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TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL
Volume 35, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/ti.2022.10697
Keywords
islet transplantation; xenotransplantation; neonatal islet-like cell clusters; re-aggregated cell clusters; porcine islets; pseudo-islets
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- European Commission [874700]
- German Research Foundation (DFG) Transregio Collaborative Research Center SFB 127 [SFB 127]
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The re-aggregation of single cells from dissociated NPICCs generates cell clusters with excellent functionality and improved in vivo function compared to native NPICCs.
Neonatal porcine islet-like cell clusters (NPICCs) are a promising source for islet cell transplantation. Excellent islet quality is important to achieve a cure for type 1 diabetes. We investigated formation of cell clusters from dispersed NPICCs on microwell cell culture plates, evaluated the composition of re-aggregated porcine islets (REPIs) and compared in vivo function by transplantation into diabetic NOD-SCID IL2r gamma(-/-) (NSG) mice with native NPICCs. Dissociation of NPICCs into single cells and re-aggregation resulted in the formation of uniform REPI clusters. A higher prevalence of normoglycemia was observed in diabetic NSG mice after transplantation with a limited number (n = 1500) of REPIs (85.7%) versus NPICCs (n = 1500) (33.3%) (p < 0.05). Transplanted REPIs and NPICCs displayed a similar architecture of endocrine and endothelial cells. Intraperitoneal glucose tolerance tests revealed an improved beta cell function after transplantation of 1500 REPIs (AUC glucose 0-120 min 6260 +/- 305.3) as compared to transplantation of 3000 native NPICCs (AUC glucose 0-120 min 8073 +/- 536.2) (p < 0.01). Re-aggregation of single cells from dissociated NPICCs generates cell clusters with excellent functionality and improved in vivo function as compared to native NPICCs.
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