PMID- 27181873 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170217 LR - 20210109 IS - 2040-1124 (Electronic) IS - 2040-1116 (Print) IS - 2040-1116 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Jul TI - Comparison of the effect of bone marrow cells infusion through the portal vein and inferior vena cava combined with short-term rapamycin on allogeneic islet grafts in diabetic rats. PG - 476-84 LID - 10.1111/jdi.12456 [doi] AB - AIMS/INTRODUCTION: The study aimed to compare the impact of allogeneic bone marrow cells (BMCs) infusion through the inferior vena cava (IVC) and portal vein (PV) combined with rapamycin on allogeneic islet grafts in diabetic rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Recipient diabetic Wistar rats were infused with islets from Sprague-Dawley rats through the PV. PKH26-labeled BMCs of Sprague-Dawley rats were infused to recipients through the PV or IVC, followed by administration of rapamycin for 4 days. Blood glucose level was measured to evaluate the survival time of the islets. Lymphocytes separated from blood, BMCs, thymus, liver, spleen and lymph node were analyzed by flow cytometry. The peripheral blood smear, BMCs smear and frozen sections of tissues were observed by a fluorescence microscope. RESULTS: The survival time of the islets was significantly prolonged by the BMCs infusion combined with rapamycin. The rats receiving BMCs infusion through the PV induced a significantly longer survival time of the islets, and increased mixed chimeras of allogeneic BMCs in the thymus, liver, spleen and lymph node compared with the rats receiving BMCs infusion through the IVC. The amount of the mixed chimeras on day 14 was lower than that on day 7 after islet transplantation. Furthermore, PV transplantation had significantly more mixed chimera than IVC transplantation in all analyzed organs or tissues. CONCLUSIONS: BMCs infusion combined with rapamycin prolongs the islets survival and induces mixed chimeras of BMCs. PV infusion of BMCs might be a more effective strategy than IVC infusion of BMCs. CI - (c) 2015 The Authors. Journal of Diabetes Investigation published by Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes (AASD) and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. FAU - Gao, Qingzhen AU - Gao Q AD - Department of Nephrology, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China. FAU - Wang, Xiaoping AU - Wang X AD - Department of Nephrology, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China. FAU - Zhang, Ruibin AU - Zhang R AD - Department of Nephrology, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China. FAU - Wang, Pu AU - Wang P AD - Department of Nephrology, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China. FAU - Jing, Yongsheng AU - Jing Y AD - Department of Nephrology, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China. FAU - Ren, Wanjun AU - Ren W AD - Department of Nephrology, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China. FAU - Zhu, Bin AU - Zhu B AD - Department of Nephrology, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong Province, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160123 PL - Japan TA - J Diabetes Investig JT - Journal of diabetes investigation JID - 101520702 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blood Glucose MH - Bone Marrow Cells/drug effects/*physiology MH - Bone Marrow Transplantation/*methods MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/*surgery MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Graft Survival MH - Islets of Langerhans Transplantation/*methods MH - Male MH - Portal Vein MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Sirolimus/*administration & dosage MH - Tissue Distribution MH - Transplantation, Homologous/methods MH - Vena Cava, Inferior PMC - PMC4931197 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bone marrow cell OT - Islet grafts OT - Rapamycin EDAT- 2016/05/18 06:00 MHDA- 2017/02/18 06:00 PMCR- 2016/07/01 CRDT- 2016/05/17 06:00 PHST- 2015/06/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/11/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/12/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/05/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/05/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/02/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JDI12456 [pii] AID - 10.1111/jdi.12456 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Diabetes Investig. 2016 Jul;7(4):476-84. doi: 10.1111/jdi.12456. Epub 2016 Jan 23.