Journal
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 110, Issue 8, Pages 2292-2300Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24872
Keywords
TC-tet cells; hypoxia; CXCL12; GLP-1; exendin-4; bioartificial pancreas
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- NIH [R01 DK076801, T32 GM008433]
- JDRF
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A bioartifical pancreas (BAP) remains a promising approach for treating insulin-dependent diabetes. Several obstacles to the clinical implementation of a BAP remain, including hypoxia following implantation. Within native pancreatic islets, CXCL12 and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) act in a paracrine fashion to promote the survival, function, and proliferation of -cells. This work sought to investigate if the presentation of CXCL12 and delivery of a GLP-1 receptor analog, Exendin-4 (Ex-4), alone and in combination, conferred pro-survival and insulinotropic effects on an encapsulated -cell line, TC-tet, cultured under hypoxic conditions of 7.6mmHg O2. Our findings indicate that presentation of CXCL12 in the encapsulation matrix completely abrogated apoptosis under hypoxic conditions. Delivery of Ex-4 increased insulin secretion rate under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions, and additionally reduced apoptosis under hypoxic conditions. Furthermore, presentation of CXCL12 combined with Ex-4 delivery significantly increased insulin secretion rate under hypoxic conditions compared to delivery of Ex-4 alone. These findings demonstrate that the presentation of CXCL12 combined with the delivery of Ex-4 may constitute a promising strategy for supporting -cell function and survival following transplantation. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2013; 110: 2292-2300. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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