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Schambelan M, Don BR, Kaysen GA, Blake S. Abnormalities of glomerular eicosanoid metabolism in states of glomerular hyperfiltration. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1989; 259:275-304. [PMID: 2696356 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5700-1_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- M Schambelan
- Medical Service, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, California 94110
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The association between elevated levels of glycated haemoglobins and diabetes mellitus has been known for twenty years [92]. Since then the determination of glycated haemoglobins has become a valuable tool for the objective assessment of long-term glycaemia in diabetic patients. The marked clinical interest in reliable measurements of glycated haemoglobins has stimulated the development and perfection of the necessary methodology. Limitations of the techniques have led to investigation of the underlying causes. Some of them led to the recognition of processes that were not known to occur in vivo before, such as glycation at sites other than the amino terminus of the beta-chains, modification of haemoglobin by reactants other than glucose or the existence of labile haemoglobin adducts. With ideal methodology these features would have gone unnoticed. Furthermore, the determination of glycated haemoglobin in large populations of diabetic patients has lead to the discovery of new, clinically silent mutant haemoglobins. Today, the routine determination of glycated haemoglobins in diabetic patients probably represents the broadest screening for mutant haemoglobins. The experience with glycated haemoglobins shows that overcoming difficulties in their determination, and progress in biomedical research, are closely intertwined.
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- R Flückiger
- Department of Research and Internal Medicine, University Clinics Basel, Switzerland
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Dawidson I, Simonsen R, Aggarwal S, Coorpender L, Diller K, Rajotte R, Raskin P, Redman H, Rosenstock J. Cryopreserved human fetal pancreas: a source of insulin-producing tissue? Cryobiology 1988; 25:83-93. [PMID: 3286124 DOI: 10.1016/0011-2240(88)90001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Human fetal pancreata (HFP) were obtained from dilatation and extraction aborted fetuses of 11-18 weeks' gestation. The pancreas was excised under sterile conditions and kept in culture medium at 4 degrees C, prior to stepwise digestion into 50- to 150-micron fragments. The fragmented pieces were allowed to sediment by gravity, then transferred to tissue culture for 24-48 h, and cryopreserved. The freeze-thaw protocol used stepwise equilibration with dimethyl sulfoxide, nucleation of the sample at -10 degrees C, and a slow cooling rate of 0.25 degrees C/min to -40 degrees C, followed by submersion in liquid nitrogen (-196 degrees C). Rapid thawing at 300 degrees C/min from -196 degrees C was employed. Both fresh and frozen-thawed HFP fragments appeared viable as judged by light and electron microscopy, and secreted insulin in a perifusion system upon stimulation with glucose (28 mM) and theophylline (10 mM) or glucose (2.8 mM) and theophylline (10 mM). Six patients with Type I insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, already requiring immunosuppression for a kidney transplant, had intraportal injection of 20 cryopreserved-thawed and pooled HFP fragments. Up to the 1-year post-transplant follow-up, there has been no evidence of in vivo insulin or C-peptide production. The usefulness of cryopreserved human fetal pancreata as a source of insulin-producing tissue for diabetic patients, therefore, remains to be demonstrated.
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- I Dawidson
- Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas 75235
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Clark DL, Queener SF. Effects of diabetes mellitus on renal fatty acid activation and desaturation. Biochem Pharmacol 1985; 34:4305-10. [PMID: 4074391 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(85)90289-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We report the first direct measurement of delta-6 desaturase and delta-9 desaturase (EC 1.3.99.3, acyl-CoA dehydrogenase) activities in the rat kidney. Crude renal cortical homogenates from alloxan-diabetic and from normal rats were assayed for delta-6 and delta-9 desaturase activities. The delta-6 desaturation pathway activity measured with 9,12-octadecadienoic acid (linoleic acid) as substrate was increased, while the delta-9 desaturation pathway measured with hexadecanoic acid (palmitic acid) as substrate was unchanged in diabetic renal cortex, suggesting that the two enzymes are regulated independently in this tissue. In contrast to the kidney, delta-6 desaturase pathway activity was unchanged and the delta-9 desaturase pathway activity was greatly depressed in diabetic liver. When exogenous long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase (EC 6.2.1.3; acid: CoA ligase, AMP-forming) was added to the delta-6 desaturase assay system, the rate of delta-6 desaturation in normal kidney increased to a rate similar to that found in diabetic kidney; rates in diabetic extracts were unchanged. These results suggest that the rate of fatty acid substrate activation to the coenzyme A ester limits the rate of delta-6 desaturation in normal renal cortex. These results also suggest that the rate of fatty acid activation by long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase activity is increased in diabetic renal cortex. Direct measurement of the activity of long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase demonstrated that its activity was indeed increased significantly in the renal cortex of diabetic rats.
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Myers TO, Messina EJ, Rodrigues AM, Gerritsen ME. Altered aortic and cremaster muscle prostaglandin synthesis in diabetic rats. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1985; 249:E374-9. [PMID: 2931995 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1985.249.4.e374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Alterations in the synthesis and release of prostaglandins have been reported in humans and animal models of diabetes mellitus. In the present study synthesis and release of prostaglandins by thoracic aorta and cremaster muscle of rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes of 8 wk duration was compared with age-matched controls. Prostaglandin synthesis was assessed by the measurement of immunoreactive prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and 6-ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha (6-keto-PGF1 alpha) release and by quantifying metabolism of exogenous [1-14C]arachidonic acid by thoracic aortic rings and minced cremaster muscle. The cremaster muscles from diabetic rats released significantly greater quantities of PGE2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and PGE2. In contrast, the aortas from diabetic rats released smaller quantities of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and PGE2 and exhibited reduced 6-[1-14C]keto-PGF1 alpha. These studies indicate that diminished prostacyclin (PGI2) and/or PGE2 production is not a general feature of all diabetic vascular tissues, suggesting that large and small blood vessels may not be similarly affected by diabetes in regard to the metabolism of exogenous arachidonic acid and the synthesis and release of prostaglandins. Furthermore, the vascular changes often observed in conjunction with diabetes, i.e., alterations in vascular reactivity and microangiopathy in small blood vessels and atherosclerosis of large blood vessels may be related in some way to the segmental differences observed in prostaglandin synthesis.
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Mezzogiorno V, Esposito V. Morphological investigations into the structure of frozen-thawed rat islets of Langerhans. Cryobiology 1984; 21:296-302. [PMID: 6375977 DOI: 10.1016/0011-2240(84)90325-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Fetal rat pancreases, cultured for 8 days in RPMI 1640, were successively frozen to -196 degrees C. The samples, defrosted at different intervals (0, 5, 1, 2, 7, and 15 days), were examined by TEM and SEM. The effects of culture, various cooling times, warming rates, thawing procedures, dimethyl sulfoxide concentration, and ultrastructural features of cellular elements were analyzed.
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Rajotte RV, Warnock GL, Kneteman NN. Cryopreservation of insulin-producing tissue in rats and dogs. World J Surg 1984; 8:179-86. [PMID: 6428057 DOI: 10.1007/bf01655133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Weber CJ, Pi-Sunyer FX, Zimmerman E, Nilaver G, Kazim M, Hegre O, Reemtsma K. Uses of tissue culture and cryopreservation in pancreatic islet transplantation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1984; 172:489-525. [PMID: 6428185 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-9376-8_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Clark DL, Hamel FG, Queener SF. Changes in renal phospholipid fatty acids in diabetes mellitus: correlation with changes in adenylate cyclase activity. Lipids 1983; 18:696-705. [PMID: 6318007 DOI: 10.1007/bf02534536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Male Sprague-Dawley rats made diabetic with alloxan (37.5 mg/kg) or streptozotocin (65 mg/kg) were killed after 3-6 weeks of disease; renal tissues were studied for phospholipid content and for fatty acid composition of the phospholipids. No consistent change was noted in total phospholipid content nor in the proportion of various phospholipids in diabetics. However, diabetic animals showed a consistent reduction of arachidonic acid content in phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine in whole renal cortex, plasma membranes purified from renal cortex, and in isolated glomeruli. Associated with the fall in arachidonic acid was a rise in linoleic acid in the samples studied. Insulin therapy returned the fatty acid profiles to normal. These results are similar to patterns observed in other diabetic tissues and suggest that diabetes is associated with generalized changes in cell membranes. That these structural changes may have functional significance is suggested by demonstrated alterations in the temperature-dependence of adenylate cyclase in renal plasma membranes of diabetic animals. Adenylate cyclase is thought to be intimately associated with PC in plasma membranes, a phospholipid showing significant changes in fatty acid content in diabetes (unsaturation index 165 +/- 2 for normals, 147 +/- 5 for diabetics). Na+,K+-ATPase which is thought to be primarily associated in vivo with phosphatidylinositol (PI), shows no change in apparent energy of activation in diabetes. The fatty acid content of PI is minimally altered in diabetes, and the unsaturation index is unchanged.
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Danilovs JA, Brown J, Terasaki PI, Clark WR. HLA-DR and HLA-A, B, C typing of human fetal tissue. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1983; 21:296-308. [PMID: 6574618 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1983.tb00175.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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In anticipation of clinical trials of fetal pancreas transplantation we have investigated the feasibility of performing HLA-DR and HLA-A, B, C typing on fetal lymphoid cells other than PBL. Using the standard NIH microcytotoxicity test modified for HLA-DR typing it was possible to demonstrate HLA-DR antigens on subpopulations of bone marrow cells and splenocytes but not on thymocytes or hepatocytes. In contrast, HLA-A, B, C antigens could be detected on all four tissues. Excellent HLA-DR typing, confirmed by maternal typing, was obtained for 19 fetuses (14 to 23 weeks old) using bone marrow cells isolated by two-fold purification on discontinuous Percoll buoyant density gradients. Similar purification of splenocytes resulted in weak reactions with anti-DR sera; however, adherent splenocytes recovered from nylon wool columns proved to be primarily DR-bearing and also provided excellent DR typing. As a corollary to these results, non-adhering splenocytes depleted of DR-bearing cells were ideal for HLA-A, B, C typing since spurious reactions due to DR antigens were greatly diminished, whereas strong specific reactions were obtained with anti-HLA-A, B, C sera. Despite weaker reactions with HLA-A, B, C antisera obtained for thymocytes, reliable HLA-A, B, C typing could be obtained when results from thymocytes were evaluated together with typing from bone marrow cells or splenocytes. The possible benefits of fetal HLA typing for fetal pancreas transplantation are discussed.
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Rajotte RV, Warnock GL, Bruch LC, Procyshyn AW. Transplantation of cryopreserved and fresh rat islets and canine pancreatic fragments: comparison of cryopreservation protocols. Cryobiology 1983; 20:169-84. [PMID: 6406151 DOI: 10.1016/0011-2240(83)90006-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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(1) The freezing protocol we have devised for rat islets results in normal clinical indices and almost normal glucose tolerance in diabetic recipients of the same inbred strain. (2) Cryopreservation of canine islet-containing pancreatic tissue required a higher temperature than rat islets during exposure to the protective agent. (3) Because of the similar compactness of the pancreas in man and dog, we consider this canine model useful for formulating optimal cryopreservation techniques for the human pancreas. (4) Cryopreservation may partially purify islet-containing tissue of its exocrine content.
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Sandler S, Andersson A, Swenne I, Petersson B, Hellerström C, Björken C, Christensen N, Groth CG. Structure and function of human fetal endocrine pancreas before and after cryopreservation. Cryobiology 1983; 20:230-6. [PMID: 6342953 DOI: 10.1016/0011-2240(83)90012-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Najarian JS, Goetz FC, Sutherland DE. Pancreas and islet transplantation. THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY 1982; 12:391-404. [PMID: 6820095 DOI: 10.1007/bf02469827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Saxe AW, Yoon JW, Gorden P, Brennan MF. Cell culture and in vitro studies of fresh and cryopreserved human insulinoma. IN VITRO 1982; 18:884-90. [PMID: 6293963 DOI: 10.1007/bf02796330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Dispersed cells from both fresh and cryopreserved human insulinoma have been maintained in cell culture. Initial yield of viable cells was 50% for fresh and 25% for cryopreserved tissue. Viability of cells in culture was documented by increasing numbers of cells (doubling time approximately 5 d initially and 2 d at the sixth subculture for both fresh and cryopreserved tissue) and continued release of insulin over time (approximately 100 ng/ml per 10(5) cells at 10 d and 175 ng/ml per 10(5) cells at 30 d of culture for both fresh and cryopreserved tissue). Evidence that cells growing in culture were beta cells was provided by: (a) recovery of intracellular and extracellular immunoreactive insulin (IRI), (b) electron microscopic morphology, and (c) immunohistochemical staining. Cells from fresh insulinoma incubated with increasing concentrations of extracellular glucose released increasing amounts of IRI up to approximately 15 mM glucose, which paralleled changes in plasma insulin obtained during a preoperative glucose tolerance test.
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Lauder I, Abascal J, Cartwright RA, Farndon JR, Johnston ID. Alleviation of diabetic microangiopathy in rats by pancreatic islet cell transplantation. J Pathol 1982; 137:205-15. [PMID: 6808105 DOI: 10.1002/path.1711370305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Diabetes was induced in female WAG rats by an injection of streptozotocin. The resultant diabetic microangiopathy was studied in the kidney and other organs and the effectiveness of pancreatic islet cell transplantation in preventing and reversing the microvascular complications was assessed. It was found that intraportal transplants of more than 1000 islets produced metabolic normality in most animals and successful transplants prevented the development of diabetic microangiopathy. Very early lesions could be completely restored to normal. The findings strongly support the necessity of good metabolic control of human diabetic patients to prevent microangiopathic damage.
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Gordon DA, Toledo-Pereyra LH, MacKenzie GH. Preservation for transplantation: a review of techniques of islet cell culture and storage. J Surg Res 1982; 32:182-93. [PMID: 6799694 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4804(82)90089-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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