Innovative Microcapsules for Pancreatic ß-Cells Harvested from Mature Double-Transgenic Mice: Cell Imaging, Viability, Induced Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Measurements and Proinflammatory Cytokines Analysis

Purpose: Recently we demonstrated that microencapsulation of a murine pancreatic ß-cell line using an alginate-ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) matrix produced microcapsules with good stability and cell viability. In this study, we investigated if translation of this formulation to microencapsulation of...

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Main Authors: Mooranian, Armin, Takechi, Ryu, Jamieson, E., Morahan, G., Al-Salami, Hani
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Published: AAPS 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51500
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author Mooranian, Armin
Takechi, Ryu
Jamieson, E.
Morahan, G.
Al-Salami, Hani
author_facet Mooranian, Armin
Takechi, Ryu
Jamieson, E.
Morahan, G.
Al-Salami, Hani
author_sort Mooranian, Armin
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description Purpose: Recently we demonstrated that microencapsulation of a murine pancreatic ß-cell line using an alginate-ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) matrix produced microcapsules with good stability and cell viability. In this study, we investigated if translation of this formulation to microencapsulation of primary ß-cells harvested from mature double-transgenic healthy mice would also generate stable microcapsules with good cell viability. Methods: Islets of Langerhans were isolated from Ngn3-GFP/RIP-DsRED mice by intraductal collagenase P digestion and density gradient centrifugation, dissociated into single cells and the ß-cell population purified by Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting. ß-cells were microencapsulated using either alginate-poly-l-ornithine (F1; control) or alginate-poly-l-ornithine-UDCA (F2; test) formulations. Microcapsules were microscopically examined and microencapsulated cells were analyzed for viability, insulin and cytokine release, 2 days post-microencapsulation. Results: Microcapsules showed good uniformity and morphological characteristics and even cell distribution within microcapsules with or without UDCA. Two days post microencapsulation cell viability, mitochondrial ATP and insulin production were shown to be optimized in the presence of UDCA whilst production of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-1ß was reduced. Contradictory to our previous studies, UDCA did not reduce production of any other pro-inflammatory biomarkers. Conclusions: These results suggest that UDCA incorporation improves microcapsules’ physical and morphological characteristics and improves the viability and function of encapsulated mature primary pancreatic ß-cells.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-515002017-09-13T15:48:11Z Innovative Microcapsules for Pancreatic ß-Cells Harvested from Mature Double-Transgenic Mice: Cell Imaging, Viability, Induced Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Measurements and Proinflammatory Cytokines Analysis Mooranian, Armin Takechi, Ryu Jamieson, E. Morahan, G. Al-Salami, Hani Purpose: Recently we demonstrated that microencapsulation of a murine pancreatic ß-cell line using an alginate-ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) matrix produced microcapsules with good stability and cell viability. In this study, we investigated if translation of this formulation to microencapsulation of primary ß-cells harvested from mature double-transgenic healthy mice would also generate stable microcapsules with good cell viability. Methods: Islets of Langerhans were isolated from Ngn3-GFP/RIP-DsRED mice by intraductal collagenase P digestion and density gradient centrifugation, dissociated into single cells and the ß-cell population purified by Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting. ß-cells were microencapsulated using either alginate-poly-l-ornithine (F1; control) or alginate-poly-l-ornithine-UDCA (F2; test) formulations. Microcapsules were microscopically examined and microencapsulated cells were analyzed for viability, insulin and cytokine release, 2 days post-microencapsulation. Results: Microcapsules showed good uniformity and morphological characteristics and even cell distribution within microcapsules with or without UDCA. Two days post microencapsulation cell viability, mitochondrial ATP and insulin production were shown to be optimized in the presence of UDCA whilst production of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-1ß was reduced. Contradictory to our previous studies, UDCA did not reduce production of any other pro-inflammatory biomarkers. Conclusions: These results suggest that UDCA incorporation improves microcapsules’ physical and morphological characteristics and improves the viability and function of encapsulated mature primary pancreatic ß-cells. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51500 10.1007/s11095-017-2138-y AAPS restricted
spellingShingle Mooranian, Armin
Takechi, Ryu
Jamieson, E.
Morahan, G.
Al-Salami, Hani
Innovative Microcapsules for Pancreatic ß-Cells Harvested from Mature Double-Transgenic Mice: Cell Imaging, Viability, Induced Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Measurements and Proinflammatory Cytokines Analysis
title Innovative Microcapsules for Pancreatic ß-Cells Harvested from Mature Double-Transgenic Mice: Cell Imaging, Viability, Induced Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Measurements and Proinflammatory Cytokines Analysis
title_full Innovative Microcapsules for Pancreatic ß-Cells Harvested from Mature Double-Transgenic Mice: Cell Imaging, Viability, Induced Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Measurements and Proinflammatory Cytokines Analysis
title_fullStr Innovative Microcapsules for Pancreatic ß-Cells Harvested from Mature Double-Transgenic Mice: Cell Imaging, Viability, Induced Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Measurements and Proinflammatory Cytokines Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Innovative Microcapsules for Pancreatic ß-Cells Harvested from Mature Double-Transgenic Mice: Cell Imaging, Viability, Induced Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Measurements and Proinflammatory Cytokines Analysis
title_short Innovative Microcapsules for Pancreatic ß-Cells Harvested from Mature Double-Transgenic Mice: Cell Imaging, Viability, Induced Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Measurements and Proinflammatory Cytokines Analysis
title_sort innovative microcapsules for pancreatic ß-cells harvested from mature double-transgenic mice: cell imaging, viability, induced glucose-stimulated insulin measurements and proinflammatory cytokines analysis
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/51500