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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-28
pubmed:abstractText
Autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells in type I, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) results in the loss of endogenous insulin secretion, which is incompletely replaced by exogenous insulin administration. The functional restoration provided by allogeneic beta-cell transplantation is limited by adverse effects of immunosuppression. To pursue an insulin replacement therapy based on autologous, engineered human non-beta cells, we generated a retroviral vector encoding a genetically modified human proinsulin, cleavable to insulin in non-beta cells, and a human nonfunctional cell surface marker. Here we report that this vector efficiently transduced primary human cells, inducing the synthesis of a modified proinsulin that was processed and released as mature insulin. This retrovirally derived insulin displayed in vitro biological activity, specifically binding to and phosphorylation of the insulin receptor, comparable to human insulin. In vivo, the transplantation of insulin-producing fibroblasts reverted hyperglycemia in a murine model of diabetes, whereas proinsulin-producing cells were ineffective. These results support the possibility of developing insulin production machinery in human non-beta cells for gene therapy of IDDM.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1043-0342
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1753-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Furin, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Genetic Engineering, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Hyperglycemia, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Moloney murine leukemia virus, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Proinsulin, pubmed-meshheading:10446915-Subtilisins
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Reversal of diabetes in mice by implantation of human fibroblasts genetically engineered to release mature human insulin.
pubmed:affiliation
Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Milan, Italy. falqui@tigem.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't