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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
This study reports the cryopreservation of purified fetal pig proislets (FPP) which were isolated by a culture technique. The FPP were equilibrated with 2 M dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO), cooled at a rate of 0.25 degrees C/min to -40 degrees C, transferred to liquid nitrogen (-196 degrees C), stored for 2 h to 2 months at -196 degrees C, and thawed in a 37 degrees C water bath. The morphology of frozen-thawed FPP was similar to that of noncryopreserved FPP. One hundred percent recovery of response capacity was achieved when tested with 16.7 mM glucose plus 10 mM theophylline. We have recently shown that streptozotocin is not toxic to FPP. Accordingly, we transplanted a standardized dose (10-15 mg/mouse) of either cultured of frozen-thawed FPP beneath the renal capsule of nude mice. Three to four weeks later the recipients of the FPP were rendered diabetic by iv streptozotocin. All of the mice transplanted with cultured FPP and seven of eight mice receiving cryopreserved FPP achieved normoglycemia, 74.8 +/- 32.9 and 54.7 +/- 8.1 days (P > 0.05) after transplantation. An intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test in the mice of both groups showed a flatter response to glucose compared to those of normal controls. Grafts removed from the mice with normoglycemia for > 3 weeks, in both groups, had the capacity to secrete insulin in response to 16.7 mM glucose alone and 16.7 mM glucose plus 10 mM theophylline during in vitro perifusion. Histological examination revealed that the extent of differentiation and development, in vivo of cryopreserved FPP was comparable with that of cultured FPP. These data indicate that cryopreservation, with the protocol used here, is successful in maintaining functional viability of frozen-thawed FPP. This study is valuable for clinical islet transplantation research.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0011-2240
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
262-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Cryopreservation, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Fetal Tissue Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Gestational Age, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Glucose Tolerance Test, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Islets of Langerhans, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Islets of Langerhans Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Theophylline, pubmed-meshheading:8370312-Transplantation, Heterologous
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Successful cryopreservation of fetal porcine proislets.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Medical Clinic, Justus von Liebig University of Giessen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't