Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 32, Issue 20, Pages 4517-4524Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.03.009
Keywords
Islet; Transplantation; Scaffold; Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG); Allogeneic cell; Tolerance
Funding
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) [3-2010-447, 1-2007-1055]
- NRSA [F30DK084649]
- NIH [R01EB009910, R21EB009502, R01NS026543, DP2 DK083099]
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Allogeneic islet cell transplantation is a promising treatment for human type 1 diabetes. Currently, human islets are transplanted via intra-portal infusions. While successful, it leads to significant early islet attrition from instant blood-mediated inflammatory reaction. An extra-hepatic site was established by transplanting islet-loaded microporous poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLC) scaffolds into the epididymal fat pad in syngeneic islet transplant models. This study examined this technology in allogeneic islet transplantation and determined whether transplant tolerance could be effectively induced to protect PLC scaffold transplanted allogeneic islets. The efficacy of an established tolerance induction strategy using donor splenocytes treated with ethylcarbodiimide(ECDI) was tested. ECDI-fixed donor splenocytes were infused 7 days before and 1 day after islet transplantation. Immediate normoglycemia was restored, and treated mice maintained indefinite normoglycemia whereas untreated mice rejected islet grafts within 20 days of transplantation. Interestingly, efficacy of tolerance induction was superior in PLC scaffold compared with intra-portal transplanted islets. Protection of PLC scaffold islet allografts was associated with several mechanisms of immune regulation. In summary, PLC scaffolds can serve as an alternative delivery system for islet transplantation that does not impair tolerance induction. This approach of combining tolerance induction with scaffold islet transplantation has potential therapeutic implications for human islet transplantation. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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