低温保护剂和降温速率对低温保存的新生大鼠胰岛活性的影响

胰岛移植治疗胰岛素依赖型糖尿病已逐渐地应用于临床。胰岛移植治疗糖尿病需要大量胰岛,但在短期内获得是比较困难的,冷冻保存可以大量贮存胰岛,如何保存功能良好的胰岛是值得重视的一个课题。本研究比较不同低温保护剂、不同降温速率及4种慢速降温方法对新生大鼠胰岛活性的影响。     

同种冷冻乳鼠胰腺胰岛移植对大鼠实验性糖尿病的影响

本实验研究了同种乳胰胰岛移植对链脲佐菌素(STZ)所致大鼠药物性糖尿病的影响。经16周观察发现,新鲜乳胰、组织培养的乳胰和冷冻保存的乳胰,移植于糖尿病大鼠肾被膜下第3天后,宿主血糖下降、血清胰岛素上升、肾被膜下移植组织中免疫金银染色(IGSS)切片可见黑色胰岛素反应阳性细胞,细胞内免疫金银(IGS)含量明显高于糖尿病对照组胰岛中阳性细胞中的含量,逆转糖尿病的有效率为30％～50％。经过组织培养后再冷冻保存的乳胰移植组宿主的体重和血清胰岛素含量上升,血糖浓度下降,其数值均明显地优于其它3个移植组(p<0.01),移植组织中黑色胰岛素反应阳性细胞较多,细胞内IGS含量和逆转糖尿病的有效率(100％)均明显高于其它3个移植组(p<0.01)。     

旋毛虫肌幼虫细胞传代培养及超微结构观察

消化、分离观察旋毛虫(Trichinella spiralis)肌幼虫,获得肌幼虫细胞,用含10%胎牛血清的RPMI-1640培养液培养原代细胞,胰酶(含0.02?TA)消化法进行传代,透射电镜观察培养细胞超微结构,用多重PCR鉴定培养细胞。结果表明,在培养24～72h原代细胞开始贴壁,7～8d形成单层细胞,细胞间融合现象不明显,10～12d传一代。透射电镜显示旋毛虫细胞核为椭圆形,核膜、核仁清晰,核内染色质较丰富,胞浆含丰富的线粒体。细胞主要有两种类型:椭圆形和多角形,以椭圆形为主。多重PCR扩增培养细胞DNA,可见1条与旋毛虫肌幼虫DNA扩增产物相同的条带(173bp)。结果表明,旋毛虫肌幼虫细胞可在含10%胎牛血清的RPMI-1640培养液中传代培养。     

人胎胰岛分离与培养的研究

取人胎儿胰腺经胶原酶酶解,Ficoll梯度离心分离胰岛,培养7—8天的胰岛细胞生长最旺盛,胰岛素分泌量最高。此后随培养时间的延长,细胞老化,胞浆出现空泡,内质网、线粒体等呈解体状,胰岛素分泌量下降,这时加入葡萄糖激动因子对细胞有激动作用。采用生长快的Hep细胞与胰岛细胞杂交,获得杂种细胞传多代仍含有一定量的胰岛素,用这种方法探索研究胰岛细胞延续传代可能是有效的。胰岛细胞经过两个月冷冻保存,复苏后仍有部分细胞生长较好。     

人胰腺细胞培养及胰岛素的分泌

人胰腺细胞培养及胰岛素的分泌王石泉,汤国枝,张鹤云,李敏意,金以丰（南京大学生物化学系,南京２１００９３）胰岛β细胞的体外培养获得胰岛素已有报道,但大多采用新生大鼠胰腺,且β细胞成活率低,分泌量少,还处在研究阶段［１－４］．本实验采用人胰腺细胞做较大...     

胰岛冷冻保存方法研究进展

本文就目前国内外所研究的胰岛及胰腺组织碎片冷冻保存方法进行了总结,认为胰岛冻存前可进行24小时培养或不培养;抗冻剂DMSO浓度以10％(1.5mol/L)为佳;4℃或0℃平衡30分钟;缓慢降温至-70℃,投入液氮;快速复温(200℃/分)后冰浴中倍比稀释透出DMSO为较理想的冻存和复苏模式。该模式可以最小限度地降低胰岛的损伤,提高胰岛存活率及保持较高的胰岛素分泌功能。     

仙客来愈伤组织的超低温保存

为了避免连续继代造成仙客来愈伤组织的变异, 对仙客来愈伤组织进行了超低温冷冻保存研究。以继代后处于对数生长期的愈伤组织为实验材料, 首先在含有不同蔗糖浓度的培养基上预培养不同时间, 转至不同的冰冻保护剂中直接液氮冷冻或-20oC预冷冻2 h, 然后液氮超冷冻保存, 37oC水浴迅速解冻, 并用相应蔗糖浓度的液体培养基洗涤, 以中性红染色测定细胞的存活率, SPSS13.0软件进行统计学分析。结果表明: 预培养基中蔗糖浓度、预培养时间、降温方式、冷冻保护剂等对解冻后材料相对存活率存在不同程度的影响, 筛选出4%蔗糖浓度预培养3 d、9号保护剂、0oC停留30 min后直接冷冻为超低温保存的最佳方案, 通过简单的方法获得了较好的愈伤组织保存效果。     

仙客来愈伤组织的超低温保存

为了避免连续继代造成仙客来愈伤组织的变异, 对仙客来愈伤组织进行了超低温冷冻保存研究。以继代后处于对数生长期的愈伤组织为实验材料, 首先在含有不同蔗糖浓度的培养基上预培养不同时间, 转至不同的冰冻保护剂中直接液氮冷冻或-20oC预冷冻2 h, 然后液氮超冷冻保存, 37oC水浴迅速解冻, 并用相应蔗糖浓度的液体培养基洗涤, 以中性红染色测定细胞的存活率, SPSS13.0软件进行统计学分析。结果表明: 预培养基中蔗糖浓度、预培养时间、降温方式、冷冻保护剂等对解冻后材料相对存活率存在不同程度的影响, 筛选出4%蔗糖浓度预培养3 d、9号保护剂、0oC停留30 min后直接冷冻为超低温保存的最佳方案, 通过简单的方法获得了较好的愈伤组织保存效果。     

松墨天牛成虫标本保存及其DNA提取质量比较

【目的】探讨适合DNA提取的天牛成虫标本保存方法。【方法】采用SDS-蛋白酶K消化法对液氮中冷冻保存、无水乙醇-20℃冷冻保存、无水乙醇室温保存和干标本室温保存且保存时间在2年以上的松墨天牛Monochamus alternates Hope成虫标本基因组DNA进行提取,并对不同保存方式提取的DNA样本进行了质量比较和分析。【结果】在上述常见的松墨天牛成虫标本4种保存方式中,以液氮中冷冻保存效果最佳,其次为无水乙醇-20℃冷冻保存,插针干标本室温保藏效果最差。利用昆虫线粒体基因CO I和CO II的通用引物从上述DNA中均能够成功扩增出目的片段,测序结果证实扩增片段符合预期。【结论】液氮和无水乙醇-20℃冷冻保存适合松墨天牛成虫标本长期保存,且不影响后续的PCR扩增和测序。     

小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞的分离与培养

目的:建立一种小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞分离的简便方法,为低强度激光照射对巨噬细胞功能的影响研究提供实验细胞.方法:以无血清的RPMI-1640培养液灌洗小鼠腹腔,分离获取小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞,在含10%小牛血清的RPMI-1640培养液中培养.采用倒置显微镜观察细胞形态,台盼蓝染色计算存活率,瑞氏染色计算纯度.结果:获得高纯度的巨噬细胞,具备巨噬细胞的形态特征.结论:本法是一种简便实用的分离小鼠腹腔巨噬细胞的方法.     

The significance of culture for successful cryopreservation of isolated pancreatic islets of Langerhans

It was the aim of the present study to investigate the significance of culture before and after freeze-thawing of isolated mouse pancreatic islets. To evaluate the impact of culture before freezing (5 degrees C/min; 2 M dimethyl sulfoxide), islets were frozen either directly after isolation or after 2, 4, or 7 days of culture in medium RPMI 1640. The culture period after thawing was 7 days. Islets immediately frozen exhibited virtually no (pro)insulin biosynthesis and also a severe inhibition of glucose-stimulated insulin release. The precultured (2-7 days), frozen islets synthesized and released insulin at rates comparable to those of nonfrozen, cultured islets. Studies of the effects of culture after freeze-thawing were performed after a 3-day culture period prior to freezing. The (pro)insulin biosynthetic rates did not differ between islets cultured for 0-7 days after thawing. There was an apparent increase of glucose-stimulated insulin release when the islets were cultured for more than 2 days after thawing. It may be that the decreased viability of islets frozen immediately after isolation was due to minor cell damage induced by the collagenase incubation. During culture the islets may recover and become more resistant to freeze-damage. The beneficial effect of culture after thawing may reflect the loss of damaged cells, which otherwise would influence the results of the viability tests.     

Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide enhances hormone content and insulin release in cultured fetal rat islets

The effect of porcine vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) on development of the biphasic insulin release response in cultured fetal rat islets was investigated. Fetal islets, 21.5 days gestational age, were cultured for 7 days in RPMI 1640 culture medium containing either 2.8 or 11.1 mM glucose adn subsequently challenged with 16.7 mM glucose in a perfusion system. Islets were exposed to VIP at a final concentration of 13.2 nM by adding the peptide to the perifusion buffer (acute exposure) or by adding it to the culture medium throughout the culture period (chronic exposure). Islet hormone and DNA contents were also quantitated at the end of the culture period. Acute exposure to VIP resulted in no alterations of the insulin release pattern after culture in the presence of either glucose concentration. However, chronic treatment of islets with 13.2 nM VIP in the presence of 2.8 mM glucose resulted in significant increases in the maximum rate of insulin release during the first phase and the total amount of insulin release during both phases. Similarly, islets cultured in the presence of 11.1 mM glucose and 13.2 nM VIP demonstrated enhanced biphasic insulin release patterns with increased maximum rate and total amount of release during both phases. The presence of VIP and 2.8 mM glucose increased islet glucagon and somatostatin contents, but islet DNA and insulin contents remained unchanged. These findings indicate that VIP plays a significant role in the in vitro development of the biphasic insulin release pattern and may be a factor controlling the maturation of the fetal islet in vivo.     

Cryopreservation of mouse pancreatic islets: effects of different glucose concentrations in the post-thaw culture medium on islet recovery

It was the aim of this study to investigate the influence of the glucose concentration of the post-thaw culture medium on islet B-cell survival after cryopreservation by the combined assessments of islet recovery, islet DNA and insulin contents, and insulin release. Collagenase isolated mouse islets were kept in culture for 3 days in the presence of 11.1 mM glucose and then transferred to freezing ampoules containing Hanks' solution supplemented with 10% calf serum and 2 M dimethyl sulfoxide. After a 20-min incubation at 0 degrees C the islets were cooled at a rate of 25 degrees C/min to -70 degrees C and subsequently plunged into liquid nitrogen. After 2 hr the frozen islets were rapidly thawed at 37 degrees C, transferred to culture dishes, and cultured for another 3 days in the presence of 2.8, 5.6, 11.1, 16.7, or 28 mM glucose. Nonfrozen control islets were treated identically after a preceding 3-day culture at 11.1 mM glucose. The percentage recovery of cryopreserved islets was decreased compared to that of nonfrozen islets, but was increased when higher glucose concentrations were used in the post-thaw culture medium. Since the DNA content of the cryopreserved islets was slightly decreased, the overall survival rate of the cryopreserved B-cells, when cultured at the higher glucose concentrations after thawing, was found to be about 75%. The insulin content of the cryopreserved islets was decreased but the glucose-stimulated insulin release was essentially the same as that of the nonfrozen islets.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Vitrification of mouse islets of Langerhans: comparison with a more conventional freezing method

The possibility of cryopreservation of islets of Langerhans by vitrification using a mixture of cryoprotectants was investigated and the results were compared with a more conventional freezing method using Me2SO as cryoprotectant. Isolated mouse islets were divided into three groups: (1) control islets cultured for 6 days, (2) islets which were cryopreserved by vitrification after 2 days of culture, and (3) islets frozen in 1.5 M Me2SO after 2 days of culture. After warming, islets from groups 2 and 3 were cultured for 4 days. The thus treated islets were investigated with respect to insulin secretion in the presence of 2.5 or 25 mM glucose, survival during postwarming culture, morphology, and capability to reverse streptozotocin-induced diabetes. The insulin secretion in islets from all groups could be stimulated by a factor 5 or more by an increase in the concentration of glucose from 2.5 to 25 mM. The secretion of insulin in the presence of 2.5 mM glucose was similar in all groups of islets. The secretion of insulin in the presence of 25 mM glucose was slightly but not significantly lower in the cryopreserved islets than in the control noncryopreserved islets. The survival of islets during postwarming culture was comparable after cryopreservation with both methods, and islets from both groups could lower serum glucose in streptozotocin diabetic mice. We conclude that islets cryopreserved by the vitrification method are functional in vitro and in vivo. This method is quick, simple, and cheap because the use of complicated freezing equipment is avoided.     

The intracellular handling of insulin-related peptides in isolated pancreatic islets. Evidence for differential rates of degradation of insulin and C-peptide.

Islets of Langerhans isolated from adult rats were maintained in tissue culture for 3 days in the continued presence of [3H]leucine. Labelled proinsulin, C-peptide and insulin were measured by quantitative h.p.l.c., a method which also allowed for resolution of C-peptide I and II, and of insulin I and II (the products of the two rat insulin genes). The results showed that: (1) at early times, proinsulin was the major radiolabelled product; with progressive time in culture, intra-islet levels of [3H]proinsulin decreased, despite continuous labelling with [3H]leucine, indicating that the combined rates of proinsulin conversion into insulin and of proinsulin release, exceeded the rate of synthesis; (2) insulin I levels were always greater than those of insulin II, both in the islets and for products released to the medium; (3) the molar ratio of [3H]insulin I and II to their respective 3H-labelled C-peptides increased with time for products retained within islets, reaching a value close to 3:1 by 3 days; by contrast, for products released to the medium during the culture period, the ratio was always close to unity; (4) when islets were incubated with [3H]leucine for 2 days, and then left for a further 1 day without label (chase period), the intra-islet [3H]insulin/[3H]C-peptide ratios rose to values as high as 9:1. Again, for material released to the medium, the values were close to 1:1; (5) it is concluded that C-peptide is degraded more rapidly than insulin within islet cells, thereby accounting for the elevated insulin/C-peptide ratios. The difference between the ratios observed in the islets and those for material released to the medium is taken to indicate that degradation occurs in a discrete cellular compartment and not in the secretory granule itself.     

Preservation of the effects of pregnancy on rat islets of Langerhans in tissue culture.

Islets of Langerhans, isolated from normal or 19-day pregnant rats, were cultured for 20 h at 37 degrees C in tissue culture medium 199. When islets were cultured in medium containing low glucose (5.5 mM), the higher adenylate cyclase activity and insulin secretory responses characteristic of islets from pregnant rats were maintained during the test period of 29 h. Islets from normal and pregnant rats were also cultured for 20 h in medium containing a very high glucose concentration (83.3 mM) in order to load the B cells with glycogen. It was found, after glycogen loading, that, while adenylate cyclase activity increased to a greater extent in islets from pregnant rats than controls, this activity was not increased in proportion to the striking changes in insulin release rate observed in pregnant rat islets. The results show that the difference in insulin secretory response between islets from normal and pregnant rats may be preserved when the islets are cultured for 20 h, and that these differences are enhanced for a variety of reasons after culture of islets in 83.3 mM glucose.     

In vitro effects of islet-activating protein on cultured rat pancreatic islets. Enhancement of insulin secretion, adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate accumulation and 45Ca flux

Pancreatic islets were maintained in culture with or without islet-activating protein (IAP), which is a new protein purified from culture medium of Bordetella pertussis. These cultured islets (IAP-treated or control) were then incubated for 30 min in IAP-free medium with various insulin secretagogues. During incubation, much more insulin was released from IAP-treated islets than control islets in response to glucose, arginine, glucagon, and sulfonylurea. IAP was effective in this regard when added to cultures at concentrations higher than 0.01 ng/ml; the effect was dependent on concentration up to 100 ng/ml. Enhanced insulin secretion was associated with accumulation of cyclic AMP when breakdown of the nucleotide was prevented by a methylxanthine. Epinephrine caused marked inhibitions, via alpha-adrenergic receptors, of glucose-induced insulin release, cyclic AMP accumulation and 45Ca uptake in control islets but did not in IAP-treated islets during incubation. None of these effects of IAP pretreatment were observed unless the medium for incubation was supplemented with Ca ions. 45Ca ion flux through the islet cell membrane was accelerated by the IAP treatment; conceivably, IAP was effective in causing sustained activation of native calcium ionophores on the membrane, which would be responsible for the enhanced insulin and cyclic AMP responses characteristic of IAP-treated islets.     

Effects of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine on secretory response, cAMP accumulation and DNA synthesis of islets from postnatal and adult Wistar rats

A possible role for cyclic adenosine-3'-5'-monophosphate (cAMP) in islet cell replication was examined in collagenase-isolated pancreatic islets from Wistar rats of different age and different metabolic state (non-pregnant, pregnant, days 15.5-17.5). Islets obtained from pregnant rats released significantly more insulin in response to 10 mmol/l glucose (culture for 24 h) and their DNA synthesis (incorporation of [3H]thymidine into islet DNA) was doubled compared to islets from non-pregnant controls. Islets obtained from 4-6 days old rats showed a maximal stimulation of DNA synthesis after exposure to 0.1 mmol/l IBMX (3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine) whereas the cAMP accumulation and the insulin biosynthesis measured in a subsequent short-term incubation were dose-dependent stimulated up to 1.0 mmol/l IBMX. In islets of 12 days old rats or 3 months old rats, however, IBMX did not stimulate DNA synthesis or insulin release measured during culture, although the cAMP content per islet was significantly enhanced after culture in the presence of IBMX.     

Vitrification of human islets of Langerhans

Cryopreservation of human islets of Langerhans by vitrification was studied. Isolated islets were divided into four groups: (1) control islets which were cultured for 6 days, (2) islets which were vitrified after 2 days of culture, (3) control islets which were cultured for 10-13 days, and (4) islets which were vitrified after 6-9 days of culture. After warming, islets from groups 2 and 4 were cultured for 4 days. The thus treated islets were investigated with respect to insulin secretion in the presence of 2.5 or 25 mM glucose, capacity to survive during postwarming culture, and morphology. The insulin secretion in islets from all groups could be stimulated by an increase of the concentration of glucose from 2.5 to 25 mM. No significant differences were observed between the insulin secretions of the vitrified and control islets or between the islets vitrified after 2 and 6-9 days of culture. It is concluded that human islets of Langerhans cryopreserved by vitrification are functional in vitro.     

Beneficial Effect of Insulin Treatment on Islet Transplantation Outcomes in Akita Mice

Islet transplantation is a promising potential therapy for patients with type 1 diabetes. The outcome of islet transplantation depends on the transplantation of a sufficient amount of β-cell mass. However, the initial loss of islets after transplantation is problematic. We hypothesized the hyperglycemic status of the recipient may negatively affect graft survival. Therefore, in the present study, we evaluated the effect of insulin treatment on islet transplantation involving a suboptimal amount of islets in Akita mice, which is a diabetes model mouse with an Insulin 2 gene missense mutation. Fifty islets were transplanted under the left kidney capsule of the recipient mouse with or without insulin treatment. For insulin treatment, sustained-release insulin implants were implanted subcutaneously into recipient mice 2 weeks before transplantation and maintained for 4 weeks. Islet transplantation without insulin treatment did not reverse hyperglycemia. In contrast, the group that received transplants in combination with insulin treatment exhibited improved fasting blood glucose levels until 18 weeks after transplantation, even after insulin treatment was discontinued. The group that underwent islet transplantation in combination with insulin treatment had better glucose tolerance than the group that did not undergo insulin treatment. Insulin treatment improved graft survival from the acute phase (i.e., 1 day after transplantation) to the chronic phase (i.e., 18 weeks after transplantation). Islet apoptosis increased with increasing glucose concentration in the medium or blood in both the in vitro culture and in vivo transplantation experiments. Expression profile analysis of grafts indicated that genes related to immune response, chemotaxis, and inflammatory response were specifically upregulated when islets were transplanted into mice with hyperglycemia compared to those with normoglycemia. Thus, the results demonstrate that insulin treatment protects islets from the initial rapid loss that is usually observed after transplantation and positively affects the outcome of islet transplantation in Akita mice.