Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Pig islets represent an alternative to the current modes of treatment for patients with diabetes. However, the concerns over pathogen transmission including that of PERV limit their immediate, widespread usage in humans. It has been previously demonstrated that PERV copy number and particularly expression levels can vary considerably between individuals and within different tissues of a single animal. In general, expression levels have been found to be particularly low in the pancreas compared to other porcine tissues suggesting a reduced risk associated with the use of this tissue. Data regarding this crucial aspect, however, remain limited and little is known about PERV status of islets themselves, which represent the final product to be transplanted. In addition, comparative analysis of the PERV status of neonatal piglets with adults is important as they are increasingly considered as potential islet donors for xenotransplantation. METHODS:Tissue samples from 51 neonatal piglets (age between 14 and 21 days) and 29 adult pigs were collected from Belgian landrace pigs used for pancreas procurement and islet isolation. Tissue biopsies were used to extract DNA for PERV copy number quantification by qPCR and RNA for PERV expression by qRT-PCR. RESULTS:As expected, PERV expression demonstrated great variation and was significantly lower in pancreas compared to other tissues. More importantly, PERV RNA expression was found to be specifically enriched in pancreatic islets reaching values similar to those found in other tissues such as liver and kidney. Interestingly, this expression was not coupled with the detection of reverse transcriptase in islet cultures or indeed detection of PERV virus. Lung, spleen, and lymph node consistently showed the highest levels of PERV expression. Comparison of PERV in neonatal and adult pigs showed that copy number did not vary significantly from birth to adulthood. PERV expression on the other hand was significantly lower in neonatal pig islets compared to adult islets and did not increase over the period of culture. CONCLUSION:Our study confirms the low level of PERV expression in whole pancreas in a large population of both neonatal and adult pigs (n=80). The level of PERV expression was however higher in the endocrine tissue than in the exocrine cells. There was no correlation between PERV status in donor PBMCs and islet cells, and no evidence of active replication in in vitro regardless of PERV expression in islet cells. Moreover, neonatal pig islets were found to have significantly lower PERV expression compared to adult islets. Neonatal islets have been suggested as the best choice for xenotransplantation in terms of economic and procurement considerations; the PERV status reported here would also potentially support their use.
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Xenotransplantationjournal_title
Xenotransplantationauthors
Mourad NI,Crossan C,Cruikshank V,Scobie L,Gianello Pdoi
10.1111/xen.12311subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-07-01 00:00:00issue
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0908-665Xissn
1399-3089journal_volume
24pub_type
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2004.00148.x
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2006.00368.x
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12522
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/xen.12012
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12646
更新日期:2020-09-17 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12616
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12515
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2005.00249.x
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2005.00258.x
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12068
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12024
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12585
更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12512
更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2005.00230.x
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12457
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The induced antibodies against Galalpha1,3Gal (Gal) and non-Gal epitopes may contribute to delayed xenograft rejection (DXR). We asked whether blockade of the CD40/CD154 and CD28/B7 co-stimulatory pathways modulates the baboon elicited antibody response to pig Gal and non-Gal antigens. METHODS:Eighteen babo...
journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2005.00221.x
更新日期:2005-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2006.00276.x
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Pancreatic islets are composed of different hormone-secreting cell types. A finely balanced combination of endocrine cells in the islets regulates intraportal vein secretions and plasma nutrient levels. Every islet cell type is distinguished by its specific secretory granule pattern and hormone content, endo...
journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12220
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/xen.12095
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12066
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Xenotransplantation of porcine islets has emerged in recent decades as a potential treatment for type 1 diabetes (T1D). Current methods of detection, indicative of successful engraftment, occur downstream of actual islet death. Epigenetic biomarkers can be detected in circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) to pro...
journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12570
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12102
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2007.00435.x
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2011.00676.x
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12119
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2010.00594.x
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The first blood transfusions in humans were xenotransfusions, carried out by Jean-Baptiste Denis beginning in 1667. Richard Lower, Matthäus Purmann and Georges Mercklin also experimented with the use of animal blood for transfusion until this practice was forbidden in 1670, after the death of one of Denis's patients. ...
journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2007.00404.x
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/xen.12122
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/xen.12387
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Xenotransplantation
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1399-3089.2010.00579.x
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00