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Joosten L, Boss M, Jansen T, Brom M, Buitinga M, Aarntzen E, Eriksson O, Johansson L, de Galan B, Gotthardt M. Molecular Imaging of Diabetes. Mol Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-816386-3.00041-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Ullsten S, Espes D, Quach M, Fex M, Sandberg M, Carlsson P. Highly blood perfused, highly metabolically active pancreatic islets may be more susceptible for immune attack. Physiol Rep 2020; 8:e14444. [PMID: 32618430 PMCID: PMC7333349 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.14444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Differences in pancreatic islet susceptibility during type 1 diabetes development may be explained by interislet variations. This study aimed to investigate if heterogeneities in vascular support and metabolic activity in rat and human islets may explain why some islets are attacked earlier than other islets. In rats, highly blood perfused islets were identified by injection of microspheres into the ascending aorta, whereas a combination of anterograde and retrograde injections of microspheres into pancreas was used to determine the islet vascular drainage system. Highly blood perfused islets had superior function and lower glucose threshold for insulin release when compared with other islets. These islets had a preferential direct venous drainage to the portal vein, whereas other islets mainly were incorporated into the exocrine capillary system. In BioBreeding rats, the hypothesis that islets with high islet blood perfusion was more prone to immune cell infiltration was investigated. Indeed, highly blood perfused islets were the first affected by the immune attack. In human subjects, differences in glucose threshold for insulin (C-peptide) secretion was evaluated in individuals recently diagnosed for type 1 diabetes and compared to control subjects. A preferential loss of capacity for insulin release in response to low glucose concentrations was observed at debut of type 1 diabetes. Our study indicates that highly blood perfused islets with direct venous drainage and lower glucose threshold for insulin release are of great importance for normal glucose homeostasis. At the same time, these highly metabolically active islets were the primary target of the immune system.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sara Ullsten
- Department of Medical Cell BiologyUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Medical Cell BiologyUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
- Department of Medical SciencesUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Medical Cell BiologyUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Clinical SciencesLund University Diabetes CenterLund UniversityLundSweden
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- Department of Medical Cell BiologyUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Medical Cell BiologyUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
- Department of Medical SciencesUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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Zn2+ chelation by serum albumin improves hexameric Zn2+-insulin dissociation into monomers after exocytosis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0187547. [PMID: 29099856 PMCID: PMC5669427 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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β-cells release hexameric Zn2+-insulin into the extracellular space, but monomeric Zn2+-free insulin appears to be the only biologically active form. The mechanisms implicated in dissociation of the hexamer remain unclear, but they seem to be Zn2+ concentration-dependent. In this study, we investigate the influence of albumin binding to Zn2+ on Zn2+-insulin dissociation into Zn2+-free insulin and its physiological, methodological and therapeutic relevance. Glucose and K+-induced insulin release were analyzed in isolated mouse islets by static incubation and perifusion experiments in the presence and absence of albumin and Zn2+ chelators. Insulin tolerance tests were performed in rats using different insulin solutions with and without Zn2+ and/or albumin. Albumin-free buffer does not alter quantification by RIA of Zn2+-free insulin but strongly affects RIA measurements of Zn2+-insulin. In contrast, accurate determination of Zn2+-insulin was obtained only when bovine serum albumin or Zn2+ chelators were present in the assay buffer solution. Albumin and Zn2+ chelators do not modify insulin release but do affect insulin determination. Preincubation with albumin or Zn2+ chelators promotes the conversion of "slow" Zn2+-insulin into "fast" insulin. Consequently, insulin diffusion from large islets is ameliorated in the presence of Zn2+ chelators. These observations support the notion that the Zn2+-binding properties of albumin improve the dissociation of Zn2+-insulin into subunits after exocytosis, which may be useful in insulin determination, insulin pharmacokinetic assays and islet transplantation.
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Bruun SW, Josefsen K, Tanassi JT, Marek A, Pedersen MHF, Sidenius U, Haupt-Jorgensen M, Antvorskov JC, Larsen J, Heegaard NH, Buschard K. Large Gliadin Peptides Detected in the Pancreas of NOD and Healthy Mice following Oral Administration. J Diabetes Res 2016; 2016:2424306. [PMID: 27795959 PMCID: PMC5067331 DOI: 10.1155/2016/2424306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Gluten promotes type 1 diabetes in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice and likely also in humans. In NOD mice and in non-diabetes-prone mice, it induces inflammation in the pancreatic lymph nodes, suggesting that gluten can initiate inflammation locally. Further, gliadin fragments stimulate insulin secretion from beta cells directly. We hypothesized that gluten fragments may cross the intestinal barrier to be distributed to organs other than the gut. If present in pancreas, gliadin could interact directly with the immune system and the beta cells to initiate diabetes development. We orally and intravenously administered 33-mer and 19-mer gliadin peptide to NOD, BALB/c, and C57BL/6 mice and found that the peptides readily crossed the intestinal barrier in all strains. Several degradation products were found in the pancreas by mass spectroscopy. Notably, the exocrine pancreas incorporated large amounts of radioactive label shortly after administration of the peptides. The study demonstrates that, even in normal animals, large gliadin fragments can reach the pancreas. If applicable to humans, the increased gut permeability in prediabetes and type 1 diabetes patients could expose beta cells directly to gliadin fragments. Here they could initiate inflammation and induce beta cell stress and thus contribute to the development of type 1 diabetes.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Oral
- Animals
- Chromatography, Liquid
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/immunology
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Gliadin/immunology
- Gliadin/pharmacokinetics
- Inflammation
- Insulin/metabolism
- Insulin Secretion
- Insulin-Secreting Cells/immunology
- Insulin-Secreting Cells/metabolism
- Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism
- Male
- Mass Spectrometry
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred NOD
- Pancreas/metabolism
- Pancreas, Exocrine/metabolism
- Peptide Fragments/pharmacokinetics
- Permeability
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
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- The Bartholin Institute, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen N, Denmark
- *Knud Josefsen:
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- Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology & Genetics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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- The Hevesy Laboratory, DTU Nutech, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- The Hevesy Laboratory, DTU Nutech, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Enzyme Purification and Characterization, Novozymes A/S, Bagsværd, Denmark
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- The Bartholin Institute, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology & Genetics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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Noninvasive mapping of pancreatic inflammation in recent-onset type-1 diabetes patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:2139-44. [PMID: 25650428 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1424993112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The inability to visualize the initiation and progression of type-1 diabetes (T1D) noninvasively in humans is a major research and clinical stumbling block. We describe an advanced, exportable method for imaging the pancreatic inflammation underlying T1D, based on MRI of the clinically approved magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) ferumoxytol. The MNP-MRI approach, which reflects nanoparticle uptake by macrophages in the inflamed pancreatic lesion, has been validated extensively in mouse models of T1D and in a pilot human study. The methodological advances reported here were enabled by extensive optimization of image acquisition at 3T, as well as by the development of improved MRI registration and visualization technologies. A proof-of-principle study on patients recently diagnosed with T1D versus healthy controls yielded two major findings: First, there was a clear difference in whole-pancreas nanoparticle accumulation in patients and controls; second, the patients with T1D exhibited pronounced inter- and intrapancreatic heterogeneity in signal intensity. The ability to generate noninvasive, 3D, high-resolution maps of pancreatic inflammation in autoimmune diabetes should prove invaluable in assessing disease initiation and progression and as an indicator of response to emerging therapies.
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Dhyani AH, Fan X, Leoni L, Haque M, Roman BB. Empirical mathematical model for dynamic manganese-enhanced MRI of the murine pancreas for assessment of β-cell function. Magn Reson Imaging 2012; 31:508-14. [PMID: 23102946 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2012.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2012] [Revised: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Autoimmune ablation of pancreatic β-cells and alteration of its microvasculature may be a predictor of Type I diabetes development. A dynamic manganese-enhanced MRI (MEMRI) approach and an empirical mathematical model were developed to monitor whole pancreatic β-cell function and vasculature modifications in mice. Normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic FVB/N mice were imaged on a 9.4T MRI system using a 3D magnetization prepared rapid acquisition gradient echo pulse sequence to characterize low dose manganese kinetics in the pancreas head, body and tail. Average signal enhancement in the pancreas (head, body, and tail) as a function of time was fit by a novel empirical mathematical model characterizing contrast uptake/washout rates and yielding parameters describing peak signal, initial slope, and initial area under the curve. Signal enhancement from glucose-induced manganese uptake was fit by a linear function. The results demonstrated that the diabetic pancreatic tail had a significantly lower contrast uptake rate, smaller initial slope/initial area under the curve, and a smaller rate of Mn uptake following glucose activation (p<0.05) compared to the normal pancreatic tail. These observations parallel known patterns of β-cell loss and alteration in supportive vasculature associated with diabetes. Dynamic MEMRI is a promising technique for assessing β-cell functionality and vascular perfusion with potential applications for monitoring diabetes progression and/or therapy.
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- Anita H Dhyani
- Department of Radiology, MC2026, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Medarova Z, Greiner DL, Ifediba M, Dai G, Bolotin E, Castillo G, Bogdanov A, Kumar M, Moore A. Imaging the pancreatic vasculature in diabetes models. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2011; 27:767-72. [PMID: 22069257 PMCID: PMC3721374 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.1249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Vascular parameters, such as vascular volume, flow, and permeability, are important disease biomarkers for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Therefore, it is essential to develop approaches to monitor the changes in pancreatic microvasculature non-invasively. METHODS Here, we describe the application of the long-circulating, paramagnetic T1 contrast agent, protected Graft Copolymer bearing covalently linked gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid residues and labelled with fluorescein (PGC-GdDTPA-F) for the non-invasive semi-quantitative evaluation of vascular changes in diabetic models using magnetic resonance imaging. RESULTS We observed a significantly higher accumulation of protected graft copolymer bearing covalently linked gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid residues and labelled with fluorescein in the pancreata of BBDR rats induced to develop diabetes, as compared to non-diabetic controls at 1 h post-injection. No differences were seen in the blood pool, kidney, or muscle, indicating that the effect is specific to the diabetic pancreas. Fluorescence microscopy revealed a marked increase in contrast agent availability in the pancreas with the development of the pathology. Similar changes were noted in the homozygous Leprdb mouse model of type 2 diabetes. This effect appeared to result both from the increase of vascular volume and permeability. CONCLUSIONS High-molecular weight paramagnetic blood volume contrast agents are valuable for the in vivo definition of pancreatic microvasculature dynamics by magnetic resonance imaging. The increase in vascular volume and permeability, associated with diabetic inflammation, can be monitored non-invasively and semi-quantitatively by magnetic resonance imaging in diabetic BBDR rats. This imaging strategy represents a valuable research tool for better understanding of the pathologic process.
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- Zdravka Medarova
- Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Radiology and Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Correspondence to: Anna Moore, Molecular Imaging Laboratory, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Bldg.75, 13th St., Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Gaglia JL, Guimaraes AR, Harisinghani M, Turvey SE, Jackson R, Benoist C, Mathis D, Weissleder R. Noninvasive imaging of pancreatic islet inflammation in type 1A diabetes patients. J Clin Invest 2010; 121:442-5. [PMID: 21123946 DOI: 10.1172/jci44339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2010] [Accepted: 10/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Type 1A diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by leukocyte infiltration of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans. A major impediment to advances in understanding, preventing, and curing T1D has been the inability to "see" the disease initiate, progress, or regress, especially during the occult phase. Here, we report the development of a noninvasive method to visualize T1D at the target organ level in patients with active insulitis. Specifically, we visualized islet inflammation, manifest by microvascular changes and monocyte/macrophage recruitment and activation, using magnetic resonance imaging of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). As a proof of principle for this approach, imaging of infused ferumoxtran-10 nanoparticles permitted effective visualization of the pancreas and distinction of recent-onset diabetes patients from nondiabetic controls. The observation that MNPs accumulate in the pancreas of T1D patients opens the door to exploiting this noninvasive imaging method to follow T1D progression and monitoring the ability of immunomodulatory agents to clear insulitis.
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- Jason L Gaglia
- Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Sandanaraj BS, Gremlich HU, Kneuer R, Dawson J, Wacha S. Fluorescent Nanoprobes as a Biomarker for Increased Vascular Permeability: Implications in Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer and Inflammation. Bioconjug Chem 2009; 21:93-101. [DOI: 10.1021/bc900311h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Britto S. Sandanaraj
- Global Imaging Group and Department of Autoimmunity, Transplantation and Inflammation, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Global Imaging Group and Department of Autoimmunity, Transplantation and Inflammation, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Global Imaging Group and Department of Autoimmunity, Transplantation and Inflammation, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Global Imaging Group and Department of Autoimmunity, Transplantation and Inflammation, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Global Imaging Group and Department of Autoimmunity, Transplantation and Inflammation, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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Pancreatic islets are highly vascularized micro-organs. Approximately 10% of an islet consists of blood vessels. The induction and maintenance of the islet vascular system depend on VEGF secreted from β-cells. VEGF is also critical for the phenotype of the islet vasculature by induction of a vast number of fenestrae. The islet vasculature serves the role of supplying the endocrine cells with oxygen and nutrients, but may also be important for proper glucose sensing of the cells, for paracrine support of endocrine function and growth, and for drainage of metabolites and secreted islet hormones into the systemic circulation. Emerging evidence suggests an important role of islet endothelial cells to maintain β-cell function and growth by secretion of molecules such as hepatocyte growth factor, thrombospondin-1 and laminins, thereby forming a vascular niche for the endocrine cells.
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- Johan Olerud
- a Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- a Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- b Department of Medical Sciences, Section for Endocrinology and Diabetology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden and Department of Medical Cell Biology, Husargatan 3, Box 571, SE-75123, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Medarova Z, Castillo G, Dai G, Bolotin E, Bogdanov A, Moore A. Noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging of microvascular changes in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 2007; 56:2677-82. [PMID: 17682091 DOI: 10.2337/db07-0822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes involves autoimmune lymphocytic destruction of insulin-producing beta-cells and metabolic dysregulation. An early biomarker of pancreatic islet damage is islet microvascular dysfunction, and alterations in vascular volume, flow, and permeability have been reported in numerous models of type 1 diabetes. Consequently, the ability to noninvasively monitor the dynamics of the pancreatic microvasculature would aid in early diagnosis and permit the assessment, design, and optimization of individualized therapeutic intervention strategies. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Here, we used the long circulating paramagnetic contrast agent, protected graft copolymer (PGC) covalently linked to gadolinium-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid residues (GdDTPAs) labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate (PGC-GdDTPA-F), for the noninvasive semiquantitative evaluation of vascular changes in a streptozotocin (STZ)-induced mouse model of type 1 diabetes. Diabetic animals and nondiabetic controls were monitored by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after injection of PGC-GdDTPA-F. RESULTS Our findings demonstrated a significantly greater accumulation of PGC-GdDTPA-F in the pancreata of diabetic animals compared with controls. MRI permitted the in vivo semiquantitative assessment and direct visualization of the differential distribution of PGC-GdDTPA-F in diabetic and control pancreata. Ex vivo histology revealed extensive distribution of PGC-GdDTPA-F within the vascular compartment of the pancreas, as well as considerable leakage of the probe into the islet interstitium. By contrast, in nondiabetic controls, PGC-GdDTPA-F was largely restricted to the pancreatic vasculature at the islet periphery. CONCLUSIONS Based on these observations, we conclude that in the STZ model of type 1 diabetes, changes in vascular volume and permeability associated with early stages of the disease can be monitored noninvasively and semiquantitatively by MRI.
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- Zdravka Medarova
- Molecular Imaging Laboratory, MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Room 2301, Bldg. 149, 13th St., Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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Olsson R, Carlsson PO. The pancreatic islet endothelial cell: emerging roles in islet function and disease. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2006; 38:710-4. [PMID: 16607697 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2006.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The pancreatic islets are one of the most vascularized organs of the body. This likely reflects the requirements of the organ for a rich supply of nutrients and oxygen to the tissue, as well as the need for rapid disposal of metabolites and secreted hormones. The islet endothelium is richly fenestrated to facilitate trans-endothelial transport of secreted hormones, has a unique expression of surface markers, and produces a number of vasoactive substances and growth factors. The islet endothelial cells play a critical role in the early phase of type 1 diabetes mellitus by increasing the expression of surface leucocyte-homing receptors, thereby enabling immune cells to enter the endocrine tissue and cause beta-cell destruction. Following transplantation, pancreatic islets lack a functional capillary system and need to be properly revascularized. Insufficient revascularization may severely affect the transport properties of the islet endothelial system, resulting in a dysfunctional islet graft.
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- Richard Olsson
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden
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Turvey SE, Swart E, Denis MC, Mahmood U, Benoist C, Weissleder R, Mathis D. Noninvasive imaging of pancreatic inflammation and its reversal in type 1 diabetes. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:2454-61. [PMID: 16110329 PMCID: PMC1187933 DOI: 10.1172/jci25048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2005] [Accepted: 06/07/2005] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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A major stumbling block for research on and treatment of type 1 diabetes is the inability to directly, but noninvasively, visualize the lymphocytic/inflammatory lesions in the pancreatic islets. One potential approach to surmounting this impediment is to exploit MRI of magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) to visualize changes in the microvasculature that invariably accompany inflammation. MNP-MRI did indeed detect vascular leakage in association with insulitis in murine models of type 1 diabetes, permitting noninvasive visualization of the inflammatory lesions in vivo in real time. We demonstrate, in proof-of-principle experiments, that this strategy allows one to predict, within 3 days of completing treatment with an anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody, which NOD mice with recent-onset diabetes are responding to therapy and may eventually be cured. Importantly, an essentially identical MNP-MRI strategy has previously been used with great success to image lymph node metastases in prostate cancer patients. This success strongly argues for rapid translation of these preclinical observations to prediction and/or stratification of type 1 diabetes and treatment of individuals with the disease; this would provide a crucially needed early predictor of response to therapy.
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- Stuart E Turvey
- Section on Immunology and Immunogenetics, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Carlsson PO, Flodström M, Sandler S. Islet Blood Flow in Multiple Low Dose Streptozotocin-Treated Wild-Type and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase-Deficient Mice. Endocrinology 2000; 141:2752-2757. [PMID: 10919259 DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.8.7598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/1999] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The present study tested the hypothesis that changes in islet blood perfusion occur during the development of diabetes in the multiple low dose streptozotocin-treated mouse. Streptozotocin (40 mg/kg) or citrate buffer was given ip once daily for 5 consecutive days to wild-type and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)-deficient C57BL/6 x 129 SvEv hybrid mice. The blood flows were then determined by a microsphere technique. The islet blood perfusion was almost 2-fold higher in wild-type mice treated with streptozotocin than in those given vehicle. Whole pancreatic blood flow was also increased in the streptozotocin-treated wild-type mice. In iNOS-deficient mice, neither islet blood flow nor whole pancreatic blood flow was affected by repeated streptozotocin treatment. These combined findings suggest an increased islet blood perfusion in the prediabetic stage mediated by an iNOS-dependent mechanism. In combination with increased vasopermeability and expression of adhesion molecules on the islet endothelium, as previously described, this increased islet blood flow may be of crucial importance for the recruitment of inflammatory cells into the islets during the development of diabetes in this animal model. Indeed, an increased degree of insulitis was observed in wild-type mice compared with mice deficient in iNOS as well as a more rapid decrease in islet volume and an earlier debut of manifest diabetes. We also describe altered islet blood perfusion in the iNOS-deficient mice during basal conditions due to a compensatory increase in constitutive NOS activity.
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- P O Carlsson
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Stewart PA. Endothelial vesicles in the blood-brain barrier: are they related to permeability? Cell Mol Neurobiol 2000; 20:149-63. [PMID: 10696507 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007026504843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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1. Macromolecules cross capillary walls via large vascular pores that are thought to be formed by plasmalemmal vesicles. Early hypotheses suggested that vesicles transferred plasma constituents across the endothelial wall either by a "shuttle" mechanism or by fusing to form transient patent channels for diffusion. Recent evidence shows that the transcytotic pathway involves both movement of vesicles within the cell and a series of fusions and fissions of the vesicular and cellular membranes. 2. The transfer of macromolecules across the capillary wall is highly specific and is mediated by receptors incorporated into specific membrane domains. Therefore, despite their morphological similarity, endothelial vesicles from heterogeneous populations in which the predominant receptor proteins incorporated in their membranes define the functions of individual vesicles. 3. Blood-brain barrier capillaries have very low permeabilities to most hydrophilic molecules. Their low permeability to macromolecules has been presumed to be due to an inhibition of the transcytotic mechanism, resulting in a low density of endothelial vesicles. 4. A comparison of vesicular densities and protein permeabilities in a number of vascular beds shows only a very weak correlation, therefore vesicle numbers alone cannot be used to predict permeability to macromolecules. 5. Blood-brain barrier capillaries are fully capable of transcytosing specific proteins, for example, insulin and transferrin, although the details are still somewhat controversial. 6. It has recently been shown that the albumin binding protein gp60 (also known as albondin), which facilitates the transcytosis of native albumin in other vascular beds, is virtually absent in brain capillaries. 7. It seems likely that the low blood-brain barrier permeability to macromolecules may be due to a low level of expression of specific receptors, rather than to an inhibition of the transcytosis mechanism.
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- P A Stewart
- Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Carlsson PO, Sandler S, Jansson L. Pancreatic islet blood perfusion in the nonobese diabetic mouse: diabetes-prone female mice exhibit a higher blood flow compared with male mice in the prediabetic phase. Endocrinology 1998; 139:3534-41. [PMID: 9681505 DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.8.6153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The present study tested the hypothesis that changes in pancreatic islet blood flow correlate with the difference in diabetes incidence between male and female nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice. The blood flows were determined by a microsphere technique. In animals aged 10 and 14 weeks, the islet blood perfusion was 3-fold higher in female NOD mice compared with that in either age-matched male NOD mice or age- and sex-matched control ICR mice. At 5 weeks of age islet blood flow was similar in all groups. No differences between male and female NOD mice in whole pancreatic, duodenal, ileal, or colonic blood flows were observed at any time point. Administration of a bolus dose of aminoguanidine (a blocker of inducible nitric oxide synthase) to 10-week-old animals selectively and markedly decreased islet blood flow in female NOD mice, whereas islet blood flow in ICR mice and male NOD mice remained unaffected. Aminoguanidine did not affect mean arterial blood pressure or whole pancreatic blood flow in any of the groups. Injection of N(G)-methyl-L-arginine, an unspecific inhibitor of both constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthase, markedly decreased whole pancreatic and islet blood flow to the same level in both male and female NOD mice. These combined findings suggest that diabetes-prone female NOD mice have an increased islet blood flow, which is mediated by an excessive production of nitric oxide formed by inducible nitric oxide synthase. The islet blood hyperperfusion may augment homing to the pancreatic islets of inflammatory cells and soluble factors involved in beta-cell destruction during the development of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in this animal model. The presently observed gender difference in the blood flow response could, therefore, at least partially explain why female NOD mice are more prone to develop hyperglycemia than the males.
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- P O Carlsson
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Enghofer M, Usadel KH, Beck O, Kusterer K. Superoxide dismutase reduces islet microvascular injury induced by streptozotocin in the rat. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 273:E376-82. [PMID: 9277392 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.273.2.e376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Intravenous administration of streptozotocin (STZ) leads to permanent diabetes mellitus in rats. We investigated the possible role of islet microcirculatory changes and free radical formation in this animal model. In vivo fluorescence microscopy was performed for 4 h after administration of STZ. Vascular permeability, capillary blood flow, and endothelial leukocyte adhesion were measured in endocrine and exocrine pancreatic tissue. The earliest microcirculatory event was an increase in vascular permeability in pancreatic islets, with a peak 1 h after STZ administration. The difference between islet and exocrine tissue light intensity was +15.8 +/- 5.6% at t = 60 min. Islet blood flow velocity significantly decreased after 3 h, whereas blood flow in the exocrine pancreas was not affected. Complete stasis of islet blood flow was observed only in rats receiving STZ. Neither increased leukocyte adhesion to islet vascular endothelium nor ischemia-reperfusion phenomena were observed. Prophylactic administration of the radical scavenger superoxide dismutase prevented STZ-induced damage to the islet microcirculation in the initial phase of this model. We conclude that STZ leads to severe microcirculatory disturbances within pancreatic islets in rats. Apparently, these changes are mediated at least in part by free oxygen radicals.
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- M Enghofer
- Department of Medicine I, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Papaccio G. Early insulitis and the islet vascular system. Diabetologia 1993; 36:682-3. [PMID: 8359588 DOI: 10.1007/bf00404082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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