Islet transplantation in spontaneously diabetic BB/Wor rats

O. D. Hegre, A. J. Enriquez, R. J. Ketchum, A. J. Weinhaus, J. R. Serie

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Abstract

We investigated the effectiveness of islet transplantation as therapy in an animal model of spontaneous type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. Grafting MHC-matched and -mismatched islets with the spontaneously diabetic BB rat as a model has been previously reported to result in recurrence of the disase in the grafted tissue. When transplanted with nonimmunogenic islets isolated by nonenzymatic culture, we found that MHC-matched grafts proved to be susceptible to disease recurrence when allowed to remain in situ until ketosis developed in the host. Conversely, the MHC-mismatched grafts did not succumb to the disease process despite the destruction of the β-cell population of the endogenous pancreas. Four manifestly hyperglycemic BB/Wor rats received sufficient islet mass by allotransplantation to reverse this state. All four animals had ameliorated conditions, and three of the four were restored to a normoglycemic state. Recurrence of diabetes in the BB rat was not observed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1148-1154
Number of pages7
JournalDiabetes
Volume38
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1989

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