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DIABETES
Volume 57, Issue 9, Pages 2393-2401Publisher
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/db07-0981
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- Swedish Medical Research Council [K2005-72X-12219-09A, K2008-55X-12219-12-3]
- Swedish Medical Research Council/Vinnova/Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research [60761701]
- National Institutes of Health
- Novo Nordisk Foundation, Barndiabetesfonden
- Swedish Diabetes Association
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
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OBJECTIVE-Mesenchymal stern cells (MSCs) contribute to endothelial cell (EC) migration by producing proteases, thereby paving the way into the tissues for ECs. MSCs were added to our previously described composite EC islets as a potential means to improve their capacity for islet angiogenesis. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-Human islets were coated with primary human bone marrow-derived MSCs and dermal microvascular ECs. The capacity of ECs, with or without MSCs, to adhere to and grow into human islets was analyzed. The survival and functionality of these composite islets were evaluated in a dynamic perifusion assay, and their capacity for angiogenesis in vitro was assessed in a three-dimensional fibrin gel assay. RESULTS-ECs proliferated aft er culture in MSC-conditioned medium, and MSCs improved the EC coverage threefold compared with EC islets alone. Islet survival in vitro and the functionality of the composite islets after culture were equal to those of control islets. The EC-MSC islets showed a twofold increase in total sprout formation compared with EC islets, and vascular sprouts emanating from the EC-MSC-islet surface showed migration of ECs into the islets and also into the surrounding matrix, either alone or in concert with MSCs. CONCLUSIONS-EC proliferation, sprout formation, and ingrowth of ECs into the islets were enhanced by MSCs. The use of composite EC-MSC islets may have beneficial effects on revascularization and immune regulation. The technique presented allows for pretreatment of donor islets with recipient-derived ECs and MSCs as a means of improving islet engraftment.
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