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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
An obstacle to development of methods to quantify beta-cell turnover from pancreas tissue is the lack of conversion factors for the frequency of beta-cell replication or apoptosis detected by immunohistochemistry to rates of replication or apoptosis. We addressed this obstacle in islets from 1-mo-old rats by quantifying the relationship between the rate of beta-cell replication observed directly by time-lapse video microscopy (TLVM) and the frequency of beta-cell replication in the same islets detected by immunohistochemistry using antibodies against Ki67 and insulin in the same islets fixed immediately after TLVM. Similarly, we quantified the rate of beta-cell apoptosis by TLVM and then the frequency of apoptosis in the same islets using TdT-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling and insulin. Conversion factors were developed by regression analysis. The conversion factor from Ki67 labeling frequency (%) to actual replication rate (%events/h) is 0.025 +/- 0.003 h(-1). The conversion factor from TdT-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling frequency (%) to actual apoptosis rate (%events/h) is 0.41 +/- 0.05 h(-1). These conversion factors will permit development of models to evaluate beta-cell turnover in fixed pancreas tissue.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0193-1849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
296
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
E89-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Development of factors to convert frequency to rate for beta-cell replication and apoptosis quantified by time-lapse video microscopy and immunohistochemistry.
pubmed:affiliation
Larry Hillblom Islet Research Center, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, 900 Weyburn Place #A, Los Angeles, CA 90024-2852, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural