A standardized procedure was developed for the preparation of rat islet cell grafts with selected cell number and composition. After collagenase digestion of pancreases and elutriation of tissue fragments, islets were isolated and dissociated, and cells were purified by autofluorescence-activated cell sorting. Approximately 30% of the initial β-cell mass was lost during digestion and elimination of small mostly exocrine particles. Fifty percent was recovered in isolated islet preparations and 30% in the purified β-cell suspensions of >95% purity and viability. Sorting according to cellular flavin adenine dinucleotide content discriminated islet β-cells from islet endocrine non–beta-cells, fibroblasts, leukocytes, and exocrine cells. Purified endocrine islet cell grafts were prepared by aggregating 106 pure β-cells with or without 8 × 105 pure endocrine non–²-cells. In contrast to intact islets, the purified aggregates were devoid of nonendocrine and damaged cells. Intraportal implantation of a pure β-cell graft rapidly and permanently normalized the diabetic state of streptozocin-administered animals. The standardized preparation of purified β-cell grafts allows us to address several metabolic and immunological questions concerning islet cell transplantation in diabetes.
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July 01 1991
Transplantation of Purified Islet Cells in Diabetic Rats: I. Standardization of Islet Cell Grafts
Daniel G Pipeleers;
Daniel G Pipeleers
Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
; and the Department of Immunology, TNO-Institute for Experimental Gerontology
Rijswijk, Netherlands
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Miriam Pipeleers-Marichal;
Miriam Pipeleers-Marichal
Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
; and the Department of Immunology, TNO-Institute for Experimental Gerontology
Rijswijk, Netherlands
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Jean-Claude Hannaert;
Jean-Claude Hannaert
Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
; and the Department of Immunology, TNO-Institute for Experimental Gerontology
Rijswijk, Netherlands
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Marleen Berghmans;
Marleen Berghmans
Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
; and the Department of Immunology, TNO-Institute for Experimental Gerontology
Rijswijk, Netherlands
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Peter A In't Veld;
Peter A In't Veld
Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
; and the Department of Immunology, TNO-Institute for Experimental Gerontology
Rijswijk, Netherlands
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Jan Rozing;
Jan Rozing
Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
; and the Department of Immunology, TNO-Institute for Experimental Gerontology
Rijswijk, Netherlands
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Marnix van de Winkel;
Marnix van de Winkel
Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
; and the Department of Immunology, TNO-Institute for Experimental Gerontology
Rijswijk, Netherlands
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Willy Gepts
Willy Gepts
Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Pathology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to D. Pipeleers, Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium.
Diabetes 1991;40(7):908–919
Article history
Received:
February 20 1990
Revision Received:
February 06 1991
Accepted:
February 06 1991
Citation
Daniel G Pipeleers, Miriam Pipeleers-Marichal, Jean-Claude Hannaert, Marleen Berghmans, Peter A In't Veld, Jan Rozing, Marnix van de Winkel, Willy Gepts; Transplantation of Purified Islet Cells in Diabetic Rats: I. Standardization of Islet Cell Grafts. Diabetes 1 July 1991; 40 (7): 908–919. https://doi.org/10.2337/diab.40.7.908
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