Functional enhancement of electrofusion-derived BRIN-BD11 insulin-secreting cells after implantation into diabetic mice

Emma L. Davies, Yasser H A Abdel-Wahab, Peter R. Flatt, Clifford J. Bailey*

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Abstract

Electrofusion-derived BRIN-BD11 cells are glucose-sensitive insulin-secreting cells which provide an archetypal bioengineered surrogate β-cell for insulin replacement therapy in diabetes mellitus. 5×106 BRIN-BD11 cells were implanted intraperitoneally into severely hyperglycaemic (>24mmol/l) streptozotocin-induced insulin-treated diabetic athymic nude (nu/nu) mice. The implants reduced hyperglycaemia such that insulin injections were discontinued by 5-16 days (<17 mmol/l) and normoglycaemia (<9mmol/l) was achieved by 7-20 days. Implanted cells were removed after 28 days and re-established in culture. After re-culture for 20 days, glucose-stimulated (16.7 mmol/l) insulin release was enhanced by 121% (p<0.001) compared to non-implanted cells. Insulin responses to glucagon-like peptide-1 (10-9mol/l), cholecystokinin-8 (10-8 mol/l) and L-alanine (10mmol/l) were increased by 32%, 31% and 68% respectively (p<0.05-0.01). Insulin content of the cells was 148% greater at 20 days after re-culture than before implantation (p<0.001), but basal insulin release (at 5.6mmol/l glucose) was not changed. After re-culture for 40 days, insulin content declined to 68% of the content before implantation (p<0.01), although basal insulin release was unchanged. However, the insulin secretory responses to glucose, glucagon-like peptide-1, cholecystokinin-8 and L-alanine were decreased after 40 days of re-culture to 65%, 72%, 73% and 42% respectively of the values before implantation (p<0.05-0.01). The functional enhancement of electrofusion-derived surrogate β-cells that were re-cultured for 20 days after implantation and restoration of normoglycaemia indicates that the in vivo environment could greatly assist β-cell engineering approaches to therapy for diabetes.

Original languageEnglish
Article number757248
Pages (from-to)29-36
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Experimental Diabetes Research
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2001

Bibliographical note

Copyright © 2001 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords

  • BRIN-BD11 cells
  • Diabetes
  • Electrofusion
  • Implantation
  • Insulin-secretion

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