Noninvasive imaging of islet grafts using positron-emission tomography
| Autor: | Martha Campbell-Thompson, Yuxin Lu, Blake Middleton, Jide Tian, Lorraine Washburn, Hoa Dang, Michael E. Phelps, Mark A. Atkinson, Daniel L. Kaufman, David B. Stout, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, Zesong Zhang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Biodistribution endocrine system endocrine system diseases Cell Survival Islets of Langerhans Transplantation Biology Mice Genes Reporter medicine Glucose homeostasis Animals Humans Type 1 diabetes geography Reporter gene Multidisciplinary geography.geographical_feature_category medicine.diagnostic_test Graft Survival Biological Sciences medicine.disease Islet Rats Transplantation Liver Positron emission tomography Positron-Emission Tomography Immunology Signal transduction Signal Transduction |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 103(30) |
| ISSN: | 0027-8424 |
| Popis: | Islet transplantation offers a potential therapy to restore glucose homeostasis in type 1 diabetes patients. However, islet transplantation is not routinely successful because most islet recipients gradually lose graft function. Furthermore, serological markers of islet function are insensitive to islet loss until the latter stages of islet graft rejection. A noninvasive method of monitoring islet grafts would aid in the assessment of islet graft survival and the evaluation of interventions designed to prolong graft survival. Here, we show that recombinant adenovirus can engineer isolated islets to express a positron-emission tomography (PET) reporter gene and that these islets can be repeatedly imaged by using microPET after transplantation into mice. The magnitude of signal from engineered islets implanted into the axillary cavity was directly related to the implanted islet mass. PET signals attenuated over the following weeks because of the transient nature of adenovirus-mediated gene expression. Because the liver is the preferred site for islet implantation in humans, we also tested whether islets could be imaged after transfusion into the mouse liver. Control studies revealed that both intrahepatic islet transplantation and hyperglycemia altered the biodistribution kinetics of the PET probe systemically. Although transplanted islets were dispersed throughout the liver, clear signals from the liver region of mice receiving PET reporter-expressing islets were detectable for several weeks. Viral transduction, PET reporter expression, and repeated microPET imaging had no apparent deleterious effects on islet function after implantation. These studies lay a foundation for noninvasive quantitative assessments of islet graft survival using PET. |
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