期刊
CELL TRANSPLANTATION
卷 24, 期 11, 页码 2263-2272出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.3727/096368915X686184
关键词
Islet transplantation; Stem cells; Neural progenitors; Engraftment; Revascularization; Reinnervation
资金
- Swedish Research Council [20716, 55X-15043]
- EFSD/JDRF/Novo Nordisk Programme
- Swedish Diabetes Association
- Swedish Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
- Diabetes Wellness Sverige
- Swedish Institute Visby Programme
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Olle Engqvist Byggmastare Fund
- AFA insurances
- Signhild Engkvist's Foundation
- Swedish Society of Medicine
- Magnus Bergvall Foundation
The present study aimed to develop techniques for surface coating of islets with neural crest stem cells (NCSCs) in order to enable cotransplantation to the clinically used liver site and then investigate engraftment and function intraportally of such bioengineered islets. Mouse islets were coated during incubation with enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-expressing mouse NCSCs and transplanted into the portal vein to cure diabetic mice. An intravenous glucose tolerance test was performed at 1 month posttransplantation. Islet grafts were retrieved and evaluated for vascular density, nerves, and glial cells. NCSCs expressed a vast number of key angiogenic and neurotrophic factors. Mice transplanted with NCSC-bioengineered islets responded better to the glucose load than recipient mice with control islets. NCSCs remained present in the vicinity or had often migrated into the NCSC-coated islets, and an improved islet graft reinnervation and revascularization was observed. Transplanted NCSCs differentiated into both glial and neural cells in the islet grafts. We conclude that bioengineering of islets with NCSCs for intraportal transplantation provides a possibility to improve islet engraftment and function. Pending successful establishment of protocols for expansion of NCSCs from, for example, human skin or bone marrow, this strategy may be applied to clinical islet transplantation.
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