Abstract
Susceptibility of islet cells to damage by hydrogen peroxide, superoxide, and nitric oxide was determined on islets isolated from humans, pigs, and rats. Islets were incubated for 20 hr at 37°C with different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide, hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase, or nitroprusside sodium, respectively. Islet cell damage was then measured as trypan blue-uptake. Rat islets showed a higher sensitivity than human or pig islets to damage by reactive oxygen species or nitric oxide. These results indicate that pig islets may be a more suitable model than rat islets to study inflammatory islet cell damage in diabetes and clinical islet transplantation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 133-135 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes |
Volume | 103 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1995 |
Keywords
- hydrogen peroxide
- islet of Langerhans
- nitric oxide
- superoxide