经脾实质胰岛移植治疗糖尿病小鼠的实验研究

目的介绍一种经脾实质内胰岛移植治疗糖尿病小鼠的方法并对移植前后小鼠的血糖、口服糖耐量和组织学进行评价。方法将分离纯化的Balb/c小鼠胰岛培养6 h后,用自制的移植工具进行同种糖尿病小鼠的脾实质内胰岛输注,移植当量为(500±30)IEQ。对移植前后的小鼠血糖进行测定,并在移植后第10天进行糖耐量试验;取受体小鼠脾脏,进行HE染色和免疫组化染色,观察胰岛细胞团在脾内的存活情况。结果受体小鼠移植胰岛后均能维持正常血糖时间达1个月以上,糖耐量试验结果显示与正常小鼠统计学无差异(P=0.69),组织学结果显示胰岛细胞团在小鼠脾实质内存活良好,胰岛有功能,但结构略有松散。结论本研究探索了胰岛在脾实质内移植后的特点,为研究脾实质作为胰岛移植的位点提供了参考。     

肝星状细胞对同种异体胰岛移植物的保护作用

目的 研究小鼠肝星状细胞对同种异体胰岛移植物的保护作用.方法 将糖尿病小鼠随机分为三组,分别为糖尿病组、单纯胰岛移植组及与肝星状细胞共同移植组.单纯移植组于肾被膜下移植入同种异体胰岛300个;共同移植组移植入肝星状细胞(3×105个)与同种异体胰岛(300个)混合物.分别于移植术后监测受体小鼠血糖值及正常血糖维持时间;血糖正常一周后移植组及糖尿病组小鼠分别采血检测血清中TGF-β,TNF-α,IL-1β,IFN-γ的含量,同时取出移植物进行免疫组织化学检测.结果 术后共同移植组受体正常血糖维持时间为(23.75±8.96)d,单纯胰岛移植组受体正常血糖维持时间为(11.9±6.92)d,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);三组受体血清中TNF-α、IL-1β、IFN-γ含量差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),共同移植组受体血清中TGF-β含量为(2292.31±5.87)pg/ml,单纯移植组为(1246.55±38.91)pg/ml,两组比较差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);病理学结果显示共同移植组胰岛素表达量大,并且在移植物周围有生物包膜形成.结论 在同种异体移植模型中,肝星状细胞可能通过高分泌TGF-β、局部形成包囊等方式保护胰岛移植物并延长其存活时间.     

小鼠腹股沟皮下脂肪组织与肾被膜部位移植胰岛降血糖功能的比较

目的比较腹股沟皮下白色脂肪组织与肾被膜下移植胰岛治疗小鼠1型糖尿病的效果。方法将1型糖尿病模型小鼠分为白色脂肪组(10只)和肾被膜组(10只)接受胰岛移植。胰岛分离和纯化后,分别移植到腹股沟皮下白色脂肪组织和肾被膜下位点。术后持续监测两组受体小鼠的随机血糖水平、糖耐量功能,移植后100 d摘取两组存活受体小鼠的胰岛移植物进行组织病理学检查。结果白色脂肪组有6只受体小鼠的血糖在移植后1个月恢复正常水平,其余4只受体小鼠一直维持着高血糖状态,陆续在监测结束前发生死亡;肾被膜组10只受体小鼠的血糖均在移植后10 d内恢复正常。白色脂肪组和肾被膜组受体小鼠的胰岛移植物均能降低血糖水平,但白色脂肪组胰岛移植物需要较长的时间方能发挥降血糖功能。肾被膜组小鼠的糖耐量功能优于白色脂肪组小鼠(P0.05)。组织病理学检查显示白色脂肪组和肾被膜组胰岛移植物的胰岛素表达均正常。结论腹股沟皮下白色脂肪组织部位移植胰岛能有效地发挥调控血糖变化的功能,尽管其降血糖功能稍弱于肾被膜下部位,但具有贴近理想胰岛移植位点的众多优势,是一个值得研究的胰岛移植替代部位。     

体外转染可溶性IL-1RI-Ig基因延长糖尿病小鼠移植胰岛细胞存活时间

目的 探讨糖尿病小鼠移植经可溶性白细胞介素1(IL-1)受体胞外段Fc融合蛋白(sIL-1RI-Ig)基因修饰的胰岛细胞对延长移植物存活时间的作用及机制.方法 将Ad-sIL-1RI-Ig体外转染Balb/c小鼠的胰岛细胞,并将其移植给糖尿病C57BL/6小鼠,观察移植物的存活时间,并检测移植局部组织炎症细胞的浸润以及炎症细胞因子的表达.结果 糖尿病小鼠移植转染sIL-1RI-Ig基因的胰岛细胞后,血糖水平很快下降至正常范围,胰岛移植物存活时间达(39±3)d,而移植正常胰岛细胞的小鼠胰岛移植物存活时间为(9±2)d(P<0.01).糖尿病小鼠移植转染sIL-1RI-Ig基因的胰岛细胞后,胰岛素分泌量随糖负荷增加而升高,并与胰岛素分泌功能正常的小鼠呈相似变化趋势(P>0.05).糖尿病小鼠移植转染sIL-1RI-Ig基因的胰岛细胞后,移植局部组织表达肿瘤坏死因子α(TNF-α)、γ干扰素(IFN-γ)和RANTES等水平明显下调;病理学观察发现移植局部组织浸润的炎症细胞明显少于移植正常胰岛细胞的小鼠.结论 sIL-1RI-Ig基因转染胰岛细胞后,可通过表达sIL-1RI-Ig,阻断IL-1的作用,降低TNF-α、IFN-γ、RANTES等细胞因子的表达,从而减轻排斥反应,延长胰岛细胞移植物的存活时间和提高胰岛素分泌功能.     

输注胰岛抗原特异性Treg细胞延长同系NOD小鼠移植胰岛的存活时间

目的 探讨输注胰岛抗原特异性调节性T淋巴细胞(Treg细胞)对非肥胖糖尿病(NOD)小鼠同系胰岛移植物存活时间的影响.方法·以未成熟树突状细胞(imDC)联合谷氨酸脱羧酶-65在体外诱导童贞T淋巴细胞分化成胰岛抗原特异性Treg细胞.以已发生糖尿病的NOD小鼠为受者,将分离得到的尚未进展为糖尿病的NOD小鼠的胰岛(500胰岛当量)移植至受者的肾包膜下,对照组不行移植,只观察血糖变化;单纯胰岛移植组只进行胰岛移植,不输注胰岛抗原特异性Treg细胞;实验组于术前1d静脉输注1×106个胰岛抗原特异性Treg细胞,然后进行胰岛移植.术后检测受者的血糖,以判断移植胰岛的存活时间,观察胰岛移植物的病理学变化.结果 对照组血糖持续高于11.1 mmol/L;单纯胰岛移植组小鼠的血糖于术后1～2 d降至正常,到7～17d时开始陆续升高,并维持在术前水平,移植物存活时间为(12.2±2.6)d;实验组小鼠的血糖于术后1～2 d降至正常,至第27天开始有小鼠血糖升高超过11.1 mmol/L,第43天时,所有小鼠的血糖均超过11.1mmol/L,移植物的存活时间为(35.2±4.3)d,明显长于单纯胰岛移植组(P＜0.01).单纯胰岛移植组的移植胰岛有明显的淋巴细胞浸润,并伴有胰岛细胞严重破坏,胰岛素染色未见完整的胰岛存在,仅有极少量残存的分泌胰岛素的胰岛细胞;实验组第15天时移植胰岛形态完整,仅有少量淋巴细胞浸润,分泌胰岛素的胰岛大量存在.结论 体外诱导产生的胰岛抗原特异性Treg细胞可以延缓自身免疫系统对移植胰岛的破坏,明显延长NOD小鼠移植胰岛的存活时间.     

小鼠异体Sertoli细胞诱导胰岛移植免疫耐受的作用

目的 观察小鼠Sertoli细胞是否能在异体内起到诱导局部免疫耐受、保护共移植异体胰岛的作用.方法 以糖尿病C57小鼠作移植受体,随机分4组,每组6只;以正常BALB/C小鼠为胰岛供体,正常C57小鼠和正常BALB/C小鼠各作为Serloli细胞供体.A组:单纯移植异体胰岛;B组:移植来源于C57小鼠的Sertoli细胞+BALB/C小鼠来源的胰岛;C组:移植均来源于BALB/C小鼠的Sertoli细胞及胰岛;D组:假手术组.监测各组移植受体的血糖尿糖变化,观察移植物的存活时间.结果 A组移植物平均存活时间为(6.50±2.35)d;B组为(55.67±4.84)d;C组为(51.33±5.05)d;D组未观察到血糖正常.B组及C组的移植方式均可逆转糖尿病小鼠的高血糖状态,移植物存活期均较A组有明显延长,其差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);而B组与C组的移植物存活时间差异无统计学意义(P>0.05).结论 同种异体来源的睾丸Sertoli细胞在异体内可起到诱导局部免疫耐受的效果,对共移植同种异体胰岛起到保护作用,其效果与自体睾丸Sertoli细胞相当.     

小鼠自体肝脏星状细胞联合同种异体胰岛细胞移植延长移植物存活时间的研究

目的 研究小鼠自体肝脏星状细胞联合同种异体胰岛细胞移植的新方法对胰岛移植物存活时间的作用.方法 选择雄性BALB/c小鼠为胰岛移植模型的供者,雄性C57BL/6糖尿病小鼠为受者.随机将受者分为A、B两组.A组:仅采用供者的胰岛细胞移植;B组:采用受者的肝脏星状细胞(HSCs)与供者胰岛细胞混合后共同移植.术后定期测定受者尾静脉血的血糖含量.结果 B组受者胰岛移植物的存活时间明显延长,血糖含量维持正常的中位时间为66 d(30～180 d),而A组血糖含量维持正常的中位时间为11 d(9～15 d),两组比较,差异有统计学意义(P＜0.001).结论 受者肝脏星状细胞能延长共同移植的同种异体胰岛移植物存活时间.     

肝胰岛细胞联合移植的临床应用(附1例报告)

目的 评估肝胰岛细胞联合移植治疗终末期肝病和糖尿病的可行性和疗效. 方法 对1例原有2型糖尿病史的原发性肝癌、肝炎肝硬化患者,施行肝移植的同时进行胰岛细胞经门静脉肝内移植,观察移植肝功能的变化,移植前后C肽、糖化血红蛋白的变化. 结果 患者胰岛素的注射量术前40~60 U/d,术后第45天降至20-30U/d,术后7月完全脱离胰岛素,血糖保持在正常范围. 结论 对肝脏功能衰竭的糖尿病患者施行肝胰岛细胞联合移植是可行而有效的.     

骨髓间充质干细胞移植途径对胰岛移植物免疫排斥反应的影响

目的:探讨骨髓间充质干细胞(MSC)与胰岛共移植对诱导胰岛移植物免疫耐受的作用,并比较MSC不同途径移植的效果。方法:SD大鼠和Lewis大鼠分别作为供、受体。取SD大鼠股骨,贴壁培养法分离和扩增MSC,胶原酶V分离胰岛。应用链脲佐菌素制备Lewis大鼠糖尿病模型后,将其随机均分为A组(将BrdU标记的MSC与胰岛经门静脉混合输入),B组(将胰岛经门静脉输入,BrdU标记的MSC经尾静脉输入),C组(胰岛经门静脉输入,联合应用环孢素A)和D组(单纯胰岛门静脉移植)。观察各组术后血糖变化,比较各组胰岛移植物存活时间。术后第7天切取各组部分存活大鼠肝脏、胸腺、脾脏行免疫组化染色观察MSC归巢位置。结果:A,B两组大鼠术后正常血糖维持时间最长,C组次之,D组最短;各组胰岛存活时间A组为(12.1±2.3)d,B组为(8.6±1.4)d,C组为(13.2±1.9)d,D组为(2.2±0.6)d;MSC归巢部位观察显示,A组BrdU阳性的MSC主要分布于肝脏,并在植入胰岛周围形成"类微囊化效应",B组BrdU阳性的MSC主要分布于胸腺、脾脏。结论:MSC与胰岛共移植能诱导胰岛移植物免疫耐受,且MSC和胰岛混合经门静脉移植效果优于胰岛门静脉移植联合MSC外周静脉移植。     

高压氧微重力培养提高冻存胰岛质量和移植效果的实验研究

目的 探讨胰岛冻存前后经高压氧细胞旋转培养系统(HORCCS)培养后移植入糖尿病大鼠能否提高胰岛移植的效果.方法 将分离纯化的大鼠胰岛分为:A.体外实验组:将各组大鼠胰岛经HORCCS培养或普通培养30 d,检测细胞内DNA和胰岛素含量,胰岛存活率,胰岛素分泌水平.B.胰岛移植实验组:将各组大鼠胰岛经HORCCS培养或普通培养7d,然后移植,观察移植受体血糖和胰岛素水平.电镜观察各胰岛移植实验组中培养7 d时的胰岛的超微结构改变.结果 经高压氧 RCCS培养14 d的胰岛存活率及胰岛素分泌水平高于普通培养组(P<0.05).移植了经HORCCS培养的胰岛后,受体血糖在移植后2周即恢复为正常值,并维持到移植后10周.全部受体维持正常血糖耐受曲线.电镜下可见经HORCCS培养后,冻存复苏胰岛表面形成微小的孔道.结论 胰岛冻存前后经高压氧RCCS培养后可以建立营养输送管道,不但有利于氧和营养物质的运输,更有利于胰岛内细胞的均匀一致的冻存,从而减少冻存对胰岛的损害,提高胰岛的分泌活性和成活率.     

Influence of the numbers of islets on the models of rat syngeneic-islet and allogeneic-islet transplantations

One of the main barriers to widespread application of islet transplantation is the limited availability of human pancreatic islets. The reduction of graft islet mass for transplantation to a recipient is one of the strategies in islet transplantation. However, transplantation of only a small number of islets may result in primary nonfunction. To optimize the sites and numbers of islets for transplantation, we analyzed these factors using pancreatic islets from Lewis or F344 rats transplanted into rats rendered diabetic by streptozotocin (50 mg/kg IV) and confirmed as such prior to transplantation (>300 mg/dL blood glucose). Approximately 500 to 1500 islets were injected via the portal vein or under the renal capsule into the diabetic F344 rats. The blood glucose level of all animals bearing 1500 syngeneic or allogeneic islets transplanted to the liver or under the kidney capsule exhibited restored normoglycemia (<200 mg/dL) at 1 day after transplantation. Graft function deteriorated after only 3 days in three animals (5.8%). The loss of graft function after 3 days occurred in 10 of 28 rats transplanted with 1000 to 1200 syngeneic islets, 4 of 19 rats transplanted with 800 to 900 syngeneic islets, and 7 of 17 rats transplanted with 500 to 600 syngeneic islets. There was no significant difference in the loss of graft function between the sites of transplantation via portal vein or under the kidney capsule. In conclusion, higher frequencies of primary nonfunction occurred with less than 1500 islets transplanted. They were independent of the sites in the rat-islet transplantation model.     

Intraportal pig islet xenotransplantation into athymic mice as an in vivo model for the study of the instant blood-mediated inflammatory reaction

Abstract:  One of the main obstacles to successful intraportal islet transplantation is the instant blood-mediated inflammatory reaction (IBMIR) elicited by the isolated islets when exposed to fresh human blood. In the present study, we investigated whether intraportal transplantation of pig islets into diabetic athymic mice could be used as a small animal model to study xenogeneic IBMIR in vivo.
Adult porcine islets (APIs) or rat islets were implanted into the portal vein or under the renal subcapsular space of diabetic athymic mice. Graft survival and morphology were evaluated by measuring blood glucose levels and by performing immunohistochemical staining, respectively. Transplantation of rat islets, irrespective of implantation site, cured all diabetic athymic mice. APIs transplanted subcapsularly also cured all diabetic athymic mice, while none of the animals transplanted with an equivalent amount of APIs via the portal vein remained normoglycemic for more than 10 days after transplantation. Immunohistochemical staining on day 7 showed that most of intraportally transplanted APIs were entrapped in clots and infiltrated with CD11b+ leukocytes. Intraportal transplantation of APIs into athymic mice induced IBMIR, thus providing a small animal model for studying xenogeneic IBMIR.     

Effects of intrahepatic canine islet autotransplantation on the portal vein pressure and liver function

Currently, the most common method used for human islet transplantation is intrahepatic implantation via the portal vein, which may affect portal vein pressure and liver function. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of intrahepatic canine islet autotransplantation on portal vein pressure and liver function. After total pancreatectomy was performed in 30 mongrel dogs, islets were isolated and transplanted back into the portal vein of the same dog. In our series, 12 dogs achieved normoglycemia (fasting glucose <200 mg/dL) without exogenous insulin after transplantation. The portal vein pressure increased from 4.6 +/- 1.5 to 7.7 +/- 2.9 cm H(2)O after islet infusion (P < .05). Alanine transferase amino transferase (ALT) levels gradually increased after pancreatectomy with the peak at 4 weeks after islet infusion. But the changes of portal vein pressure and ALT were not significantly different between successful and failed islet transplantation. In summary, elevation of portal vein pressure and liver enzymes were noted after intrahepatic canine islet autotransplantation. However, they did not influence the transplant outcome.     

Allotransplantation of rat islets into the cisterna magna of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.

Islets were isolated from the pancreata of Sprague-Dawley rats and transplanted into streptozotocin-induced diabetic outbred Wistar rats. The effect of transplantation of islets into the cisterna magna on the diabetic state of the recipients was compared with that of the conventional transplantation of islets into liver via the portal vein. After successful intraportal (IP) transplantation, rejection took place between days 7 and 15 in all diabetic recipients. All of the eleven rats surviving after stereotaxic implantation of islets into the cisterna magna returned to normoglycemia within 7 days after transplantation. Nine of the recipients with intra-cisterna magna (IM) islet allografts were still normoglycemic at 210 days after transplantation. The glucose disappearance rate of the IM transplant rats was slower than that of the IP transplant rats, and blood glucose returned to the normal basal level within 5 hr following glucose administration. Although the insulin levels were almost undetectable in cerebrospinal fluid before IM transplantation, the insulin levels were markedly increased after IM transplantation and twice as great in CSF than blood. Thus, these findings indicate that the cisterna magna can serve as an immunologically privileged site for implantation of allogeneic pancreatic islets, and islets in CSF can regulate and maintain normal glucose homeostasis via secretion of insulin across the blood-brain barrier.     

A morphologic study of intrahepatic portal-vein islet isografts.

Isologous pancreatic islets were implanted into the portal vein of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes. At intervals of from one to 32 days after transplantation, the intrahepatic islet grafts were examined histologically and ultrastructurally, and their vascular supply was determined by later perfusion studies. Implanted islets were found widely dispersed throughout the liver in peripheral interlobular portal venules and surrounded by vacuolated liver cells containing large stores of glycogen. The endocrine cells were structurally normal in each interval examined. By the third day after transplantation the beta cells were depleted of secretory granules in aldehyde-fuchsin preparations. Regranulation returned by the 14th day and was associated with secretory organelle hypertrophy and hyperplasia. Islet cells were found outside the portal areas in direct apposition to hepatocytes forming distinct desmosomes by the first day. While hemoperfusion of the grafts occurred from the moment of implantation into the portal venule, a dual vascular supply derived from periportal arterial and venous sources developed by the 11th day after transplantation, establishing full vascularization of the grafts. Preliminary work is presented to show that an active ingrowth of nerves in the islet graft occurs in association with the process of vascularization.     

Transplantation of isolated islets of Langerhans in diabetic dogs. I. Results after allogeneic intraportal islet transplantation.

Twenty partially inbred German shepherd dogs were made diabetic by intravenous administration of streptozotocin (25 mg/kg) 1 and 3 days after partial pancreatectomy. Ten diabetic dogs received intraportal transplants of allogeneic islets of Langerhans isolated by collagenase digestion and Ficon gradient separation. After transplantation the mean fasting serum glucose level fell from 368 ± 74 to 108 ± 52 mg/dl. Normal glycemia was maintained for at least 3 weeks before rejection occurred. The mean survival time of the 10 recipients was 76 ± 30 days, while the 10 diabetic control dogs had a mean survival time of 30 ± 7 days. Intravenous glucose tolerance test curves were clearly better in recipient dogs than in the diabetic control dogs for at least 4 weeks after islet transplantation. Concentrations of immunoreactive insulin (IRI) in the portal vein in the superior vena cava were also significantly higher than in the diabetic control dogs 4 weeks after islet transplantation. The mean peak concentration of IRI in the superior vena cava of transplanted dogs after glucose administration was higher than that in the portal vein, indicating that the transplanted islets secreted insulin in response to glucose stimulation. Portal hypertension or disturbance of liver function did not occur after transplantation of isolated islets. These results show that the intrahepatic site is appropriate for transplantation of isolated islets in a large animal model of diabetes, and provide a basis for future application in man.     

裸鼠糖尿病模型的建立及皮下异种胰岛移植研究

目的 探讨链脲左菌素（STZ）建立BALB/c nu/nu裸鼠Ⅰ型糖尿病模型的方法,及将大鼠胰岛分离纯化后移植至糖尿病裸鼠皮下,对移植后裸鼠进行疗效评价。方法 选用Balb/c裸鼠分为三组：糖尿病且胰岛移植组、糖尿病胰岛未移植组和正常组;用STZ对裸鼠进行糖尿病建模,大鼠胰岛分离、纯化后移植至糖尿病裸鼠背部皮下,进行血糖、体重和HE染色考察,以糖尿病未移植组和正常组作对照。结果 STZ浓度175 mg/kg时,腹腔注射裸鼠糖尿病造模成功率高,纯化的大鼠胰岛活性较好,但移植后疗效平均维持时间约5 d,移植第5 d的OGTT结果显示胰岛皮下移植组和糖尿病组血糖均较正常组高,移植3 d时HE染色显示胰岛在皮下存活,但胰岛中心部位细胞有坏死。结论 本研究建立了一种免疫排斥缺陷宿主异种胰岛皮下移植治疗糖尿病的方法,为进一步探索改进胰岛移植研究提供参考。     

Insulin-induced normoglycemia reduces islet number needed to achieve normoglycemia after allogeneic islet transplantation in diabetic mice

The Edmonton protocol established that insulin independence could be reached with the transplantation of an appropriate number of islet cells. However, to effect a cure, islets from two or three pancreases are needed. The aim of this study was to examine whether normoglycemia, with insulin treatment before and after transplantation, reduces the islet number needed to achieve normoglycemia in allogeneic islet transplantation. Swiss mice were used as donors and recipients. Diabetes was induced by i.p. administration of streptozotocin (180 mg/kg BW). Diabetic mice were transplanted with 300 (n = 16), 400 (n = 16), or 500 (n = 16) islets under the left kidney capsule. For every group, half the animals were kept normoglycemic with insulin treatment from day 4 before transplantation to day 10 after transplantation. At the end of the study, all normoglycemic mice were given an i.p. glucose tolerance test (IPGTT). For statistical analysis, paired or unpaired Student's t-test or ANOVA was used. Only insulin-treated mice achieved normoglycemia by the end of the study (37.5% of animals transplanted with 400 islets and 50% transplanted with 300 or 500 islets). At the end of the study, normoglycemic mice transplanted with 300 allogeneic islets showed better glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) than did normoglycemic mice transplanted with 500 islets (300 islets: 2.7 +/- 0.2%; 500 islets: 3.6 +/- 0.2%; p < 0.05). After the IPGTT, insulin-treated mice transplanted with 500 islets showed abnormal glucose tolerance; however, insulin-treated mice transplanted with 300 or 400 islets showed normal glucose tolerance. Insulin treatment reduced the islet number needed to achieve normoglycemia in allogeneic islet transplantation. The HbA1C and IPGTT results suggest that transplanting smaller numbers of allogeneic islets improves beta-cell function; some studies suggest that this may be due to lower immunogenicity, hypoxia, and inflammation.