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- Title
In vivo derivation of glucose-competent pancreatic endocrine cells from bone marrow without evidence of cell fusion.
- Authors
Ianus, Andreea; Holz, George G; Theise, Neil D; Hussain, Mehboob A
- Abstract
Bone marrow harbors cells that have the capacity to differentiate into cells of nonhematopoietic tissues of neuronal, endothelial, epithelial, and muscular phenotype. Here we demonstrate that bone marrow-derived cells populate pancreatic islets of Langerhans. Bone marrow cells from male mice that express, using a CRE-LoxP system, an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) if the insulin gene is actively transcribed were transplanted into lethally irradiated recipient female mice. Four to six weeks after transplantation, recipient mice revealed Y chromosome and EGFP double-positive cells in their pancreatic islets. Neither bone marrow cells nor circulating peripheral blood nucleated cells of donor or recipient mice had any detectable EGFP. EGFP-positive cells purified from islets express insulin, glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2), and transcription factors typically found in pancreatic beta cells. Furthermore, in vitro these bone marrow-derived cells exhibit - as do pancreatic beta cells - glucose-dependent and incretin-enhanced insulin secretion. These results indicate that bone marrow harbors cells that have the capacity to differentiate into functionally competent pancreatic endocrine beta cells and that represent a source for cell-based treatment of diabetes mellitus. The results generated with the CRE-LoxP system also suggest that in vivo cell fusion is an unlikely explanation for the "transdifferentiation" of bone marrow-derived cells into differentiated cell phenotypes.
- Publication
The Journal of clinical investigation, 2003, Vol 111, Issue 6, p843
- ISSN
0021-9738
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1172/JCI16502