Transplant Islets Into the Pinna of the Ear: A Mouse Islet Transplant Model |
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Authors: | Lingling Wei Yanzhuo Liu Lijie Zhang Tianhang Feng Chunyou Lai Longyan Yang Xiaolun Huang Shaoping Deng Dong Zhao |
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Institution: | 1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Diabetes Research and Care, Center for Endocrine Metabolism and Immune Diseases, Lu He Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China;2. Institute of Organ Transplantation, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China;3. School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China |
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Abstract: | BackgroundIslets transplanted under the ear skin would allow easy observation of the graft response and survival in vivo. This research was designed to establish an efficient mouse islet transplant model to probe the dynamic cellular interplay in vivo.MethodsGreen fluorescent protein transgenic mice and BALB/c mice were used as donors and recipients. All recipients were divided into 6 groups of 6 mice each. First, we treated the transplant recipients, including diabetes induction, autologous epididymal fat pad, and MATRIGEL transplant to the ears. Then, 1. we transplanted isolated islets to the ear/ear with fat/ear with MATRIGEL; and 2. transplanted islets with collagen + basic fibroblast growth factor or islets with collagen + vascular endothelial growth factor. Mice in the control group received a sham transplantation with phosphate buffer saline. All recipients were then observed for 30 days with blood glucose (BG) monitoring. Finally, ears were removed with graft on day 28 for histologic examination.ResultsIt was suggested that transplant of islets alone could not correct hyperglycemia. Fat, MATRIGEL, collagen, and growth factors have the similar function to form a microenvironment conducive to islet survival. The effect of islet transplantation for correcting hyperglycemia of the fat modification group was better than other groups (P < .05). BG could be normalized, and living islets were detected by anti-insulin immunohistochemistry.ConclusionsTransplant islets into the ear with transplanted autologous fat is the optimal way which can be used to analyze the allograft response in vivo and track cell population and migration using labels by confocal microscopy. |
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