of insulin secreting beta cells, and discuss the differences with type 2 diabetes, the other major form of diabetes. In addition, we describe some of the pathophysiological mechanisms through which mast cells might exert their actions, which could be targeted to potentially protect the beta cells in autoimmune diabetes.
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- Matilde Masini
- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 55-Scuola Medica, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (M.M.); (M.N.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pancreatic Islet Laboratory, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy; (M.S.); (L.M.); (P.M.)
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 55-Scuola Medica, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (M.M.); (M.N.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pancreatic Islet Laboratory, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy; (M.S.); (L.M.); (P.M.)
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Pancreatic Islet Laboratory, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy; (M.S.); (L.M.); (P.M.)
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma, 55-Scuola Medica, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (M.M.); (M.N.)
- Centro Interdipartimentale di Microscopia Elettronica (C.I.M.E.), University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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Siegert E, Uruha A, Goebel HH, Preuße C, Casteleyn V, Kleefeld F, Alten R, Burmester GR, Schneider U, Höppner J, Hahn K, Dittmayer C, Stenzel W. Systemic sclerosis-associated myositis features minimal inflammation and characteristic capillary pathology. Acta Neuropathol 2021; 141:917-927. [PMID: 33864496 PMCID: PMC8113184 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-021-02305-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Systemic sclerosis represents a chronic connective tissue disease featuring fibrosis, vasculopathy and autoimmunity, affecting skin, multiple internal organs, and skeletal muscles. The vasculopathy is considered obliterative, but its pathogenesis is still poorly understood. This may partially be due to limitations of conventional transmission electron microscopy previously being conducted only in single patients. The aim of our study was therefore to precisely characterize immune inflammatory features and capillary morphology of systemic sclerosis patients suffering from muscle weakness. In this study, we identified 18 individuals who underwent muscle biopsy because of muscle weakness and myalgia in a cohort of 367 systemic sclerosis patients. We performed detailed conventional and immunohistochemical analysis and large-scale electron microscopy by digitizing entire sections for in-depth ultrastructural analysis. Muscle biopsies of 12 of these 18 patients (67%) presented minimal features of myositis but clear capillary alteration, which we termed minimal myositis with capillary pathology (MMCP). Our study provides novel findings in systemic sclerosis-associated myositis. First, we identified a characteristic and specific morphological pattern termed MMCP in 67% of the cases, while the other 33% feature alterations characteristic of other overlap syndromes. This is also reflected by a relatively homogeneous clinical picture among MMCP patients. They have milder disease with little muscle weakness and a low prevalence of interstitial lung disease (20%) and diffuse skin involvement (10%) and no cases of either pulmonary arterial hypertension or renal crisis. Second, large-scale electron microscopy, introducing a new level of precision in ultrastructural analysis, revealed a characteristic capillary morphology with basement membrane thickening and reduplications, endothelial activation and pericyte proliferation. We provide open-access pan-and-zoom analysis to our datasets, enabling critical discussion and data mining. We clearly highlight characteristic capillary pathology in skeletal muscles of systemic sclerosis patients.
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- Elise Siegert
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health, Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2, 10178, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Schlosspark-Klinik, Heubnerweg 2, 14059, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neurology and Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
- Leibniz ScienceCampus Chronic Inflammation, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
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de Boer P, Giepmans BN. State-of-the-art microscopy to understand islets of Langerhans: what to expect next? Immunol Cell Biol 2021; 99:509-520. [PMID: 33667022 PMCID: PMC8252556 DOI: 10.1111/imcb.12450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The discovery of Langerhans and microscopic description of islets in the pancreas were crucial steps in the discovery of insulin. Over the past 150 years, many discoveries in islet biology and type 1 diabetes have been made using powerful microscopic techniques. In the past decade, combination of new probes, animal and tissue models, application of new biosensors and automation of light and electron microscopic methods and other (sub)cellular imaging modalities have proven their potential in understanding the beta cell under (patho)physiological conditions. The imaging evolution, from fluorescent jellyfish to real‐time intravital functional imaging, the revolution in automation and data handling and the increased resolving power of analytical imaging techniques are now converging. Here, we review innovative approaches that address islet biology from new angles by studying cells and molecules at high spatiotemporal resolution and in live models. Broad implementation of these cellular imaging techniques will shed new light on cause/consequence of (mal)function in islets of Langerhans in the years to come.
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- Pascal de Boer
- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Muralidharan C, Conteh AM, Marasco MR, Crowder JJ, Kuipers J, de Boer P, Linnemann AK. Pancreatic beta cell autophagy is impaired in type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia 2021; 64:865-877. [PMID: 33515072 PMCID: PMC7940272 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-021-05387-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Pancreatic beta cells are subjected to exogenous damaging factors such as proinflammatory cytokines or excess glucose that can cause accumulation of damage-inducing reactive oxygen species during the pathogenesis of diabetes. We and others have shown that beta cell autophagy can reduce reactive oxygen species to protect against apoptosis. While impaired islet autophagy has been demonstrated in human type 2 diabetes, it is unknown if islet autophagy is perturbed in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes. We hypothesised that beta cell autophagy is dysfunctional in type 1 diabetes, and that there is a progressive loss during early diabetes development. METHODS Pancreases were collected from chloroquine-injected and non-injected non-obese diabetes-resistant (NOR) and non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. Age- and BMI-matched pancreas tissue sections from human organ donors (N = 34) were obtained from the Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes (nPOD). Tissue sections were stained with antibodies against proinsulin or insulin (beta cell markers), microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 A/B (LC3A/B; autophagosome marker), lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1 (LAMP1; lysosome marker) and p62 (autophagy adaptor). Images collected on a scanning laser confocal microscope were analysed with CellProfiler and ImageJ. Secondary lysosomes and telolysosomes were assessed in electron micrographs of human pancreatic tissue sections (n = 12), and energy dispersive x-ray analysis was performed to assess distribution of elements (n = 5). RESULTS We observed increased autophagosome numbers in islets of diabetic NOD mice (p = 0.008) and increased p62 in islets of both non-diabetic and diabetic NOD mice (p < 0.001) vs NOR mice. There was also a reduction in LC3-LAMP1 colocalisation in islets of diabetic NOD mice compared with both non-diabetic NOD (p < 0.001) and NOR mice (p < 0.001). Chloroquine elicited accumulation of autophagosomes in the islets of NOR (p = 0.003) and non-diabetic NOD mice (p < 0.001), but not in islets of diabetic NOD mice; and stimulated accumulation of p62 in NOR (p < 0.001), but not in NOD mice. We observed reduced LC3-LAMP1 colocalisation (p < 0.001) in residual beta cells of human donors with type 1 diabetes vs non-diabetic participants. We also observed reduced colocalisation of proinsulin with LAMP1 in donors with type 1 diabetes (p < 0.001). Electron microscopy also revealed accumulation of telolysosomes with nitrogen-dense rings in beta cells of autoantibody-positive donors (p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION We provide evidence of islet macroautophagy/crinophagy impairment in human type 1 diabetes. We also document accumulation of telolysosomes with peripheral nitrogen in beta cells of autoantibody-positive donors, demonstrating altered lysosome content that may be associated with lysosome dysfunction before clinical hyperglycaemia. Similar macroautophagy impairments are present in the NOD mouse model of type 1 diabetes.
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- Charanya Muralidharan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
- Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
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Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines Induce Insulin and Glucagon Double Positive Human Islet Cells That Are Resistant to Apoptosis. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11020320. [PMID: 33669901 PMCID: PMC7923272 DOI: 10.3390/biom11020320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The presence of islet cells double positive for insulin and glucagon (Ins+/Glu+) has been described in the pancreas from both type 2 (T2D) and type 1 (T1D) diabetic subjects. We studied the role of pro-inflammatory cytokines on the occurrence, trajectory, and characteristics of Ins+/Glu+ cells in human pancreatic islets. Pancreas samples, isolated islets, and dispersed islet cells from 3 T1D and 11 non-diabetic (ND) multi-organ donors were studied by immunofluorescence, confocal microscopy, and/or electron microscopy. ND islet cells were exposed to interleukin-1β and interferon-γ for up to 120 h. In T1D islets, we confirmed an increased prevalence of Ins+/Glu+ cells. Cytokine-exposed islets showed a progressive increase of Ins+/Glu+ cells that represented around 50% of endocrine cells after 120h. Concomitantly, cells expressing insulin granules only decreased significantly over time, whereas those containing only glucagon granules remained stable. Interestingly, Ins+/Glu+ cells were less prone to cytokine-induced apoptosis than cells containing only insulin. Cytokine-exposed islets showed down-regulation of β-cell identity genes. In conclusion, pro-inflammatory cytokines induce Ins+/Glu+ cells in human islets, possibly due to a switch from a β- to a β-/α-cell phenotype. These Ins+/Glu+ cells appear to be resistant to cytokine-induced apoptosis.
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Petrelli A, Atkinson MA, Pietropaolo M, Giannoukakis N. Modulation of Leukocytes of the Innate Arm of the Immune System as a Potential Approach to Prevent the Onset and Progression of Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes 2021; 70:313-322. [PMID: 33472941 PMCID: PMC7881863 DOI: 10.2337/dbi20-0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is characterized by insulin deficiency resulting from the selective destruction of pancreatic β-cells by self-reactive T cells. Recent evidence demonstrates that innate immune responses substantially contribute to the pathogenesis of T1D, as they represent a first line of response to danger/damage signals. Here we discuss evidence on how, in a relapsing-remitting pattern, pancreas remodeling, diet, microbiota, gut permeability, and viral/bacterial infections induce the accumulation of leukocytes of the innate arm of the immune system throughout the pancreas. The subsequent acquisition and presentation of endocrine and exocrine antigens to the adaptive arm of the immune system results in a chronic progression of pancreatic damage. This process provides for the generation of self-reactive T-cell responses; however, the relative weight that genetic and environmental factors have on the etiopathogenesis of T1D is endotype imprinted and patient specific. With this Perspectives in Diabetes, our goal is to encourage the scientific community to rethink mechanisms underlying T1D pathogenesis and to consider therapeutic approaches that focus on these processes in intervention trials within new-onset disease as well as in efforts seeking the disorder's prevention in individuals at high risk.
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- Alessandra Petrelli
- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, Diabetes Institute, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Institute of Cellular Therapeutics, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
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Brawerman G, Thompson PJ. Beta Cell Therapies for Preventing Type 1 Diabetes: From Bench to Bedside. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E1681. [PMID: 33339173 PMCID: PMC7765619 DOI: 10.3390/biom10121681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by insulin deficiency, generally resulting from progressive autoimmune-mediated destruction of pancreatic beta cells. While the phenomenon of beta cell autoimmunity continues to be an active area of investigation, recent evidence suggests that beta cell stress responses are also important contributors to disease onset. Here we review the pathways driving different kinds of beta cell dysfunction and their respective therapeutic targets in the prevention of T1D. We discuss opportunities and important open questions around the effectiveness of beta cell therapies and challenges for clinical utility. We further evaluate ways in which beta cell drug therapy could be combined with immunotherapy for preventing T1D in light of our growing appreciation of disease heterogeneity and patient endotypes. Ultimately, the emergence of pharmacologic beta cell therapies for T1D have armed us with new tools and closing the knowledge gaps in T1D etiology will be essential for maximizing the potential of these approaches.
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- Gabriel Brawerman
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P4, Canada;
- Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P4, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P4, Canada;
- Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P4, Canada
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Roep BO. There Is Something About Insulin Granules. Diabetes 2020; 69:2575-2577. [PMID: 33219101 PMCID: PMC7679780 DOI: 10.2337/dbi20-0039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Bart O Roep
- Department of Diabetes Immunology, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at the Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
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White KL, Singla J, Loconte V, Chen JH, Ekman A, Sun L, Zhang X, Francis JP, Li A, Lin W, Tseng K, McDermott G, Alber F, Sali A, Larabell C, Stevens RC. Visualizing subcellular rearrangements in intact β cells using soft x-ray tomography. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eabc8262. [PMID: 33298443 PMCID: PMC7725475 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc8262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Characterizing relationships between cell structures and functions requires mesoscale mapping of intact cells showing subcellular rearrangements following stimulation; however, current approaches are limited in this regard. Here, we report a unique application of soft x-ray tomography to generate three-dimensional reconstructions of whole pancreatic β cells at different time points following glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Reconstructions following stimulation showed distinct insulin vesicle distribution patterns reflective of altered vesicle pool sizes as they travel through the secretory pathway. Our results show that glucose stimulation caused rapid changes in biochemical composition and/or density of insulin packing, increased mitochondrial volume, and closer proximity of insulin vesicles to mitochondria. Costimulation with exendin-4 (a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist) prolonged these effects and increased insulin packaging efficiency and vesicle maturation. This study provides unique perspectives on the coordinated structural reorganization and interactions of organelles that dictate cell responses.
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- Kate L White
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bridge Institute, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bridge Institute, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- iHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- iHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bridge Institute, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Bridge Institute, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- iHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Bridge Institute, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bridge Institute, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bridge Institute, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
- Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bridge Institute, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
- iHuman Institute, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Department of Chemistry, Bridge Institute, USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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