scholarly journals Novel enzymatic cross-linking–based hydrogel nanofilm caging system on pancreatic β cell spheroid for long-term blood glucose regulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (26) ◽  
pp. eabf7832
Author(s):  
Minji Kim ◽  
Hyunbum Kim ◽  
Young-sun Lee ◽  
Sangjun Lee ◽  
Seong-Eun Kim ◽  
...  

Pancreatic β cell therapy for type 1 diabetes is limited by low cell survival rate owing to physical stress and aggressive host immune response. In this study, we demonstrate a multilayer hydrogel nanofilm caging strategy capable of protecting cells from high shear stress and reducing immune response by interfering cell-cell interaction. Hydrogel nanofilm is fabricated by monophenol-modified glycol chitosan and hyaluronic acid that cross-link each other to form a nanothin hydrogel film on the cell surface via tyrosinase-mediated reactions. Furthermore, hydrogel nanofilm formation was conducted on mouse β cell spheroids for the islet transplantation application. The cytoprotective effect against physical stress and the immune protective effect were evaluated. Last, caged mouse β cell spheroids were transplanted into the type 1 diabetes mouse model and successfully regulated its blood glucose level. Overall, our enzymatic cross-linking–based hydrogel nanofilm caging method will provide a new platform for clinical applications of cell-based therapies.

Diabetes ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 1341-1357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subha Karumuthil-Melethil ◽  
M. Hanief Sofi ◽  
Radhika Gudi ◽  
Benjamin M. Johnson ◽  
Nicolas Perez ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Diana Gamboa ◽  
Carlos E. Vázquez ◽  
Paul J. Campos

Type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease that has an impact on mortality due to the destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic β -cells in the islets of Langerhans. Over the past few years, the interest in analyzing this type of disease, either in a biological or mathematical sense, has relied on the search for a treatment that guarantees full control of glucose levels. Mathematical models inspired by natural phenomena, are proposed under the prey–predator scheme. T1DM fits in this scheme due to the complicated relationship between pancreatic β -cell population growth and leukocyte population growth via the immune response. In this scenario, β -cells represent the prey, and leukocytes the predator. This paper studies the global dynamics of T1DM reported by Magombedze et al. in 2010. This model describes the interaction of resting macrophages, activated macrophages, antigen cells, autolytic T-cells, and β -cells. Therefore, the localization of compact invariant sets is applied to provide a bounded positive invariant domain in which one can ensure that once the dynamics of the T1DM enter into this domain, they will remain bounded with a maximum and minimum value. Furthermore, we analyzed this model in a closed-loop scenario based on nonlinear control theory, and proposed bases for possible control inputs, complementing the model with them. These entries are based on the existing relationship between cell–cell interaction and the role that they play in the unchaining of a diabetic condition. The closed-loop analysis aims to give a deeper understanding of the impact of autolytic T-cells and the nature of the β -cell population interaction with the innate immune system response. This analysis strengthens the proposal, providing a system free of this illness—that is, a condition wherein the pancreatic β -cell population holds and there are no antigen cells labeled by the activated macrophages.


2010 ◽  
Vol 184 (12) ◽  
pp. 6695-6708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subha Karumuthil-Melethil ◽  
Nicolas Perez ◽  
Ruobing Li ◽  
Bellur S. Prabhakar ◽  
Mark J. Holterman ◽  
...  

Diabetes ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick F. Antkowiak ◽  
Brian K. Stevens ◽  
Craig S. Nunemaker ◽  
Marcia McDuffie ◽  
Frederick H. Epstein

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Mishto ◽  
Artem Mansurkhodzhaev ◽  
Teresa Rodriguez-Calvo ◽  
Juliane Liepe

Increasing evidence suggests that post-translational peptide splicing can play a role in the immune response under pathological conditions. This seems to be particularly relevant in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) since post-translationally spliced epitopes derived from T1D-associated antigens have been identified among those peptides bound to Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) class I and II complexes. Their immunogenicity has been confirmed through CD4+ and CD8+ T cell-mediated responses in T1D patients. Spliced peptides theoretically have a large sequence variability. This might increase the frequency of viral-human zwitter peptides, i.e. peptides that share a complete sequence homology irrespective of whether they originate from human or viral antigens, thereby impinging upon the discrimination between self and non-self antigens by T cells. This might increase the risk of autoimmune responses triggered by viral infections. Since enteroviruses and other viral infections have historically been associated with T1D, we investigated whether cis-spliced peptides derived from selected viruses might be able to trigger CD8+ T cell-mediated autoimmunity. We computed in silico viral-human non-spliced and cis-spliced zwitter epitope candidates, and prioritized peptide candidates based on: (i) their binding affinity to HLA class I complexes, (ii) human pancreatic β cell and medullary thymic epithelial cell (mTEC) antigens’ mRNA expression, (iii) antigen association with T1D, and (iv) potential hotspot regions in those antigens. Neglecting potential T cell receptor (TCR) degeneracy, no viral-human zwitter non-spliced peptide was found to be an optimal candidate to trigger a virus-induced CD8+ T cell response against human pancreatic β cells. Conversely, we identified some zwitter peptide candidates, which may be produced by proteasome-catalyzed peptide splicing, and might increase the likelihood of pancreatic β cells recognition by virus-specific CD8+ T cell clones, therefore promoting β cell destruction in the context of viral infections.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 1805-1816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavia M. M. Paula ◽  
Nayara C. Leite ◽  
Emerielle C. Vanzela ◽  
Mirian A. Kurauti ◽  
Ricardo Freitas‐Dias ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maikel L. Colli ◽  
Fabrice Moore ◽  
Esteban N. Gurzov ◽  
Fernanda Ortis ◽  
Decio L. Eizirik

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia McCarthy ◽  
Jason Pitt ◽  
Max L. Eckstein ◽  
Othmar Moser ◽  
Stephen C. Bain ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Xiaoyang Lai ◽  
Xuyang Liu ◽  
Xia Cai ◽  
Fang Zou

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease accompanied by the immune-mediated destruction of pancreatic β-cells. In this study, we aimed to explore the regulatory effects of Vitamin D (VD) supplementation on pancreatic β-cell function by altering the expression of bioinformatically identified cathepsin G (CatG) in T1D model mice. A T1D mouse model was established in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, and their islets were isolated and purified. Pancreatic mononuclear cells (MNCs) were collected, from which CD4+ T cells were isolated. The levels of interleukin (IL)-2, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) in the supernatant of mouse pancreatic tissue homogenate were assessed using ELISA. Immunohistochemistry and TUNEL staining were conducted to evaluate the effects of VD supplementation on pancreatic tissues of T1D mice. The pancreatic beta-cell line MIN6 was used for in vitro substantiation of findings in vivo. VD supplementation reduced glucose levels and improved glucose tolerance in T1D mice. Further, VD supplementation improved pancreatic β-cell function and suppressed immunological and inflammatory reactions in the T1D mice. We documented overexpression of CatG in diabetes tissue samples, and then showed that VD supplementation normalized the islet immune microenvironment through down-regulating CatG expression in T1D mice. Experiments in vitro subsequently demonstrated that VD supplementation impeded CD4+ T activation by down-regulating CatG expression, and thereby enhanced pancreatic β-cell function. Results of the present study elucidated that VD supplementation can down-regulate the expression of CatG and inhibit CD4+ T cell activation, thereby improving β-cell function in T1D.


2015 ◽  
Vol 290 (16) ◽  
pp. 10570-10570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Gurgul-Convey ◽  
Sigurd Lenzen

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