Isolation and characterization of islet stellate cells in rat

The central role of PSCs in pancreatic fibrogenesis is well established. However, the mechanism responsible for the islet fibrosis presenting in the late stage of T2DM has not been fully elucidated. This study was designed to determine whether the endocrine pancreatic islets contain cells resembling...

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Published in:Islets 2014-01, Vol.6 (2), p.e28701-e28701
Main Authors: Zha, Min, Li, Fengfei, Xu, Wei, Chen, Bijun, Sun, Zilin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actins - analysis
Animals
Cell Movement
Cell Proliferation
Cells, Cultured
Collagen Type I - analysis
Collagen Type III - analysis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - pathology
Fibronectins - analysis
Fibrosis - pathology
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein - analysis
ISC
islet
islet stellate cell
Islets of Langerhans - cytology
Lipid Metabolism
Pancreas - pathology
pancreatic stellate cell
Pancreatic Stellate Cells - chemistry
Pancreatic Stellate Cells - cytology
Pancreatic Stellate Cells - physiology
PSC
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Vimentin - analysis
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Summary:The central role of PSCs in pancreatic fibrogenesis is well established. However, the mechanism responsible for the islet fibrosis presenting in the late stage of T2DM has not been fully elucidated. This study was designed to determine whether the endocrine pancreatic islets contain cells resembling PSCs. PSCs were isolated from pancreas using standard explants techniques. A similar method was used to acquire ISCs. Adherent ISCs with a stellate, angular morphology migrated from the edge of cultured islets within 48 h of primary culture. ISCs contained fewer lipid droplets than equivalent PSCs, and their rapid disappearance accompanied by the increased expression of α-SMA suggested that ISCs were more rapidly activated than PSCs in vitro. They expressed α-SMA, vimentin, GFAP and were positive for ECM components col-I, col-III and FN, all of which are characteristics of classical PSCs. However, ISCs differed from PSCs by having reduced rates of proliferation and migration in vitro. Our in vitro study shows that isolated islets contain a population of stellate cells which are phenotypically similar but not identical to PSCs. In view of the established role of PSCs in pancreatic fibrosis, we suggest that these may contribute to islet fibrosis in T2DM.
ISSN:1938-2014
1938-2022
DOI:10.4161/isl.28701