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Marques ES, Formato E, Liang W, Leonard E, Timme‐Laragy AR. Relationships between type 2 diabetes, cell dysfunction, and redox signaling: A meta-analysis of single-cell gene expression of human pancreatic α- and β-cells. J Diabetes 2022; 14:34-51. [PMID: 34725923 PMCID: PMC8746116 DOI: 10.1111/1753-0407.13236] [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: 09/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease characterized by insulin resistance and failure of β-cells to meet the metabolic demand for insulin. Recent advances in single-cell RNA sequencing (sc-RNA-Seq) have allowed for in-depth studies to further understand the underlying cellular mechanisms of T2DM. In β-cells, redox signaling is critical for insulin production. A meta-analysis of human pancreas islet sc-RNA-Seq data was conducted to evaluate how T2DM may modify the transcriptomes of α- and β-cells. METHODS Annotated sc-RNA-Seq data from six studies of human pancreatic islets from metabolically healthy and donors with T2DM were collected. α- and β-cells, subpopulations of proliferating α-cells, immature, and senescent β-cells were identified based on expression levels of key marker genes. Each dataset was analyzed individually before combining, using weighted comparisons. Pathways of significant genes and individual redox-related gene expression were then evaluated to further understand the role that redox signaling may play in T2DM-induced β-cell dysfunction. RESULTS α- and β-cells from T2DM donors modified genes involved in energy metabolism, immune response, autophagy, and cellular stress. α- and β-cells also had an increased nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NFE2L2)-mediated antioxidant response in T2DM donors. The proportion of immature and senescent β-cells increased in T2DM donors, and in immature and senescent β-cells, genes regulated by NFE2L2 were further upregulated. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that NFE2L2 plays a role in β-cell maturation and dysfunction. Redox singling maybe a key pathway for β-cell restoration and T2DM therapeutics.
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- Emily Sara Marques
- Department of Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstAmherstMassachusettsUSA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate ProgramUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstAmherstMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstAmherstMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstAmherstMassachusettsUSA
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- Department of Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstAmherstMassachusettsUSA
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Kuo YC, Tsao CW, Rajesh R. Dual-sized inverted colloidal crystal scaffolds grafted with GDF-8 and Wnt3a for enhancing differentiation of iPS cells toward islet β-cells. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2021.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Villaça CDBP, de Paula CC, de Oliveira CC, Vilas-Boas EA, Dos Santos-Silva JC, de Oliveira SF, Abdulkader F, Ferreira SM, Ortis F. Beneficial effects of physical exercise for β-cell maintenance in a type 1 diabetes mellitus animal model. Exp Physiol 2021; 106:1482-1497. [PMID: 33913203 DOI: 10.1113/ep088872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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NEW FINDINGS What is the central question of this study? Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) leads to hyperglycaemia owing to pancreatic β-cell destruction by the immune system. Physical exercise has been shown to have potentially beneficial protective roles against cytokine-induced pancreatic β-cell death, but its benefits are yet to be proved and should be understood better, especially in the islet environment. What is the main finding and its importance? Physical exercise protects against β-cell loss in a well-described animal model for T1D, induced by multiple low doses of streptozotocin. This seems to be related to reduced cytokine-induced β-cell death and increased islet cell proliferation. Contributions of islet neogenesis and/or transdifferentiation of pancreatic non-β-cells into β-cells cannot be excluded. ABSTRACT Physical exercise has beneficial effects on pancreatic β-cell function and survival in a pro-inflammatory environment. Although these effects have been linked to decreased islet inflammation and modulation of pro-apoptotic pathways, little is known about the islet microenvironment. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of physical exercise in islet histomorphology in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes mellitus induced by multiple low doses of streptozotocin. As expected, induction of type 1 diabetes mellitus led to β-cell loss and, consequently, decreased islet area. Interestingly, although the decrease in islet area was not prevented by physical exercise, this was not the case for the decrease in β-cell mass. This was probably related to induction of β-cell regeneration, because we observed increased proliferation and regeneration markers, such as Ki67 and Pcna, in islets of trained mice. These were found in the central and peripheral regions of the islets. An increase in the percentage of α- and δ-cells in these conditions, combined with an increase in proliferation and Pax4 labelling in peripheral regions, suggest that β-cell regeneration might also occur by transdifferentiation. This agrees with the presence of cells double stained for insulin and glucagon only in islets of diabetic trained mice. In addition, this group had more extra-islet insulin-positive cells and islets associated with ducts than diabetic mice. Physical exercise also decreased nuclear factor-κB activation in islet cells of diabetic trained compared with diabetic untrained mice, indicating a decrease in pro-inflammatory cytokine-induced β-cell death. Taken together, these findings indicate that preservation of β-cell mass induced by physical exercise involves an increase in β-cell replication and decrease in β-cell death, together with islet neogenesis and islet cell transdifferentiation.
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Structural and Functional Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Zhang S, Huang F, Tian W, Lai J, Qian L, Hong W, Chen H, Li LC. Andrographolide promotes pancreatic duct cells differentiation into insulin-producing cells by targeting PDX-1. Biochem Pharmacol 2019; 174:113785. [PMID: 31887289 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2019.113785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Regeneration of β-cells by differentiation of pancreatic progenitor cells has the potential to fundamentally solve the problems of the loss of β-cell function and mass during disease progression in both type 1 or 2 diabetes. Therefore, discovery of novel differentiation inducers to promote islet regeneration is of great significance. Pancreatic and duodenal homeobox1 (PDX-1) is a key transcription factor that promotes the development and maturation of pancreatic β-cells. To screen potential novel small molecules for enhancing differentiation of PNAC-1 cells, a human pancreatic ductal cell lines into insulin-producing cells (IPCs), we developed a high-throughput screening method through fusing the PDX-1 promoter region with a luciferase reporter gene. We screened and identified that andrographolide named C1037 stimulates PDX-1 expression in both mRNA and protein level and significantly promotes PANC-1 cells differentiation into IPCs as compared with that of control cells. The therapeutic effect of C037 in Streptozotocin induced diabetic mouse model through differentiation of pancreatic ductal cells into insulin positive islets was also observed. Our study provides a novel method to screen compounds regulating the differentiation of pancreatic progenitor cells having the potential of enhancing islet regeneration for diabetes therapy.
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- Shengmei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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Liu X, Zheng Y, Guasch-Ferré M, Ruiz-Canela M, Toledo E, Clish C, Liang L, Razquin C, Corella D, Estruch R, Fito M, Gómez-Gracia E, Arós F, Ros E, Lapetra J, Fiol M, Serra-Majem L, Papandreou C, Martínez-González MA, Hu FB, Salas-Salvadó J. High plasma glutamate and low glutamine-to-glutamate ratio are associated with type 2 diabetes: Case-cohort study within the PREDIMED trial. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2019; 29:1040-1049. [PMID: 31377179 PMCID: PMC9257877 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2019.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Glutamate, glutamine are involved in energy metabolism, and have been related to cardiometabolic disorders. However, their roles in the development of type-2 diabetes (T2D) remain unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of Mediterranean diet on associations between glutamine, glutamate, glutamine-to-glutamate ratio, and risk of new-onset T2D in a Spanish population at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS AND RESULTS The present study was built within the PREDIMED trial using a case-cohort design including 892 participants with 251 incident T2D cases and 641 non-cases. Participants (mean age 66.3 years; female 62.8%) were non diabetic and at high risk for CVD at baseline. Plasma levels of glutamine and glutamate were measured at baseline and after 1-year of intervention. Higher glutamate levels at baseline were associated with increased risk of T2D with a hazard ratio (HR) of 2.78 (95% CI, 1.43-5.41, P for trend = 0.0002). In contrast, baseline levels of glutamine (HR: 0.64, 95% CI, 0.36-1.12; P for trend = 0.04) and glutamine-to-glutamate ratio (HR: 0.31, 95% CI, 0.16-0.57; P for trend = 0.0001) were inversely associated with T2D risk when comparing extreme quartiles. The two Mediterranean diets (MedDiet + EVOO and MedDiet + mixed nuts) did not alter levels of glutamine and glutamate after intervention for 1 year. However, MedDiet mitigated the positive association between higher baseline plasma glutamate and T2D risk (P for interaction = 0.01). CONCLUSION Higher levels of glutamate and lower levels of glutamine were associated with increased risk of T2D in a Spanish population at high risk for CVD. Mediterranean diet might mitigate the association between the imbalance of glutamine and glutamate and T2D risk. This trial is registered at http://www.controlled-trials.com, ISRCTN35739639.
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- Xiaoran Liu
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Human Phenome Institute and School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- University of Navarra, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, IDISNA (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra), Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- University of Navarra, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, IDISNA (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra), Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- University of Navarra, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, IDISNA (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra), Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition Institut d'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi Sunyer (IDI- BAPS), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Cardiovascular and Nutrition Research Group (Regicor Study Group), Institut de Recerca-Hospital del Mar (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Alava, Vitoria, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Lipid Clinic, Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Department of Family Medicine, Research Unit, Primary Care Division of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Institute of Health Sciences IUNICS, University of Balearic Islands and Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Human Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; University of Navarra, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, IDISNA (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra), Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Human Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain.
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Badin JK, Progar V, Pareddy A, Cagle J, Alloosh M, Sturek M. Effect of Age on Diabetogenicity of Alloxan in Ossabaw Miniature Swine. Comp Med 2019; 69:114-122. [PMID: 30894246 DOI: 10.30802/aalas-cm-18-000037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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According to a single study in dogs that was conducted in 1949, the diabetic effects of the β-cell toxin alloxan are dependent on age. The current study examined whether this age-dependence of alloxan is present in the clinically relevant Ossabaw miniature swine (Sus scrofa domestica) model of metabolic syndrome. Juvenile swine (n = 8; age, 4.3 ± 0.2 mo) and adult swine (n = 8; age, 7.4 ± 0.2 mo) received alloxan (average dosage, 140 mg/kg IV) and were placed on a hypercaloric, atherogenic diet for 6 mo. The metabolic syndrome profile was confirmed by measuring body weight, cholesterol, and triglycerides. Intravenous glucose tolerance testing was used to assess glucose clearance and peripheral plasma insulin levels. The β-cell mass was calculated by immunohistochemical staining of pancreatic tissue. Although juvenile and adult swine exhibited comparable severity of metabolic syndrome, adult swine developed impaired glucose clearance and elevated fasting blood glucose levels at 6 mo after alloxan administration on the atherogenic diet. Peripheral plasma insulin levels in juvenile and adult swine were comparable at all time points and lower than in nonalloxan-treated age-matched controls, which is reflected in the lower pancreatic β-cell mass of the 2 treated groups. However, compared with adult pigs, juvenile swine exhibited greater insulin response recovery (complete or partial restoration of peripheral insulin levels to reference values) at 6 mo after alloxan administration. Overall, these results indicate that youth can confer some protection against the diabetogenic effects of alloxan in swine, potentially due in part to the greater insulin response recovery of young pigs. This study supports previous research that the effects of alloxan are dependent on the developmental maturity of the animal.
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- Jill K Badin
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana;,
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Matschinsky FM, Wilson DF. The Central Role of Glucokinase in Glucose Homeostasis: A Perspective 50 Years After Demonstrating the Presence of the Enzyme in Islets of Langerhans. Front Physiol 2019; 10:148. [PMID: 30949058 PMCID: PMC6435959 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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It is hypothesized that glucokinase (GCK) is the glucose sensor not only for regulation of insulin release by pancreatic β-cells, but also for the rest of the cells that contribute to glucose homeostasis in mammals. This includes other cells in endocrine pancreas (α- and δ-cells), adrenal gland, glucose sensitive neurons, entero-endocrine cells, and cells in the anterior pituitary. Glucose transport is by facilitated diffusion and is not rate limiting. Once inside, glucose is phosphorylated to glucose-6-phosphate by GCK in a reaction that is dependent on glucose throughout the physiological range of concentrations, is irreversible, and not product inhibited. High glycerol phosphate shuttle, pyruvate dehydrogenase, and pyruvate carboxylase activities, combined with low pentose-P shunt, lactate dehydrogenase, plasma membrane monocarboxylate transport, and glycogen synthase activities constrain glucose-6-phosphate to being metabolized through glycolysis. Under these conditions, glycolysis produces mostly pyruvate and little lactate. Pyruvate either enters the citric acid cycle through pyruvate dehydrogenase or is carboxylated by pyruvate carboxylase. Reducing equivalents from glycolysis enter oxidative phosphorylation through both the glycerol phosphate shuttle and citric acid cycle. Raising glucose concentration increases intramitochondrial [NADH]/[NAD+] and thereby the energy state ([ATP]/[ADP][Pi]), decreasing [Mg2+ADP] and [AMP]. [Mg2+ADP] acts through control of KATP channel conductance, whereas [AMP] acts through regulation of AMP-dependent protein kinase. Specific roles of different cell types are determined by the diverse molecular mechanisms used to couple energy state to cell specific responses. Having a common glucose sensor couples complementary regulatory mechanisms into a tightly regulated and stable glucose homeostatic network.
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- Franz M Matschinsky
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Lee SH, Hao E, Scharp D, Levine F. Insulin acts as a repressive factor to inhibit the ability of PAR2 to induce islet cell transdifferentiation. Islets 2018; 10:1-12. [PMID: 29723131 PMCID: PMC6300087 DOI: 10.1080/19382014.2018.1472839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Revised: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Recently, we showed that pancreatitis in the context of profound β-cell deficiency was sufficient to induce islet cell transdifferentiation. In some circumstances, this effect was sufficient to result in recovery from severe diabetes. More recently, we showed that the molecular mechanism by which pancreatitis induced β-cell neogenesis by transdifferentiation was activation of an atypical GPCR called Protease-Activated Receptor 2 (PAR2). However, the ability of PAR2 to induce transdifferentiation occurred only in the setting of profound β-cell deficiency, implying the existence of a repressive factor from those cells. Here we show that the repressor from β-cells is insulin. Treatment of primary islets with a PAR2 agonist (2fLI) in combination with inhibitors of insulin secretion and signaling was sufficient to induce insulin and PAX4 gene expression. Moreover, in primary human islets, this treatment also led to the induction of bihormonal islet cells coexpressing glucagon and insulin, a hallmark of islet cell transdifferentiation. Mechanistically, insulin inhibited the positive effect of a PAR2 agonist on insulin gene expression and also led to an increase in PAX4, which plays an important role in islet cell transdifferentiation. The studies presented here demonstrate that insulin represses transdifferentiation of α- to β-cells induced by activation of PAR2. This provides a mechanistic explanation for the observation that α- to β-cell transdifferentiation occurs only in the setting of severe β-cell ablation. The mechanistic understanding of islet cell transdifferentiation and the ability to modulate that process using available pharmacological reagents represents an important step along the path towards harnessing this novel mechanism of β-cell neogenesis as a therapy for diabetes.
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- Seung-Hee Lee
- a Sanford Children's Health Research Center , Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute , La Jolla , California , USA
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- b Prodo Laboratories & Scharp-Lacy Research Institute , 32A Mauchly, Irvine , CA , USA
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- b Prodo Laboratories & Scharp-Lacy Research Institute , 32A Mauchly, Irvine , CA , USA
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- a Sanford Children's Health Research Center , Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute , La Jolla , California , USA
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Stošić M, Matavulj M, Marković J. Effects of subchronic acrylamide treatment on the endocrine pancreas of juvenile male Wistar rats. Biotech Histochem 2018; 93:89-98. [PMID: 29319366 DOI: 10.1080/10520295.2017.1393562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Acrylamide (AA) is a well-known industrial monomer with carcinogenic, mutagenic, neurotoxic and endocrine disruptive effects on living organisms. AA has been the subject of renewed interest owing to its presence in various food products. We investigated the potential adverse effects of oral AA treatment on the endocrine pancreas of juvenile rats using histochemical, immunohistochemical, stereological and biochemical methods. Thirty juvenile male Wistar rats were divided into one control and two AA treatment groups: one treated with 25 mg/kg AA and the other treated with 50 mg/kg AA for 21 days. We found a significant decrease in β-cell mass. The significant decrease in β-cell optical density and unchanged blood glucose levels indicate that normoglycemia in AA treated rats may result from intensive exocytosis of insulin-containing secretory granules. By contrast with β-cells, we observed increased α-cell mass. The slight increase in α-cell cytoplasmic volume suggests retention of glucagon in α-cells, which is consistent with the significant increase in α-cell optical density for AA treated animals. The number of islets of Langerhans did not change significantly in AA treated groups. Our findings suggest that AA treatment causes decreased β-cell mass and moderate α-cell mass increase in the islets of Langerhans of juvenile male Wistar rats.
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- M Stošić
- a Faculty of Technical Sciences, Department of Environmental engineering and Occupational Safety and Health , University of Novi Sad , Novi Sad , Serbia
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- b Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology , University of Novi Sad , Novi Sad , Serbia
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- b Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology , University of Novi Sad , Novi Sad , Serbia
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Ilievski V, Bhat UG, Suleiman-Ata S, Bauer BA, Toth PT, Olson ST, Unterman TG, Watanabe K. Oral application of a periodontal pathogen impacts SerpinE1 expression and pancreatic islet architecture in prediabetes. J Periodontal Res 2017. [PMID: 28643938 DOI: 10.1111/jre.12474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Epidemiological studies suggest a close association between periodontitis and prediabetes/insulin resistance (IR) but whether periodontitis causes prediabetes in humans is not known. Using various animal models, we have recently established that periodontitis can be an initiator of prediabetes, which is characterized by glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia and IR. In addition, our in vitro studies indicated that Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) induced insulin secretion in MIN6 β cells and this induction was in part SerpinE1 (plasminogen activator inhibitor 1, PAI1) dependent. However, the mechanism(s) by which periodontitis induces prediabetes is not known. As α and β cells in pancreatic islets are the major modulators of glucose levels, we investigated whether experimental periodontitis by oral application of a periodontal pathogen caused molecular and/or cellular alterations in pancreatic islets and whether SerpinE1 was involved in this process. MATERIAL AND METHODS We induced periodontitis in C57BL/6 mice by oral application of a periodontal pathogen, Pg, and determined changes that occurred in islets following 22 weeks of Pg application. Pancreatic islet architecture was determined by 2-D and 3-D immunofluorescence microscopy and SerpinE1 and its target, urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA), as well as insulin, glucagon and Pg/gingipain in islets were detected by immunofluorescence. The presence of apoptotic islet cells was determined by both histochemical and immunofluorescence TUNEL assays. To investigate further the direct effect of Pg on apoptosis and the involvement of SerpinE1 in this process, we used SerpinE1 knockdown and scrambled control clones of the MIN6 pancreatic β-cell line. RESULTS Pg/gingipain was detected in both the periodontium and pancreas in the experimental group. Islets from animals that were administered Pg orally (experimental group) developed significant changes in islet architecture, upregulation of SerpinE1, and increased β-cell apoptosis compared with the control group. We also observed that exposure of MIN6 cells to Pg in vitro resulted in apoptosis. However, apoptosis was significantly reduced when SerpinE1 expression by MIN6 cells was knocked down. CONCLUSION Oral application of the periodontal pathogen Pg to C57BL/6 mice induces periodontitis, translocation of Pg/gingipain to the pancreas and results in complex alterations in pancreatic islet morphology. SerpinE1 appears to be involved in this process.
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- V Ilievski
- Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Undergraduate Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Khan D, Vasu S, Moffett RC, Irwin N, Flatt PR. Islet distribution of Peptide YY and its regulatory role in primary mouse islets and immortalised rodent and human beta-cell function and survival. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2016; 436:102-13. [PMID: 27465830 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Revised: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Recent evidence suggests that the classic gut peptide, Peptide YY (PYY), could play a fundamental role in endocrine pancreatic function. In the present study expression of PYY and its NPY receptors on mouse islets and immortalised rodent and human beta-cells was examined together with the effects of both major circulating forms of PYY, namely PYY(1-36) and PYY(3-36), on beta-cell function, murine islet adaptions to insulin deficiency/resistance, as well as direct effects on cultured beta-cell proliferation and apoptosis. In vivo administration of PYY(3-36), but not PYY(1-36), markedly (p < 0.05) decreased food intake in overnight fasted mice. Neither form of PYY affected glucose disposal or insulin secretion following an i.p. glucose challenge. However, in vitro, PYY(1-36) and PYY(3-36) inhibited (p < 0.05 to p < 0.001) glucose, alanine and GLP-1 stimulated insulin secretion from immortalised rodent and human beta-cells, as well as isolated mouse islets, by impeding alterations in membrane potential, [Ca(2+)]i and elevations of cAMP. Mice treated with multiple low dose streptozotocin presented with severe (p < 0.01) loss of beta-cell mass accompanied by notable increases (p < 0.001) in alpha and PP cell numbers. In contrast, hydrocortisone-induced insulin resistance increased islet number (p < 0.01) and beta-cell mass (p < 0.001). PYY expression was consistently observed in alpha-, PP- and delta-, but not beta-cells. Streptozotocin decreased islet PYY co-localisation with PP (p < 0.05) and somatostatin (p < 0.001), whilst hydrocortisone increased PYY co-localisation with glucagon (p < 0.05) in mice. More detailed in vitro investigations revealed that both forms of PYY augmented (p < 0.05 to p < 0.01) immortalised human and rodent beta-cell proliferation and protected against streptozotocin-induced cytotoxicity, to a similar or superior extent as the well characterised beta-cell proliferative and anti-apoptotic agent GLP-1. Taken together, these data highlight the significance and potential offered by modulation of pancreatic islet NPY receptor signalling pathways for preservation of beta-cell mass in diabetes.
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- Dawood Khan
- SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK.
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- SAAD Centre for Pharmacy and Diabetes, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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PAR2 regulates regeneration, transdifferentiation, and death. Cell Death Dis 2016; 7:e2452. [PMID: 27809303 PMCID: PMC5260873 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2016.357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Understanding the mechanisms by which cells sense and respond to injury is central to developing therapies to enhance tissue regeneration. Previously, we showed that pancreatic injury consisting of acinar cell damage+β-cell ablation led to islet cell transdifferentiation. Here, we report that the molecular mechanism for this requires activating protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR2), a G-protein-coupled receptor. PAR2 modulation was sufficient to induce islet cell transdifferentiation in the absence of β-cells. Its expression was modulated in an islet cell type-specific manner in murine and human type 1 diabetes (T1D). In addition to transdifferentiation, PAR2 regulated β-cell apoptosis in pancreatitis. PAR2's role in regeneration is broad, as mice lacking PAR2 had marked phenotypes in response to injury in the liver and in digit regeneration following amputation. These studies provide a pharmacologically relevant target to induce tissue regeneration in a number of diseases, including T1D.
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Prasadan K, Shiota C, Xiangwei X, Ricks D, Fusco J, Gittes G. A synopsis of factors regulating beta cell development and beta cell mass. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 73:3623-37. [PMID: 27105622 PMCID: PMC5002366 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2231-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Revised: 03/24/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The insulin-secreting beta cells in the endocrine pancreas regulate blood glucose levels, and loss of functional beta cells leads to insulin deficiency, hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) and diabetes mellitus. Current treatment strategies for type-1 (autoimmune) diabetes are islet transplantation, which has significant risks and limitations, or normalization of blood glucose with insulin injections, which is clearly not ideal. The type-1 patients can lack insulin counter-regulatory mechanism; therefore, hypoglycemia is a potential risk. Hence, a cell-based therapy offers a better alternative for the treatment of diabetes. Past research was focused on attempting to generate replacement beta cells from stem cells; however, recently there has been an increasing interest in identifying mechanisms that will lead to the conversion of pre-existing differentiated endocrine cells into beta cells. The goal of this review is to provide an overview of several of the key factors that regulate new beta cell formation (neogenesis) and beta cell proliferation.
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- Krishna Prasadan
- Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224, USA
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- Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224, USA
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- Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224, USA
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- Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224, USA
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- Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224, USA
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- Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of University of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15224, USA.
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Characterization of Insulin-Immunoreactive Cells and Endocrine Cells Within the Duct System of the Adult Human Pancreas. Pancreas 2016; 45:735-42. [PMID: 26580455 DOI: 10.1097/mpa.0000000000000555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The adult pancreatic duct system accommodates endocrine cells that have the potential to produce insulin. Here we report the characterization and distribution of insulin-immunoreactive cells and endocrine cells within the ductal units of adult human pancreas. METHODS Sequential pancreas sections from 12 nondiabetic adults were stained with biomarkers of ductal epithelial cells (cytokeratin 19), acinar cells (amylase), endocrine cells (chromogranin A; neuron-specific enolase), islet hormones (insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, pancreatic polypeptide), cell proliferation (Ki-67), and neogenesis (CD29). RESULTS The number of islet hormone-immunoreactive cells increased from large ducts to the terminal branches. The insulin-producing cells outnumbered endocrine cells reactive for glucagon, somatostatin, or pancreatic polypeptide. The proportions of insulin-immunoreactive count compared with local islets (100% as a baseline) were 1.5% for the main ducts, 7.2% for interlobular ducts, 24.8% for intralobular ducts, 67.9% for intercalated ducts, and 348.9% for centroacinar cells. Both Ki-67- and CD29-labeled cells were predominantly localized in the terminal branches around the islets. The terminal branches also showed cells coexpressing islet hormones and cytokeratin 19. CONCLUSIONS The adult human pancreatic ducts showed islet hormone-producing cells. The insulin-reactive cells predominantly localized in terminal branches where they may retain potential capability for β-cell neogenesis.
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Bueno PDG, Yochite JNU, Derigge-Pisani GF, Malmegrim de Farias KCR, de Avó LRDS, Voltarelli JC, Leal ÂMDO. Metabolic and pancreatic effects of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells transplantation in mice fed high-fat diet. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124369. [PMID: 25923733 PMCID: PMC4414281 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of multiple infusions of allogeneic MSCs on glucose homeostasis and morphometry of pancreatic islets in high- fat diet (HFD) fed mice. Swiss mice were fed standard diet (C group) or HFD (HFD group). After 8 weeks, animals of HFD group received sterile phosphate-buffered saline infusions (HFD-PBS) or four infusions of MSCs one week apart (HFD-MSCs). Fasting glycemia (FG) was determined weekly and glucose (GTT) and insulin (ITT) tolerance tests were performed 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks after the infusions of MSCs. The MSCs transplanted mice were classified as responder (FG < 180 mg/dL, 72.2% of transplanted mice) or non-responder (FG > 180mg/dL, 28.8%) Seven weeks after MSCs infusions, FG decreased in HFD-MSCs responder mice compared with the HFD-PBS group. Sixteen weeks post MSCs infusions, GTT and ITT areas under the curve (AUC) decreased in HFD-MSCs responder mice compared to HFD-PBS group. Serum insulin concentration was higher in HFD-PBS group than in control animals and was not different compared with the other groups. The relative volume of α-cells was significantly smaller in HFD-PBS group than in C group and significantly higher in HFD-MSCs-NR than in HFD-PBS and HFD-MSCs-R groups. Cell apoptosis in the islets was higher in HFD-PBS group than in C group, and lower in HFD-MSCs responder mice than in HFD-PBS group and non-responder animals. The results demonstrate the ability of multiple infusions of MSCs to promote prolonged decrease in hyperglycemia and apoptosis in pancreatic islets and increase in insulin sensitivity in HFD fed mice.
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- Patricia de Godoy Bueno
- Department of Physiological Science, Center of Biological Sciences and Health, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physiological Science, Center of Biological Sciences and Health, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical, Toxicological and Bromatological Analyses, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Piran R, Lee SH, Li CR, Charbono A, Bradley LM, Levine F. Pharmacological induction of pancreatic islet cell transdifferentiation: relevance to type I diabetes. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1357. [PMID: 25077543 PMCID: PMC4123101 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2014.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2014] [Revised: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Type I diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which an immune response to pancreatic β-cells results in their loss over time. Although the conventional view is that this loss is due to autoimmune destruction, we present evidence of an additional phenomenon in which autoimmunity promotes islet endocrine cell transdifferentiation. The end result is a large excess of δ-cells, resulting from α- to β- to δ-cell transdifferentiation. Intermediates in the process of transdifferentiation were present in murine and human T1D. Here, we report that the peptide caerulein was sufficient in the context of severe β-cell deficiency to induce efficient induction of α- to β- to δ-cell transdifferentiation in a manner very similar to what occurred in T1D. This was demonstrated by genetic lineage tracing and time course analysis. Islet transdifferentiation proceeded in an islet autonomous manner, indicating the existence of a sensing mechanism that controls the transdifferentiation process within each islet. The finding of evidence for islet cell transdifferentiation in rodent and human T1D and its induction by a single peptide in a model of T1D has important implications for the development of β-cell regeneration therapies for diabetes.
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- R Piran
- Sanford Children's Health Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Sanford Children's Health Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Animal Facility, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Sanford Children's Health Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Skurikhin EG, Ermakova NN, Khmelevskaya ES, Pershina OV, Krupin VA, Ermolaeva LA, Dygai AM. Differentiation of pancreatic stem and progenitor β-cells into insulin secreting cells in mice with diabetes mellitus. Bull Exp Biol Med 2014; 156:726-30. [PMID: 24824681 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-014-2434-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We studied in vitro differentiation of pancreatic stem and progenitor cells into insulin secreting cells in the model of streptozotocin-induced diabetes in C57Bl/6 mice. Streptozotocin was shown to increase the population of pancreatic oligopotent β-cell precursors (CD45(-), TER119(-), CD133(+), and CD49f(low)) and did not affect multipotent (stem) progenitor cells (CD45(-), TER119(-), CD17(-), CD309(-)). During long-term culturing, diabetic multipotent progenitor cells showed high capacity for self-renewal. A population of dithizone-positive (insulin secreting cells) mononuclear cells was obtained releasing insulin after prolonged culturing in suspension enriched with diabetic CD45(-), TER119(-), CD17(-), and CD309(-) cells. The rate of generation of "new" insulin-producing cells and insulin release in the samples of experimental group considerably exceeded activity of the corresponding processes in the control group.
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- E G Skurikhin
- Research Institute of Pharmacology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
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Matsunari H, Kobayashi T, Watanabe M, Umeyama K, Nakano K, Kanai T, Matsuda T, Nagaya M, Hara M, Nakauchi H, Nagashima H. Transgenic pigs with pancreas-specific expression of green fluorescent protein. J Reprod Dev 2014; 60:230-7. [PMID: 24748398 PMCID: PMC4085388 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2014-006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The development and regeneration of the pancreas is of considerable interest because of the role of these processes in pancreatic diseases, such as diabetes. Here, we sought to develop a large animal model in which the pancreatic cell lineage could be tracked. The pancreatic and duodenal homeobox-1 (Pdx1) gene promoter was conjugated to Venus, a green fluorescent protein, and introduced into 370 in vitro-matured porcine oocytes by intracytoplasmic sperm injection-mediated gene transfer. These oocytes were transferred into four recipient gilts, all of which became pregnant. Three gilts were sacrificed at 47-65 days of gestation, and the fourth was allowed to farrow. Seven of 16 fetuses obtained were transgenic (Tg) and exhibited pancreas-specific green fluorescence. The fourth recipient gilt produced a litter of six piglets, two of which were Tg. The founder Tg offspring matured normally and produced healthy first-generation (G1) progeny. A postweaning autopsy of four 27-day-old G1 Tg piglets confirmed the pancreas-specific Venus expression. Immunostaining of the pancreatic tissue indicated the transgene was expressed in β-cells. Pancreatic islets from Tg pigs were transplanted under the renal capsules of NOD/SCID mice and expressed fluorescence up to one month after transplantation. Tg G1 pigs developed normally and had blood glucose levels within the normal range. Insulin levels before and after sexual maturity were within normal ranges, as were other blood biochemistry parameters, indicating that pancreatic function was normal. We conclude that Pdx1-Venus Tg pigs represent a large animal model suitable for research on pancreatic development/regeneration and diabetes.
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- Hitomi Matsunari
- Meiji University International Institute for Bio-Resource Research, Kawasaki 214-8571, Japan
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Islets form in the pancreas after the first endocrine cells have arisen as either single cells or small cell clusters in the epithelial cords. These cords constitute the developing pancreas in one of its earliest recognizable stages. Islet formation begins at the time the cords transform into a branching ductal system, continues while the ductal system expands, and finally stops before the exocrine tissue of ducts and acini reaches its final expansion. Thus, islets continuously arise from founder cells located in the branching and ramifying ducts. Islets arising from proximal duct cells locate between the exocrine lobules, develop strong autonomic and sensory innervations, and pass their blood to efferent veins (insulo-venous efferent system). Islets arising from cells of more distal ducts locate within the exocrine lobules, respond to nerve impulses ending at neighbouring blood vessels, and pass their blood to the surrounding acini (insulo-acinar portal system). Consequently, the section of the ductal system from which an islet arises determines to a large extent its future neighbouring tissue, architecture, properties, and functions. We note that islets interlobular in position are frequently found in rodents (rats and mice), whereas intralobularly-located, peripheral duct islets prevail in humans and cattle. Also, we expound on bovine foetal Laguesse islets as a prominent foetal type of type 1 interlobular neuro-insular complexes, similar to neuro-insular associations frequently found in rodents. Finally, we consider the probable physiological and pathophysiological implications of the different islet positions within and between species.
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Ding L, Gysemans C, Mathieu C. β-Cell differentiation and regeneration in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Obes Metab 2013; 15 Suppl 3:98-104. [PMID: 24003926 DOI: 10.1111/dom.12164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Pancreatic insulin-producing β-cells have traditionally been viewed as a quiescent cell population. However, several recent lines of evidence indicated that like most tissues the β-cell mass is dynamically regulated with ongoing β-cell regeneration throughout life to replenish lost or damaged β-cells. In type 1 diabetes (T1D), this fine-tuned balance between β-cell death and β-cell renewal in the endocrine pancreas is lost and the deficit in β-cell mass is largely caused by autoimmune-mediated apoptosis. Currently, the concept that a cure for T1D will require both re-establishment of immunological tolerance along with replacement or regeneration of a functional β-cell mass in T1D patients is generally accepted. In this study our current understanding of the events directing β-cell replication, β-cell reprogramming from different cell types and β-cell regeneration is reviewed, in view of the results of various immunomodulatory strategies aiming at blocking autoimmune responses against pancreatic β-cells and at improving β-cell mass and function in subjects with T1D.
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- L Ding
- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Campus Gasthuisberg O&N1, Faculty of Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Mao Y, Mohan R, Zhang S, Tang X. MicroRNAs as pharmacological targets in diabetes. Pharmacol Res 2013; 75:37-47. [PMID: 23810798 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2013.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Revised: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Diabetes is characterized by high levels of blood glucose due to either the loss of insulin-producing beta-cells in the pancreas, leading to a deficiency of insulin in type 1 diabetes, or due to increased insulin resistance, leading to reduced insulin sensitivity and productivity in type 2 diabetes. There is an increasing need for new options to treat diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes at its early stages due to an ineffective control of its development in patients. Recently, a novel class of small noncoding RNAs, termed microRNAs (miRNAs), is found to play a key role as important transcriptional and posttranscriptional inhibitors of gene expression in fine-tuning the target messenger RNAs (mRNAs). miRNAs are implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetes and have become an intriguing target for therapeutic intervention. This review focuses on the dysregulated miRNAs discovered in various diabetic models and addresses the potential for miRNAs to be therapeutic targets in the treatment of diabetes.
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- Yiping Mao
- Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, United States
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Gout J, Pommier RM, Vincent DF, Ripoche D, Goddard-Léon S, Colombe A, Treilleux I, Valcourt U, Tomasini R, Dufresne M, Bertolino P, Bartholin L. The conditional expression of KRAS G12D in mouse pancreas induces disorganization of endocrine islets prior the onset of ductal pre-cancerous lesions. Pancreatology 2013; 13:191-5. [PMID: 23719586 DOI: 10.1016/j.pan.2013.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Revised: 02/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Pdx1-Cre; LSL-KRAS(G12D) mice develop premalignant pancreatic ductal lesions that can possibly progress spontaneously to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Although Pdx1-Cre is expressed in the embryonic endoderm, which gives rise to all pancreatic lineages, the possible consequences of KRAS(G12D) expression in the endocrine compartment have never been finely explored. METHODS We examined by histology whether Pdx1-driven expression of KRAS(G12D) could induce islets of Langerhans defects. RESULTS We observed in Pdx1-Cre; LSL-KRAS(G12D) early disorganization of the endocrine compartment including i) hyperplasia affecting all the endocrine lineages, ii) ectopic onset of Ck19-positive (ductal-like) structures within the endocrine islets, and iii) the presence of islet cells co-expressing glucagon and insulin, all occurring before the onset of ducts lesions. CONCLUSIONS This work indicates that expression of KRAS(G12D) in Pdx1-expressing cells during embryogenesis affects the endocrine pancreas, and highlights the need to deepen possible consequences on both glucose metabolism and PDAC initiation.
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- Johann Gout
- TGFβ and Pancreatic Cancer Laboratory, INSERM U1052, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Medina A, Yamada S, Hara A, Hamamoto K, Kojima I. Involvement of the parasympathetic nervous system in the initiation of regeneration of pancreatic β-cells. Endocr J 2013; 60:687-96. [PMID: 23411584 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.ej12-0361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The mechanism that initiates regeneration of pancreatic β-cells is not clear at present. The vagal nerve is implicated in the regulation of gastrointestinal functions, glucose metabolism and proliferation of pancreatic β-cells under physiological conditions. To elucidate the triggering mechanism of the regeneration of pancreatic β-cells, we examined the involvement of the vagal nerve. To this end, we employed a rat pancreatic duct ligation (DL) model, in which profound β-cell neogenesis and β-cell proliferation were observed within a week. We administered atropine to block the vagal nerve. Administration of atropine inhibited proliferation of β-cells in both islets and islet-like cell clusters (ICC), without affecting ductal cell proliferation in the ligated pancreas. The numbers of PDX-1 and MafB-positive cells in or attaching to the ducts were significantly reduced by atropine. MafB/glucagon and MafB/insulin double-positive cells were also decreased by atropine. Finally, atropine reduced the number of MafA-positive ductal cells, all of which were positive for insulin, by 50% on day 5. These results strongly suggest that the vagal nerve is involved in β-cell proliferation, induction of endocrine progenitors and neogenesis of α- and β-cells.
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- Anya Medina
- Institute for Molecular & Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Maebashi 371-8512, Japan.
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Mansouri A. Development and regeneration in the endocrine pancreas. ISRN ENDOCRINOLOGY 2012; 2012:640956. [PMID: 23326678 PMCID: PMC3544272 DOI: 10.5402/2012/640956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The pancreas is composed of two compartments that deliver digestive enzymes and endocrine hormones to control the blood sugar level. The endocrine pancreas consists of functional units organized into cell clusters called islets of Langerhans where insulin-producing cells are found in the core and surrounded by glucagon-, somatostatin-, pancreatic polypeptide-, and ghrelin-producing cells. Diabetes is a devastating disease provoked by the depletion or malfunction of insulin-producing beta-cells in the endocrine pancreas. The side effects of diabetes are multiple, including cardiovascular, neuropathological, and kidney diseases. The analyses of transgenic and knockout mice gave major insights into the molecular mechanisms controlling endocrine pancreas genesis. Moreover, the study of animal models of pancreas injury revealed that the pancreas has the propensity to undergo regeneration and opened new avenues to develop novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of diabetes. Thus, beside self-replication of preexisting insulin-producing cells, several potential cell sources in the adult pancreas were suggested to contribute to beta-cell regeneration, including acinar, intraislet, and duct epithelia. However, regeneration in the adult endocrine pancreas is still under controversial debate.
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- Ahmed Mansouri
- Research Group Molecular Cell Differentiation, Department Molecular Cell Biology, Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Goettingen, Germany ; Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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Nostro MC, Keller G. Generation of beta cells from human pluripotent stem cells: Potential for regenerative medicine. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2012; 23:701-10. [PMID: 22750147 PMCID: PMC4400853 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/13/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The loss of beta cells in Type I diabetes ultimately leads to insulin dependence and major complications that are difficult to manage by insulin injections. Given the complications associated with long-term administration of insulin, cell-replacement therapy is now under consideration as an alternative treatment that may someday provide a cure for this disease. Over the past 10 years, islet transplantation trials have demonstrated that it is possible to replenish beta cell function in Type I diabetes patients and, at least temporarily, eliminate their dependency on insulin. While not yet optimal, the success of these trials has provided proof-of-principle that cell replacement therapy is a viable option for treating diabetes. Limited access to donor islets has launched a search for alternative source of beta cells for cell therapy purposes and focused the efforts of many investigators on the challenge of deriving such cells from human embryonic (hESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). Over the past five years, significant advances have been made in understanding the signaling pathways that control lineage development from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) and as a consequence, it is now possible to routinely generate insulin producing cells from both hESCs and hiPSCs. While these achievements are impressive, significant challenges do still exist, as the majority of insulin producing cells generated under these conditions are polyhormonal and non functional, likely reflecting the emergence of the polyhormonal population that is known to arise in the early embryo during the phase of pancreatic development known as the 'first transition'. Functional beta cells, which arise during the second phase or transition of pancreatic development have been generated from hESCs, however they are detected only following transplantation of progenitor stage cells into immunocompromised mice. With this success, our challenge now is to define the pathways that control the development and maturation of this second transition population from hPSCs, and establish conditions for the generation of functional beta cells in vitro.
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- Maria Cristina Nostro
- McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada
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β-Cell Generation: Can Rodent Studies Be Translated to Humans? J Transplant 2011; 2011:892453. [PMID: 22007286 PMCID: PMC3189575 DOI: 10.1155/2011/892453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Revised: 07/31/2011] [Accepted: 07/31/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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β-cell replacement by allogeneic islet transplantation is a promising approach for patients with type 1 diabetes, but the shortage of organ donors requires new sources of β cells. Islet regeneration in vivo and generation of β-cells ex vivo followed by transplantation represent attractive therapeutic alternatives to restore the β-cell mass. In this paper, we discuss different postnatal cell types that have been envisaged as potential sources for future β-cell replacement therapy. The ultimate goal being translation to the clinic, a particular attention is given to the discrepancies between findings from studies performed in rodents (both ex vivo on primary cells and in vivo on animal models), when compared with clinical data and studies performed on human cells.
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Multiple approaches have been investigated with the ultimate goal of providing insulin independence to patients with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Approaches to produce insulin-secreting cells in culture, convert non-β-cells into functional β-cells or engineer autologous cells to express and secrete insulin in a meal-responsive manner have all been described. This research has been facilitated by significant improvements in both viral and non-viral gene delivery approaches that have enabled new experimental strategies. Many studies have examined possible avenues to confer islet cytoprotection against immune rejection, inflammation and apoptosis by genetic manipulation of islet cells prior to islet transplantation. Here we review several reports based on the reprogramming of pancreas and gut endocrine cells to treat diabetes.
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- E Tudurí
- Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Li CR, Deiro MF, Godebu E, Bradley LM. IL-7 uniquely maintains FoxP3(+) adaptive Treg cells that reverse diabetes in NOD mice via integrin-β7-dependent localization. J Autoimmun 2011; 37:217-27. [PMID: 21745722 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2011.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2011] [Revised: 05/04/2011] [Accepted: 06/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) develops as a consequence of a progressive autoimmune response that destroys insulin-producing β-cells in pancreatic islets. Because of their role(s) in controlling immune responses, considerable effort has been directed toward resolving whether regulatory T cells (Tregs) offer a clinical treatment to restore tolerance in T1D. We previously reported that in vitro-induced adaptive Treg cells (aTregs) can reverse T1D and persist as protective memory cells in the NOD mouse model. In the current study, we investigated mechanisms that regulate aTregs. We found that these FoxP3(+) aTregs expressed high levels of the IL-7 receptor, IL-7Rα, without the high affinity receptor for IL-2, CD25, which is found on natural Treg cells (nTregs). IL-7Rα expression was mirrored by the dependency of aTregs on IL-7 for persistence. IL-10 and TGF-β, effector cytokines of aTregs, were not essential for their maintenance at the level of systemic antibody blocking. Nevertheless, IL-10 modulated cytokine production by aTregs and TGF-β was critical for protection. aTregs were found to infiltrate islets and the expression of integrin-β7 was required for their localization in the pancreas. Furthermore, blocking aTreg entry into the pancreas prevented their control of diabetogenic effector T cells, implying the need for local control of the autoimmune response. The distinct homeostatic regulation of aTregs independently of a response to IL-2, which is defective in T1D patients, suggests that these cells represent a translatable candidate to control the autoimmune response.
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- Cheng-Rui Li
- Infectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Houbracken I, Bouwens L. The quest for tissue stem cells in the pancreas and other organs, and their application in beta-cell replacement. Rev Diabet Stud 2010; 7:112-23. [PMID: 21060970 PMCID: PMC2989784 DOI: 10.1900/rds.2010.7.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2010] [Revised: 07/07/2010] [Accepted: 07/10/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Adult stem cell research has drawn a lot of attention by many researchers, due to its medical hope of cell replacement or regenerative therapy for diabetes patients. Despite the many research efforts to date, there is no consensus on the existence of stem cells in adult pancreas. Genetic lineage tracing experiments have put into serious doubt whether β-cell neogenesis from stem/progenitor cells takes place postnatally. Different in vitro experiments have suggested centroacinar, ductal, acinar, stellate, or yet unidentified clonigenic cells as candidate β-cell progenitors. As in the rest of the adult stem cell field, sound and promising observations have been made. However, these observations still need to be replicated. As an alternative to committed stem/progenitor cells in the pancreas, transdifferentiation or lineage reprogramming of exocrine acinar and endocrine α-cells may be used to generate new β-cells. At present, it is unclear which approach is most medically promising. This article highlights the progress being made in knowledge about tissue stem cells, their existence and availability for therapy in diabetes. Particular attention is given to the assessment of methods to verify the existence of tissue stem cells.
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- Cell Differentiation Lab, Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels), Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 - Brussels, Belgium
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