Nonenzymatic isolation and culture of adult islets from atrophic pancreata of copper-deficient rats: A morphologic analysis |
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Authors: | Cyprian Weaver Robert L Sorenson Brian Kobienia |
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Institution: | (1) Research Laboratory, Q458, Department of Biology, Saint John's University, 56321 Collegeville, Minnesota;(2) Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, 55455 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Abstract: | Summary The purpose of this study was to develop a nonenzymatic method of isolating adult islets using atrophied pancreata from copper-deficient
rats and to analyze their morphologic characteristics and behavior in culture. This unusual model of isolation was studied
because islets remain intact in the course of dietary copper deficiency while the acinar glandular component of the pancreas
undergoes selective atrophy and lipomatosis. Small fragments containing islets were readily microdissected from atrophied
glands and placed in culture. Within 24 h the fragments congealed into small irregular- to spherical-shaped masses within
which the darker profile of islets could be distinguished. Within a period of 3 to 5 d, islet tissue began to bud from the
lipocytic mass until by Day 7 spherical aggregates of intact islet tissue separated from the residual fragments. Subsequent
to further in vitro treatment, these islets could be maintained as free viable spherical masses if periodically agitated,
as attached stationary islets which developed monolayer growth if left undisturbed and as aggregated masses of islet tissue
forming megaislets if combined in small groups. Grouped islets treated with actinomycin D and cycloheximide did not exhibit
aggregation when incubated with these inhibitors. This suggests that megaislet formation was an active process requiring protein-RNA
synthesis rather than passive clumping or aggregation that can accompany metabolically altered or dying islets undergoing
cellular shedding and adhesion. Immunohistochemical localization demonstrated that insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, and pancreatic
polypeptide-immunoreactive cell types were present within the islets derived from this technique. The cellular topography
of these islets was not unlike that described by others for islets cultured from enzymatic isolation. This culture model may
serve as a resource for mature, viable islets isolated without mechanical or enzymatic disaggregation which can have attenuating
effects on islet function.
This work was supported by a research grant from the Diabetes Research and Education Foundation. |
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Keywords: | pancreatic islets pancreatic atrophy copper deficiency islet morphology culture islet isolation |
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