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2. Cell identity dynamics and insight into insulin secretagogues when employing stem cell-derived islets for disease modeling
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Chencheng Wang, Shadab Abadpour, Aleksandra Aizenshtadt, Andrea Dalmao-Fernandez, Merete Høyem, Ingrid Wilhelmsen, Justyna Stokowiec, Petter Angell Olsen, Stefan Krauss, Simona Chera, Luiza Ghila, Helge Ræder, and Hanne Scholz
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stem cell derived beta cells ,insulin secretagogues ,disease modeling ,pyruvate kinase (pk) ,tri-hormonal cells ,Biotechnology ,TP248.13-248.65 - Abstract
Stem cell-derived islets (SC-islets) are not only an unlimited source for cell-based therapy of type 1 diabetes but have also emerged as an attractive material for modeling diabetes and conducting screening for treatment options. Prior to SC-islets becoming the established standard for disease modeling and drug development, it is essential to understand their response to various nutrient sources in vitro. This study demonstrates an enhanced efficiency of pancreatic endocrine cell differentiation through the incorporation of WNT signaling inhibition following the definitive endoderm stage. We have identified a tri-hormonal cell population within SC-islets, which undergoes reduction concurrent with the emergence of elevated numbers of glucagon-positive cells during extended in vitro culture. Over a 6-week period of in vitro culture, the SC-islets consistently demonstrated robust insulin secretion in response to glucose stimulation. Moreover, they manifested diverse reactivity patterns when exposed to distinct nutrient sources and exhibited deviant glycolytic metabolic characteristics in comparison to human primary islets. Although the SC-islets demonstrated an aberrant glucose metabolism trafficking, the evaluation of a potential antidiabetic drug, pyruvate kinase agonist known as TEPP46, significantly improved in vitro insulin secretion of SC-islets. Overall, this study provided cell identity dynamics investigation of SC-islets during prolonged culturing in vitro, and insights into insulin secretagogues. Associated advantages and limitations were discussed when employing SC-islets for disease modeling.
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- 2024
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3. Glucose Concentration in Regulating Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Differentiation Toward Insulin-Producing Cells
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Chencheng Wang, Shadab Abadpour, Petter Angell Olsen, Daxin Wang, Justyna Stokowiec, Simona Chera, Luiza Ghila, Helge Ræder, Stefan Krauss, Aleksandra Aizenshtadt, and Hanne Scholz
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stem cell-derived beta cells ,mitochondria ,glucose ,stem cell differentiation ,induced pluripotent stem cells ,Specialties of internal medicine ,RC581-951 - Abstract
The generation of insulin-producing cells from human-induced pluripotent stem cells holds great potential for diabetes modeling and treatment. However, existing protocols typically involve incubating cells with un-physiologically high concentrations of glucose, which often fail to generate fully functional IPCs. Here, we investigated the influence of high (20 mM) versus low (5.5 mM) glucose concentrations on IPCs differentiation in three hiPSC lines. In two hiPSC lines that were unable to differentiate to IPCs sufficiently, we found that high glucose during differentiation leads to a shortage of NKX6.1+ cells that have co-expression with PDX1 due to insufficient NKX6.1 gene activation, thus further reducing differentiation efficiency. Furthermore, high glucose during differentiation weakened mitochondrial respiration ability. In the third iPSC line, which is IPC differentiation amenable, glucose concentrations did not affect the PDX1/NKX6.1 expression and differentiation efficiency. In addition, glucose-stimulated insulin secretion was only seen in the differentiation under a high glucose condition. These IPCs have higher KATP channel activity and were linked to sufficient ABCC8 gene expression under a high glucose condition. These data suggest high glucose concentration during IPC differentiation is necessary to generate functional IPCs. However, in cell lines that were IPC differentiation unamenable, high glucose could worsen the situation.
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- 2024
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4. The Relevance of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products in the Field of Transplantation and the Need for Academic Research Access: Overcoming Bottlenecks and Claiming a New Time
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Lorenzo Piemonti, Hanne Scholz, Dide de Jongh, Julie Kerr-Conte, Aart van Apeldoorn, James A. M. Shaw, Marten A. Engelse, Eline Bunnik, Markus Mühlemann, Karolina Pal-Kutas, William E. Scott, Jérémy Magalon, Patrick Kugelmeier, and Ekaterine Berishvili
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advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) ,regulatory processes ,clinical trials ,rare diseases ,transplantation ,Specialties of internal medicine ,RC581-951 - Abstract
The field of transplantation has witnessed the emergence of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) as highly promising solutions to address the challenges associated with organ and tissue transplantation. ATMPs encompass gene therapy, cell therapy, and tissue-engineered products, hold immense potential for breakthroughs in overcoming the obstacles of rejection and the limited availability of donor organs. However, the development and academic research access to ATMPs face significant bottlenecks that hinder progress. This opinion paper emphasizes the importance of addressing bottlenecks in the development and academic research access to ATMPs by implementing several key strategies. These include the establishment of streamlined regulatory processes, securing increased funding for ATMP research, fostering collaborations and partnerships, setting up centralized ATMP facilities, and actively engaging with patient groups. Advocacy at the policy level is essential to provide support for the development and accessibility of ATMPs, thereby driving advancements in transplantation and enhancing patient outcomes. By adopting these strategies, the field of transplantation can pave the way for the introduction of innovative and efficacious ATMP therapies, while simultaneously fostering a nurturing environment for academic research.
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- 2023
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5. Patient selection for islet or solid organ pancreas transplantation: experiences from a multidisciplinary outpatient-clinic approach
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Espen Nordheim, Jørn Petter Lindahl, Rasmus Kirkeskov Carlsen, Anders Åsberg, Kåre Inge Birkeland, Rune Horneland, Birgitte Boye, Hanne Scholz, and Trond Geir Jenssen
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diabetes ,metabolism ,Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology ,RC648-665 - Abstract
Objective: β-cell replacement therapy (βCRT), including pancreas transplantation alone (PTA) and islet transplantation (ITX), is a treatment option for selected type 1 diabetes patients. All potential candidates for βCRT in Norway are referred to one national transplant centre for evaluation before any pre-transplant workup is started. This evaluation was performed by a transplant nephrologist alone prior to 2015 and by a multidisciplinary team (MDT) from 2015. We have reviewed the allocation of patients to treatment modality and the 1-year clinical outcome for the patients after transplantation. Research design and methods: Medical charts of all patients evaluated for βCRT between 2010 and 2020 in Norway were retrospectively analysed and the outcome of patients receiving βCRT were studied. Results: One hundred and forty-four patients were assessed for βCRT eligibility between 2010 and 2020. After MDT evaluation was introduced for βCRT eligibility in 2015, the percentage of referred patients accepted for the transplant waiting list fell from 84% to 40% (P < 0.005). One year after transplantation, 73% of the PTA and none of the ITX patients were independent of exogenous insulin, 8% of the PTA and 90% of the ITX patients had partial graft function while 19% of the PTA and 10% of the ITX patients suffered from graft loss. Conclusion: The acceptance rate for βCRT was significantly reduced during a 10-year observation period and 81% of the PTA and 90% of the ITX patients had partial or normal graft function 1 year post-transplant.
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- 2021
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6. Music for Cells? A Systematic Review of Studies Investigating the Effects of Audible Sound Played Through Speaker-Based Systems on Cell Cultures
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Dongho Kwak, Thomas Combriat, Chencheng Wang, Hanne Scholz, Anne Danielsen, and Alexander Refsum Jensenius
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Music ,M1-5000 ,Psychology ,BF1-990 - Abstract
There have been several studies investigating whether musical sound can be used as cell stimuli in recent years. We systematically searched publications to get an overview of studies that have used audible sound played through speaker-based systems to induce mechanical perturbation in cell cultures. A total of 12 studies were identified. We focused on the experimental setups, the sounds that were used as stimuli, and relevant biological outcomes. The studies are categorized into simple and complex sounds depending on the type of sound employed. Some of the promising effects reported were enhanced cell migration, proliferation, colony formation, and differentiation ability. However, there are significant differences in methodologies and cell type-specific outcomes, which made it difficult to find a systematic pattern in the results. We suggest that future experiments should consider using: (1) a more controlled acoustic environment, (2) standardized sound and noise measurement methods, and (3) a more comprehensive range of controlled sound parameters as cellular stimuli.
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- 2022
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7. Editorial: Beta-Cell Fate: From Gene Circuits to Disease Mechanisms
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Luiza Ghila, Kenichiro Furuyama, Shane T. Grey, Hanne Scholz, and Simona Chera
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MODY (mature onset diabetes of the young) ,T1D (type 1 diabetes) ,T2D (type 2 diabetes) ,mRNA processing ,UPR stress ,islet heterogeneity ,Genetics ,QH426-470 - Published
- 2022
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8. Proteomic Profiling Reveals the Ambivalent Character of the Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome: Assessing the Effect of Preconditioned Media on Isolated Human Islets
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Heide Brandhorst, Daniel Brandhorst, Anju Abraham, Samuel Acreman, Simen W. Schive, Hanne Scholz, and Paul R.V. Johnson
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Medicine - Abstract
Previous studies in rodents have indicated that function and survival of transplanted islets can be substantially improved by mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). The few human islet studies to date have confirmed these findings but have not determined whether physical contact between MSC and islets is required or whether the benefit to islets results from MSC-secreted proteins. This study aimed to investigate the protective capacity of MSC-preconditioned media for human islets. MSC were cultured for 2 or 5 days in normoxia or hypoxia before harvesting the cell-depleted media for human islet culture in normoxia or hypoxia for 6–8 or 3–4 days, respectively. To characterize MSC-preconditioned media, proteomic secretome profiling was performed to identify angiogenesis- and inflammation-related proteins. A protective effect of MSC-preconditioned media on survival and in vitro function of hypoxic human islets was observed irrespective of the atmosphere used for MSC preconditioning. Islet morphology changed markedly when media from hypoxic MSC were used for culture. However, PDX-1 and insulin gene expression did not confirm a change in the genetic phenotype of these islets. Proteomic profiling of preconditioned media revealed the heterogenicity of the secretome comprising angiogenic and antiapoptotic as well as angiostatic or proinflammatory mediators released at an identical pattern regardless whether MSC had been cultured in normoxic or hypoxic atmosphere. These findings do not allow a clear discrimination between normoxia and hypoxia as stimulus for protective MSC capabilities but indicate an ambivalent character of the MSC angiogenesis- and inflammation-related secretome. Nevertheless, culture of human islets in acellular MSC-preconditioned media resulted in improved morphological and functional islet integrity suggesting a disbalance in favor of protective factors. Further approaches should aim to eliminate potentially detrimental factors to enable the production of advanced clinical grade islet culture media with higher protective qualities.
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- 2020
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9. In vivo Environment Swiftly Restricts Human Pancreatic Progenitors Toward Mono-Hormonal Identity via a HNF1A/HNF4A Mechanism
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Thomas Aga Legøy, Andreas F. Mathisen, Zaidon Salim, Heidrun Vethe, Yngvild Bjørlykke, Shadab Abadpour, Joao A. Paulo, Hanne Scholz, Helge Ræder, Luiza Ghila, and Simona Chera
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cell identity ,cell fate ,differentiation ,endocrine progenitors ,signaling ,pathway analyses ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Generating insulin-producing β-cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells is a promising cell replacement therapy for improving or curing insulin-dependent diabetes. The transplantation of end-stages differentiating cells into living hosts was demonstrated to improve β-cell maturation. Nevertheless, the cellular and molecular mechanisms outlining the transplanted cells’ response to the in vivo environment are still to be properly characterized. Here we use global proteomics and large-scale imaging techniques to demultiplex and filter the cellular processes and molecular signatures modulated by the immediate in vivo effect. We show that in vivo exposure swiftly confines in vitro generated human pancreatic progenitors to single hormone expression. The global proteome landscape of the transplanted cells was closer to native human islets, especially in regard to energy metabolism and redox balance. Moreover, our study indicates a possible link between these processes and certain epigenetic regulators involved in cell identity. Pathway analysis predicted HNF1A and HNF4A as key regulators controlling the in vivo islet-promoting response, with experimental evidence suggesting their involvement in confining islet cell fate following xeno-transplantation.
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- 2020
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10. Comparing the Effects of the mTOR Inhibitors Azithromycin and Rapamycin on In Vitro Expanded Regulatory T Cells
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Marcus Bergström, Malin Müller, Marie Karlsson, Hanne Scholz, Nils Tore Vethe, and Olle Korsgren
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Medicine - Abstract
Adoptive transfer of autologous polyclonal regulatory T cells (Tregs) is a promising option for reducing graft rejection in allogeneic transplantation. To gain therapeutic levels of Tregs there is a need to expand obtained cells ex vivo, usually in the presence of the mTOR inhibitor Rapamycin due to its ability to suppress proliferation of non-Treg T cells, thus promoting a purer Treg yield. Azithromycin is a bacteriostatic macrolide with mTOR inhibitory activity that has been shown to exert immunomodulatory effects on several types of immune cells. In this study we investigated the effects of Azithromycin, compared with Rapamycin, on Treg phenotype, growth, and function when expanding bulk, naïve, and memory Tregs. Furthermore, the intracellular concentration of Rapamycin in CD4+ T cells as well as in the culture medium was measured for up to 48 h after supplemented. Treg phenotype was assessed by flow cytometry and Treg function was measured as inhibition of responder T-cell expansion in a suppression assay. The concentration of Rapamycin was quantified with liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Azithromycin and Rapamycin both promoted a FoxP3-positive Treg phenotype in bulk Tregs, while Rapamycin also increased FoxP3 and FoxP3+Helios positivity in naïve and memory Tregs. Furthermore, Rapamycin inhibited the expansion of naïve Tregs, but also increased their suppressive effect. Rapamycin was quickly degraded in 37°C medium, yet was retained intracellularly. While both compounds may benefit expansion of FoxP3+ Tregs in vitro, further studies elucidating the effects of Azithromycin treatment on Tregs are needed to determine its potential use.
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- 2019
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11. Probing the missing mature β-cell proteomic landscape in differentiating patient iPSC-derived cells
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Heidrun Vethe, Yngvild Bjørlykke, Luiza M. Ghila, Joao A. Paulo, Hanne Scholz, Steven P. Gygi, Simona Chera, and Helge Ræder
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract MODY1 is a maturity-onset monogenic diabetes, caused by heterozygous mutations of the HNF4A gene. To date the cellular and molecular mechanisms leading to disease onset remain largely unknown. In this study, we demonstrate that insulin-positive cells can be generated in vitro from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) derived from patients carrying a non-sense HNF4A mutation, proving for the first time, that a human HNF4A mutation is neither blocking the expression of the insulin genes nor the development of insulin-producing cells in vitro. However, regardless of the mutation or diabetes status, these insulin-producing cells are immature, a common downfall off most current β-cell differentiation protocols. To further address the immature state of the cells, in vitro differentiated cells and adult human islets were compared by global proteomic analysis. We report the predicted upstream regulators and signalling pathways characterizing the proteome landscape of each entity. Subsequently, we focused on the molecular components absent or misregulated in the in vitro differentiated cells, to probe the components involved in the deficient in vitro maturation towards fully functional β-cells. This analysis identified the modulation of key developmental signalling pathways representing potential targets for improving the efficiency of the current differentiation protocols.
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- 2017
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12. Glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor protects human islets from nutrient deprivation and endoplasmic reticulum stress induced apoptosis
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Shadab Abadpour, Sven O. Göpel, Simen W. Schive, Olle Korsgren, Aksel Foss, and Hanne Scholz
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract One of the key limitations to successful human islet transplantation is loss of islets due to stress responses pre- and post-transplantation. Nutrient deprivation and ER stress have been identified as important mechanisms leading to apoptosis. Glial Cell-line Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) has recently been found to promote islet survival after isolation. However, whether GDNF could rescue human islets from nutrient deprivation and ER stress-mediated apoptosis is unknown. Herein, by mimicking those conditions in vitro, we have shown that GDNF significantly improved glucose stimulated insulin secretion, reduced apoptosis and proinsulin:insulin ratio in nutrient deprived human islets. Furthermore, GDNF alleviated thapsigargin-induced ER stress evidenced by reduced expressions of IRE1α and BiP and consequently apoptosis. Importantly, this was associated with an increase in phosphorylation of PI3K/AKT and GSK3B signaling pathway. Transplantation of ER stressed human islets pre-treated with GDNF under kidney capsule of diabetic mice resulted in reduced expressions of IRE1α and BiP in human islet grafts with improved grafts function shown by higher levels of human C-peptide post-transplantation. We suggest that GDNF has protective and anti-apoptotic effects on nutrient deprived and ER stress activated human islets and could play a significant role in rescuing human islets from stress responses.
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- 2017
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13. The Effect of Wnt Pathway Modulators on Human iPSC-Derived Pancreatic Beta Cell Maturation
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Heidrun Vethe, Luiza Ghila, Magnus Berle, Laurence Hoareau, Øystein A. Haaland, Hanne Scholz, Joao A. Paulo, Simona Chera, and Helge Ræder
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human induced pluripotent stem cell ,β-like cells ,Wnt signaling pathway ,tankyrase inhibition ,in vitro maturation ,proteomics ,Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology ,RC648-665 - Abstract
Current published protocols for targeted differentiation of human stem cells toward pancreatic β-cells fail to deliver sufficiently mature cells with functional properties comparable to human islet β-cells. We aimed to assess whether Wnt-modulation could promote the final protocol stages of β-cell maturation, building our hypothesis on our previous findings of Wnt activation in immature hiPSC-derived stage 7 (S7) cells compared to adult human islets and with recent data reporting a link between Wnt/PCP and in vitro β-cell maturation. In this study, we stimulated canonical and non-canonical Wnt signaling in hiPSC-derived S7 cells using syntetic proteins including WNT3A, WNT4, WNT5A and WNT5B, and we inhibited endogenous Wnt signaling with the Tankyrase inhibitor G007-LK (TKi). Whereas neither canonical nor non-canonical Wnt stimulation alone was able to mature hiPSC-derived S7 cells, WNT-inhibition with TKi increased the fraction of monohormonal cells and global proteomics of TKi-treated S7 cells showed a proteomic signature more similar to adult human islets, suggesting that inhibition of endogenous Wnt contributes toward final β-cell maturation.
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- 2019
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14. Chronically Elevated Exogenous Glucose Elicits Antipodal Effects on the Proteome Signature of Differentiating Human iPSC-Derived Pancreatic Progenitors
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Luiza Ghila, Thomas Aga Legøy, Andreas Frøslev Mathisen, Shadab Abadpour, Joao A. Paulo, Hanne Scholz, Helge Ræder, and Simona Chera
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cell identity ,cell fate ,in vitro differentiation ,pancreatic endocrine progenitors ,hiPSC ,signaling pathway analyses ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
The past decade revealed that cell identity changes, such as dedifferentiation or transdifferentiation, accompany the insulin-producing β-cell decay in most diabetes conditions. Mapping and controlling the mechanisms governing these processes is, thus, extremely valuable for managing the disease progression. Extracellular glucose is known to influence cell identity by impacting the redox balance. Here, we use global proteomics and pathway analysis to map the response of differentiating human pancreatic progenitors to chronically increased in vitro glucose levels. We show that exogenous high glucose levels impact different protein subsets in a concentration-dependent manner. In contrast, regardless of concentration, glucose elicits an antipodal effect on the proteome landscape, inducing both beneficial and detrimental changes in regard to achieving the desired islet cell fingerprint. Furthermore, we identified that only a subgroup of these effects and pathways are regulated by changes in redox balance. Our study highlights a complex effect of exogenous glucose on differentiating pancreas progenitors characterized by a distinct proteome signature.
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- 2021
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15. Calcium
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Torsten Eich, Magnus Ståhle, Bengt Gustafsson, Rune Horneland, Marko Lempinen, Torbjörn Lundgren, Ehab Rafael, Gunnar Tufveson, Bengt von Zur-Mühlen, Johan Olerud, Hanne Scholz, and Olle Korsgren
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Medicine - Abstract
Background: Effective digestive enzymes are crucial for successful islet isolation. Supplemental proteases are essential because they synergize with collagenase for effective pancreatic digestion. The activity of these enzymes is critically dependent on the presence of Ca 2+ ions at a concentration of 5–10 mM. The present study aimed to determine the Ca 2+ concentration during human islet isolation and to ascertain whether the addition of supplementary Ca 2+ is required to maintain an optimal Ca 2+ concentration during the various phases of the islet isolation process. Methods: Human islets were isolated according to standard methods and isolation parameters. Islet quality control and the number of isolations fulfilling standard transplantation criteria were evaluated. Ca 2+ was determined by using standard clinical chemistry routines. Islet isolation was performed with or without addition of supplementary Ca 2+ to reach a Ca 2+ of 5 mM. Results: Ca 2+ concentration was markedly reduced in bicarbonate-based buffers, especially if additional bicarbonate was used to adjust the pH as recommended by the Clinical Islet Transplantation Consortium. A major reduction in Ca 2+ concentration was also observed during pancreatic enzyme perfusion, digestion, and harvest. Additional Ca 2+ supplementation of media used for dissolving the enzymes and during digestion, perfusion, and harvest was necessary in order to obtain the concentration recommended for optimal enzyme activity and efficient liberation of a large number of islets from the human pancreas. Conclusions: Ca 2+ is to a large extent consumed during clinical islet isolation, and in the absence of supplementation, the concentration fell below that recommended for optimal enzyme activity. Ca 2+ supplementation of the media used during human pancreas digestion is necessary to maintain the concentration recommended for optimal enzyme activity. Addition of Ca 2+ to the enzyme blend has been implemented in the standard isolation protocols in the Nordic Network for Clinical Islet Transplantation.
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- 2018
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16. Treatment with Tacrolimus and Sirolimus Reveals No Additional Adverse Effects on Human Islets In Vitro Compared to Each Drug Alone but They Are Reduced by Adding Glucocorticoids
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Kristine Kloster-Jensen, Afaf Sahraoui, Nils Tore Vethe, Olle Korsgren, Stein Bergan, Aksel Foss, and Hanne Scholz
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Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology ,RC648-665 - Abstract
Tacrolimus and sirolimus are important immunosuppressive drugs used in human islet transplantation; however, they are linked to detrimental effects on islets and reduction of long-term graft function. Few studies investigate the direct effects of these drugs combined in parallel with single drug exposure. Human islets were treated with or without tacrolimus (30 μg/L), sirolimus (30 μg/L), or a combination thereof for 24 hrs. Islet function as well as apoptosis was assessed by glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) and Cell Death ELISA. Proinflammatory cytokines were analysed by qRT-PCR and Bio-Plex. Islets exposed to the combination of sirolimus and tacrolimus were treated with or without methylprednisolone (1000 μg/L) and the expression of the proinflammatory cytokines was investigated. We found the following: (i) No additive reduction in function and viability in islets existed when tacrolimus and sirolimus were combined compared to the single drug. (ii) Increased expression of proinflammatory cytokines mRNA and protein levels in islets took place. (iii) Methylprednisolone significantly decreased the proinflammatory response in islets induced by the drug combination. Although human islets are prone to direct toxic effect of tacrolimus and sirolimus, we found no additive effects of the drug combination. Short-term exposure of glucocorticoids could effectively reduce the proinflammatory response in human islets induced by the combination of tacrolimus and sirolimus.
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- 2016
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17. The effects of exendin-4 treatment on graft failure: an animal study using a novel re-vascularized minimal human islet transplant model.
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Afaf Sahraoui, Maria Sörhede Winzell, Tracy Gorman, Dave M Smith, Stanko Skrtic, Merete Hoeyem, Shadab Abadpour, Lars Johansson, Olle Korsgren, Aksel Foss, and Hanne Scholz
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Islet transplantation has become a viable clinical treatment, but is still compromised by long-term graft failure. Exendin-4, a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist, has in clinical studies been shown to improve insulin secretion in islet transplanted patients. However, little is known about the effect of exendin-4 on other metabolic parameters. We therefore aimed to determine what influence exendin-4 would have on revascularized minimal human islet grafts in a state of graft failure in terms of glucose metabolism, body weight, lipid levels and graft survival. Introducing the bilateral, subcapsular islet transplantation model, we first transplanted diabetic mice with a murine graft under the left kidney capsule sufficient to restore normoglycemia. After a convalescent period, we performed a second transplantation under the right kidney capsule with a minimal human islet graft and allowed for a second recovery. We then performed a left-sided nephrectomy, and immediately started treatment with exendin-4 with a low (20μg/kg/day) or high (200μg/kg/day) dose, or saline subcutaneously twice daily for 15 days. Blood was sampled, blood glucose and body weight monitored. The transplanted human islet grafts were collected at study end point and analyzed. We found that exendin-4 exerts its effect on failing human islet grafts in a bell-shaped dose-response curve. Both doses of exendin-4 equally and significantly reduced blood glucose. Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), C-peptide and pro-insulin were conversely increased. In the course of the treatment, body weight and cholesterol levels were not affected. However, immunohistochemistry revealed an increase in beta cell nuclei count and reduced TUNEL staining only in the group treated with a low dose of exendin-4 compared to the high dose and control. Collectively, these results suggest that exendin-4 has a potential rescue effect on failing, revascularized human islets in terms of lowering blood glucose, maintaining beta cell numbers, and improving metabolic parameters during hyperglycemic stress.
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- 2015
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18. Mitochondrial Respiration in Insulin-Producing β-Cells: General Characteristics and Adaptive Effects of Hypoxia.
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Ingrid K Hals, Simon Gustafson Bruerberg, Zuheng Ma, Hanne Scholz, Anneli Björklund, and Valdemar Grill
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
To provide novel insights on mitochondrial respiration in β-cells and the adaptive effects of hypoxia.Insulin-producing INS-1 832/13 cells were exposed to 18 hours of hypoxia followed by 20-22 hours re-oxygenation. Mitochondrial respiration was measured by high-resolution respirometry in both intact and permeabilized cells, in the latter after establishing three functional substrate-uncoupler-inhibitor titration (SUIT) protocols. Concomitant measurements included proteins of mitochondrial complexes (Western blotting), ATP and insulin secretion.Intact cells exhibited a high degree of intrinsic uncoupling, comprising about 50% of oxygen consumption in the basal respiratory state. Hypoxia followed by re-oxygenation increased maximal overall respiration. Exploratory experiments in peremabilized cells could not show induction of respiration by malate or pyruvate as reducing substrates, thus glutamate and succinate were used as mitochondrial substrates in SUIT protocols. Permeabilized cells displayed a high capacity for oxidative phosphorylation for both complex I- and II-linked substrates in relation to maximum capacity of electron transfer. Previous hypoxia decreased phosphorylation control of complex I-linked respiration, but not in complex II-linked respiration. Coupling control ratios showed increased coupling efficiency for both complex I- and II-linked substrates in hypoxia-exposed cells. Respiratory rates overall were increased. Also previous hypoxia increased proteins of mitochondrial complexes I and II (Western blotting) in INS-1 cells as well as in rat and human islets. Mitochondrial effects were accompanied by unchanged levels of ATP, increased basal and preserved glucose-induced insulin secretion.Exposure of INS-1 832/13 cells to hypoxia, followed by a re-oxygenation period increases substrate-stimulated respiratory capacity and coupling efficiency. Such effects are accompanied by up-regulation of mitochondrial complexes also in pancreatic islets, highlighting adaptive capacities of possible importance in an islet transplantation setting. Results also indicate idiosyncrasies of β-cells that do not respire in response to a standard inclusion of malate in SUIT protocols.
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- 2015
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19. Interleukin-10 enhances the oxidized LDL-induced foam cell formation of macrophages by antiapoptotic mechanisms
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Bente Halvorsen, Torgun Wæhre, Hanne Scholz, Ole Petter Clausen, Jan H. von der Thüsen, Fredrik Müller, Hilde Heimli, Serena Tonstad, Christian Hall, Stig S. Frøland, Erik A. Biessen, Jan Kristian Damås, and Pål Aukrust
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foam cell macrophages ,acute coronary syndromes ,atherosclerosis ,apoptosis ,Biochemistry ,QD415-436 - Abstract
Interleukin (IL)-10 may have a therapeutic potential in atherosclerosis, but its mechanisms of action have not been clarified. Foam cell formation is a key event in atherogenesis, and apoptosis of these lipid-laden cells may promote plaque destabilization. We sought to explore whether IL-10 could have plaque-stabilizing properties in acute coronary syndromes (ACS). We studied the effect of IL-10 on oxidized low density lipoprotein (oxLDL)-stimulated THP-1 cells and monocyte-derived macrophages from ACS patients and healthy controls using different experimental approaches. Our main findings were: i) IL-10 enhances lipid accumulation in oxLDL-stimulated THP-1 macrophages, at least partly by counteracting oxLDL-induced apoptosis; ii) This antiapoptotic effect of IL-10 involves increased expression of the antiapoptotic genes Bfl-1 and Mcl-1, accompanied by protective effects on mitochondria function; iii) By silencing Bfl-1 and Mcl-1 genes using siRNAs, we were able to abolish this IL-10-mediated effect on lipid accumulation; iv) IL-10 also induced lipid accumulation in oxLDL-stimulated macrophages from patients with ACS, but not in macrophages from healthy controls; v) In ACS patients, this enhancing effect of IL-10 on lipid accumulation was accompanied by enhanced Mcl-1 expression. No such antiapoptotic effect was seen in macrophages from healthy controls.These findings suggest a new mechanism for the effect of IL-10 in atherosclerosis, possibly contributing to plaque stabilization.
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- 2005
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20. Anakinra and Tocilizumab Enhance Survival and Function of Human Islets during Culture: Implications for Clinical Islet Transplantation
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Afaf Sahraoui, Kristine Kloster-Jensen, Thor Ueland, Olle Korsgren, Aksel Foss, and Hanne Scholz
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Medicine - Abstract
Pretreatment culture before islet transplantation represents a window of opportunity to ameliorate the pro-inflammatory profile expressed by human β-cells in duress. Anakinra (IL-1 receptor antagonist) and tocilizumab (monoclonal IL-6 receptor antibody) are two known anti-inflammatory agents successfully used in the treatment of inflammatory states like rheumatoid arthritis. Both compounds have also been shown to reduce blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin in diabetic patients. We therefore sought to evaluate the impact of anakinra and tocilizumab on human β-cells. The islets were precultured with or without anakinra or tocilizumab and then transplanted in a marginal mass model using human islets in immunodeficient mice. Islet viability was evaluated in an in vitro model. The pretreatment culture led to a significantly improved engraftment in treated islets compared to the vehicle. Anakinra and tocilizumab are not toxic to human islets and significantly reduce markers of inflammation and cell death. These results strongly support a pretreatment culture with anakinra and tocilizumab prior to human islet transplantation.
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- 2014
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21. Thioredoxin interacting protein is a potential regulator of glucose and energy homeostasis in endogenous Cushing's syndrome.
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Tove Lekva, Jens Bollerslev, Afaf Sahraoui, Hanne Scholz, Hege Bøyum, Johan Arild Evang, Kristin Godang, Pål Aukrust, and Thor Ueland
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Recent studies have described bone as an endocrine organ regulating glucose metabolism, with insulin signaling regulating osteocalcin secretion and osteocalcin regulating β cell function. We have previously demonstrated increased bone expression of TXNIP in patients with endogenous Cushing's syndrome (CS), and we hypothesized that TXNIP could contribute to the dysregulated glucose metabolism in CS. We studied 33 CS patients and 29 matched controls, with bone biopsies from nine patients, before and after surgical treatment. In vitro, the effect of silencing TXNIP (siTXNIP) in osteoblasts, including its effect on human islet cells, was examined. Our major findings were: (i) The high mRNA levels of TXNIP in bone from CS patients were significantly associated with high levels of glucose and insulin, increased insulin resistance, and decreased insulin sensitivity in these patients. (ii) Silencing TXNIP in osteoblasts enhanced their OC response to insulin and glucose and down-regulated interleukin (IL)-8 levels in these cells. (iii) Conditional media from siTXNIP-treated osteoblasts promoted insulin content and anti-inflammatory responses in human islet cells. We recently demonstrated that the thioredoxin/TXNIP axis may mediate some detrimental effects of glucocorticoid excess on bone tissue in CS. Here we show that alterations in this axis also may affect glucose metabolism in these patients.
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22. 'Organ-in-a-Column' Coupled On-line with Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
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Stian Kogler, Aleksandra Aizenshtadt, Sean Harrison, Frøydis Sved Skottvoll, Henriette Engen Berg, Shadab Abadpour, Hanne Scholz, Gareth Sullivan, Bernd Thiede, Elsa Lundanes, Inger Lise Bogen, Stefan Krauss, Hanne Røberg-Larsen, and Steven Ray Wilson
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Chromatography ,Chemistry ,Metabolite ,Reversed-phase chromatography ,Mass spectrometry ,Mass Spectrometry ,Triple quadrupole mass spectrometer ,Analytical Chemistry ,Matrix (chemical analysis) ,Heroin ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Automation ,Liver ,Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry ,Organoid ,Fetal bovine serum ,Chromatography, Liquid - Abstract
Organoids, i.e. laboratory-grown organ models developed from stem cells, are emerging tools for studying organ physiology, disease modeling and drug development. On-line analysis of organoids with mass spectrometry would provide analytical versatility and automation. To achieve these features with robust hardware, we have loaded liquid chromatography column housings with induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derived liver organoids and coupled the “organ-in-a-column” units on-line with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Liver organoids were co-loaded with glass beads to achieve an even distribution of organoids throughout the column while preventing clogging. The liver organoids were interrogated “on column” with heroin, followed by on-line monitoring of the drug’s phase 1 metabolism. Enzymatic metabolism of heroin produced in the “organ-in-a-column” units was detected and monitored using a triple quadrupole MS instrument, serving as a proof-of-concept for on-line coupling of liver organoids and mass spectrometry. Taken together, the technology allows direct integration of liver organoids with LC-MS, allowing selective and automated tracking of drug metabolism over time.
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23. Intracorneal Implantation of 3D Bioprinted Scaffolds Containing Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Using Femtosecond‐Laser‐Assisted Intrastromal Keratoplasty
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Gerard Boix‐Lemonche, Richard M. Nagymihaly, Essi M. Niemi, Natasha Josifovska, Stian Johansen, Morten C. Moe, Hanne Scholz, and Goran Petrovski
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Biomaterials ,Polymers and Plastics ,Materials Chemistry ,Bioengineering ,Biotechnology - Published
- 2023
24. Supplementary Figures S1-S8 from The Tankyrase Inhibitor OM-153 Demonstrates Antitumor Efficacy and a Therapeutic Window in Mouse Models
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Jo Waaler, Stefan Krauss, Anita Wegert, Ruben G.G. Leenders, Ilonka A.T.M. Meerts, Lari Lehtiö, Albert Galera-Prat, Sven T. Sowa, Gunnveig Grødeland, Hanne Scholz, Merete Høyem, Lone Holmen, Petter A. Olsen, Aleksandra Aizenshtadt, Clara Hammarström, Sandra Espada, Enya Amundsen-Isaksen, and Shoshy A. Brinch
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Supplementary Figure S1. Chemical structures of selected tankyrase inhibitors. Supplementary Figure S2. OM-153 specifically inhibits TNKS1/2 and WNT/β-catenin signaling. Supplementary Figure S3. OM-153 specifically inhibits cell growth of an APC-mutated colon carcinoma cell line. Supplementary Figure S4. OM-153 shows an anti-proliferative effect in human cancer cell lines. Supplementary Figure S5. OM-153 inhibits WNT/β-catenin, YAP and MYC signaling in human cancer cell lines. Supplementary Figure S6. OM-153 inhibits the WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway and shows anti-tumor effect in a human colon carcinoma xenograft model. Supplementary Figure S7. Combined OM-153 and anti-PD-1 treatment confers anti-tumor effect in mouse melanoma. Supplementary Figure S8. PO-BID treatment with 10 mg/kg OM-153 does not reduce body weight and food consumption or induce toxicity in mice.
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25. Data from The Tankyrase Inhibitor OM-153 Demonstrates Antitumor Efficacy and a Therapeutic Window in Mouse Models
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Jo Waaler, Stefan Krauss, Anita Wegert, Ruben G.G. Leenders, Ilonka A.T.M. Meerts, Lari Lehtiö, Albert Galera-Prat, Sven T. Sowa, Gunnveig Grødeland, Hanne Scholz, Merete Høyem, Lone Holmen, Petter A. Olsen, Aleksandra Aizenshtadt, Clara Hammarström, Sandra Espada, Enya Amundsen-Isaksen, and Shoshy A. Brinch
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The catalytic enzymes tankyrase 1 and 2 (TNKS1/2) alter protein turnover by poly-ADP-ribosylating target proteins, which earmark them for degradation by the ubiquitin–proteasomal system. Prominent targets of the catalytic activity of TNKS1/2 include AXIN proteins, resulting in TNKS1/2 being attractive biotargets for addressing of oncogenic WNT/β-catenin signaling. Although several potent small molecules have been developed to inhibit TNKS1/2, there are currently no TNKS1/2 inhibitors available in clinical practice. The development of tankyrase inhibitors has mainly been disadvantaged by concerns over biotarget-dependent intestinal toxicity and a deficient therapeutic window. Here we show that the novel, potent, and selective 1,2,4-triazole–based TNKS1/2 inhibitor OM-153 reduces WNT/β-catenin signaling and tumor progression in COLO 320DM colon carcinoma xenografts upon oral administration of 0.33–10 mg/kg twice daily. In addition, OM-153 potentiates anti–programmed cell death protein 1 (anti–PD-1) immune checkpoint inhibition and antitumor effect in a B16-F10 mouse melanoma model. A 28-day repeated dose mouse toxicity study documents body weight loss, intestinal damage, and tubular damage in the kidney after oral–twice daily administration of 100 mg/kg. In contrast, mice treated oral–twice daily with 10 mg/kg show an intact intestinal architecture and no atypical histopathologic changes in other organs. In addition, clinical biochemistry and hematologic analyses do not identify changes indicating substantial toxicity. The results demonstrate OM-153–mediated antitumor effects and a therapeutic window in a colon carcinoma mouse model ranging from 0.33 to at least 10 mg/kg, and provide a framework for using OM-153 for further preclinical evaluations.Significance:This study uncovers the effectiveness and therapeutic window for a novel tankyrase inhibitor in mouse tumor models.
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26. Quantitative chemometric phenotyping of three-dimensional liver organoids by Raman spectral imaging
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Vernon LaLone, Aleksandra Aizenshtadt, John Goertz, Frøydis Sved Skottvoll, Marco Barbero Mota, Junji You, Xiaoyu Zhao, Henriette Engen Berg, Justyna Stokowiec, Minzhi Yu, Anna Schwendeman, Hanne Scholz, Steven Ray Wilson, Stefan Krauss, and Molly M. Stevens
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Genetics ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) ,Biochemistry ,Computer Science Applications ,Biotechnology - Abstract
Confocal Raman spectral imaging (RSI) enables high-content, label-free visualization of a wide range of molecules in biological specimens without sample preparation. However, reliable quantification of the deconvoluted spectra is needed. Here we develop an integrated bioanalytical methodology, qRamanomics, to qualify RSI as a tissue phantom calibrated tool for quantitative spatial chemotyping of major classes of biomolecules. Next, we apply qRamanomics to fixed 3D liver organoids generated from stem-cell-derived or primary hepatocytes to assess specimen variation and maturity. We then demonstrate the utility of qRamanomics for identifying biomolecular response signatures from a panel of liver-altering drugs, probing drug-induced compositional changes in 3D organoids followed by in situ monitoring of drug metabolism and accumulation. Quantitative chemometric phenotyping constitutes an important step in developing quantitative label-free interrogation of 3D biological specimens.
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27. The Tankyrase Inhibitor OM-153 Demonstrates Antitumor Efficacy and a Therapeutic Window in Mouse Models
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Shoshy A. Brinch, Enya Amundsen-Isaksen, Sandra Espada, Clara Hammarström, Aleksandra Aizenshtadt, Petter A. Olsen, Lone Holmen, Merete Høyem, Hanne Scholz, Gunnveig Grødeland, Sven T. Sowa, Albert Galera-Prat, Lari Lehtiö, Ilonka A.T.M. Meerts, Ruben G.G. Leenders, Anita Wegert, Stefan Krauss, and Jo Waaler
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The catalytic enzymes tankyrase 1 and 2 (TNKS1/2) alter protein turnover by poly-ADP-ribosylating target proteins, which earmark them for degradation by the ubiquitin–proteasomal system. Prominent targets of the catalytic activity of TNKS1/2 include AXIN proteins, resulting in TNKS1/2 being attractive biotargets for addressing of oncogenic WNT/β-catenin signaling. Although several potent small molecules have been developed to inhibit TNKS1/2, there are currently no TNKS1/2 inhibitors available in clinical practice. The development of tankyrase inhibitors has mainly been disadvantaged by concerns over biotarget-dependent intestinal toxicity and a deficient therapeutic window. Here we show that the novel, potent, and selective 1,2,4-triazole–based TNKS1/2 inhibitor OM-153 reduces WNT/β-catenin signaling and tumor progression in COLO 320DM colon carcinoma xenografts upon oral administration of 0.33–10 mg/kg twice daily. In addition, OM-153 potentiates anti–programmed cell death protein 1 (anti–PD-1) immune checkpoint inhibition and antitumor effect in a B16-F10 mouse melanoma model. A 28-day repeated dose mouse toxicity study documents body weight loss, intestinal damage, and tubular damage in the kidney after oral–twice daily administration of 100 mg/kg. In contrast, mice treated oral–twice daily with 10 mg/kg show an intact intestinal architecture and no atypical histopathologic changes in other organs. In addition, clinical biochemistry and hematologic analyses do not identify changes indicating substantial toxicity. The results demonstrate OM-153–mediated antitumor effects and a therapeutic window in a colon carcinoma mouse model ranging from 0.33 to at least 10 mg/kg, and provide a framework for using OM-153 for further preclinical evaluations. Significance: This study uncovers the effectiveness and therapeutic window for a novel tankyrase inhibitor in mouse tumor models.
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28. On‐line reduction of insulin disulfide bonds with photoinduced radical reactions, upstream to nano liquid chromatography‐mass spectrometry
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Christine Olsen, Elisa Wiborg, Elsa Lundanes, Shadab Abadpour, Hanne Scholz, and Steven Ray Wilson
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- 2022
29. Spatial Environment Affects HNF4A Mutation-Specific Proteome Signatures and Cellular Morphology in hiPSC-Derived β-Like Cells
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Manuel Carrasco, Chencheng Wang, Anne M. Søviknes, Yngvild Bjørlykke, Shadab Abadpour, Joao A. Paulo, Erling Tjora, Pål Njølstad, Jonas Ghabayen, Ingrid Nermoen, Valeriya Lyssenko, Simona Chera, Luiza M. Ghila, Marc Vaudel, Hanne Scholz, and Helge Ræder
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ,Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4 ,Proteome ,Alginates ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells ,Mutation ,Internal Medicine ,Humans ,Capsules - Abstract
Studies of monogenic diabetes are particularly useful because we can gain insight into the molecular events of pancreatic β-cell failure. Maturity-onset diabetes of the young 1 (MODY1) is a form of monogenic diabetes caused by a mutation in the HNF4A gene. Human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) provide an excellent tool for disease modeling by subsequently directing differentiation toward desired pancreatic islet cells, but cellular phenotypes in terminally differentiated cells are notoriously difficult to detect. Re-creating a spatial (three-dimensional [3D]) environment may facilitate phenotype detection. We studied MODY1 by using hiPSC-derived pancreatic β-like patient and isogenic control cell lines in two different 3D contexts. Using size-adjusted cell aggregates and alginate capsules, we show that the 3D context is critical to facilitating the detection of mutation-specific phenotypes. In 3D cell aggregates, we identified irregular cell clusters and lower levels of structural proteins by proteome analysis, whereas in 3D alginate capsules, we identified altered levels of glycolytic proteins in the glucose sensing apparatus by proteome analysis. Our study provides novel knowledge on normal and abnormal function of HNF4A, paving the way for translational studies of new drug targets that can be used in precision diabetes medicine in MODY.
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30. Intra‐corneal implantation of <scp>3D</scp> bio‐printed mesenchymal stem cells using femtosecond‐laser‐ assisted intrastromal keratoplasty
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Gerard Boix Lemonche, Richard M. Nagymihaly M. Nagymihaly, Essi M. Niemi, Natasha Josifovska, Stian Johansen, Morten Carstens Moe, Hanne Scholz, and Goran Petrovski
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Ophthalmology ,General Medicine - Published
- 2022
31. Response to Comment on Carrasco et al. Spatial Environment Affects HNF4A Mutation-Specific Proteome Signatures and Cellular Morphology in hiPSC-Derived β-Like Cells. Diabetes 2022;71:862–869
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Hanne Scholz and Helge Ræder
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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Internal Medicine - Published
- 2023
32. Back Cover: On‐line reduction of insulin disulfide bonds with photoinduced radical reactions, upstream to nano liquid chromatography‐mass spectrometry
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Christine Olsen, Elisa Wiborg, Elsa Lundanes, Shadab Abadpour, Hanne Scholz, and Steven Ray Wilson
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- 2022
33. Adipose-derived stromal cells preserve pancreatic islet function in a transplantable 3D bioprinted scaffold
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Shadab Abadpour, Essi M. Niemi, Linnea Strid Orrhult, Carolin Hermanns, Rick de Vries, Liebert Parreiras Nogueira, Håvard Jostein Haugen, Dag Josefsen, Stefan Krauss, Aart van Apeldoorn, Paul Gatenholm, and Hanne Scholz
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Intra-portal islet transplantation is the method of choice for treatment of insulin dependent type 1 diabetes, but its outcome is hindered by limited islet survival due to the immunological and metabolic stress post transplantation. Adipose-derived stromal cells (ASCs) promise to improve significantly the islet micro-environment but an efficient long-term delivery method has not been achieved. We therefore explore the potential of generating ASC enriched islet transplant structure by 3D bioprinting. Here, we fabricate a double-layered 3D bioprinted scaffold for islets and ASCs by using alginate-nanofibrillated cellulose bioink. We demonstrate the diffusion properties of the scaffold and report that human ASCs increase the islet viability, preserve the endocrine function, and reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines secretion in vitro. Intraperitoneal implantation of the ASCs and islets in 3D bioprinted scaffold improve the long-term function of islets in diabetic mice. Our data reveals an important role for ASCs on the islet micro-environment. We suggest a novel cell therapy approach of ASCs combined with islets in a 3D structure with a potential for clinical beta cell replacement therapies at extrahepatic sites.
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34. The long noncoding RNA TUNAR modulates Wnt signaling and regulates human β-cell proliferation
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Ali M. Tabish, Elke Ericson, Björn Tyrberg, David M. Smith, Chandrasekhar Kanduri, Hanne Scholz, Shadab Abadpour, Tanmoy Mondal, Ralph Knöll, Magnus Althage, and Alex Xianghua Zhou
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Physiology ,Cell growth ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Wnt signaling pathway ,RNA ,Type 2 diabetes ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Long non-coding RNA ,Cell biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Endocrinology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Physiology (medical) ,Internal medicine ,Diabetes mellitus ,medicine - Abstract
The discovery that long noncoding RNA TUNAR regulates β-cell proliferation may be important in designing new treatments for diabetes.
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35. Patient selection for islet or solid organ pancreas transplantation: experiences from a multidisciplinary outpatient-clinic approach
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Anders Åsberg, Hanne Scholz, Rune Horneland, Espen Nordheim, Kåre I. Birkeland, Jørn Petter Lindahl, Rasmus Kirkeskov Carlsen, Birgitte Boye, and Trond Jenssen
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Research design ,Nephrology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030230 surgery ,Pancreas transplantation ,lcsh:Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Endocrinology ,Diabetes mellitus ,Internal medicine ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Outpatient clinic ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Type 1 diabetes ,lcsh:RC648-665 ,diabetes ,business.industry ,Research ,VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Basale medisinske, odontologiske og veterinærmedisinske fag: 710 ,Transplant Waiting List ,medicine.disease ,VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Basic medical, dental and veterinary science disciplines: 710 ,Surgery ,Transplantation ,surgical procedures, operative ,business ,metabolism - Abstract
Objective β-cell replacement therapy (βCRT), including pancreas transplantation alone (PTA) and islet transplantation (ITX), is a treatment option for selected type 1 diabetes patients. All potential candidates for βCRT in Norway are referred to one national transplant centre for evaluation before any pre-transplant workup is started. This evaluation was performed by a transplant nephrologist alone prior to 2015 and by a multidisciplinary team (MDT) from 2015. We have reviewed the allocation of patients to treatment modality and the 1-year clinical outcome for the patients after transplantation. Research design and methods Medical charts of all patients evaluated for βCRT between 2010 and 2020 in Norway were retrospectively analysed and the outcome of patients receiving βCRT were studied. Results One hundred and forty-four patients were assessed for βCRT eligibility between 2010 and 2020. After MDT evaluation was introduced for βCRT eligibility in 2015, the percentage of referred patients accepted for the transplant waiting list fell from 84% to 40% (P < 0.005). One year after transplantation, 73% of the PTA and none of the ITX patients were independent of exogenous insulin, 8% of the PTA and 90% of the ITX patients had partial graft function while 19% of the PTA and 10% of the ITX patients suffered from graft loss. Conclusion The acceptance rate for βCRT was significantly reduced during a 10-year observation period and 81% of the PTA and 90% of the ITX patients had partial or normal graft function 1 year post-transplant.
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- 2021
36. Spatial Environment Affects HNF4A Mutation-Specific Proteome Signatures and Cellular Morphology in hiPSC-Derived β-Like Cells
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Helge Ræder, Hanne Scholz, Marc Vaudel, Luiza M. Ghila, Simona Chera, Valeriya Lyssenko, Ingrid Nermoen, Jonas Ghabayen, Pål Njølstad, Erling Tjora, Joao A. Paulo, Shadab Abadpour, Yngvild Bjørlykke, Anne M. Søviknes, Chencheng Wang, Manuel Carrasco, and Ada Admin
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Studies of monogenic diabetes are particularly useful as we can gain insight into the molecular events of pancreatic β-cell failure. Maturity-onset diabetes of the young 1 (MODY1) is a monogenic diabetes form, caused by a mutation in the HNF4A gene. Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) provide an excellent tool for disease modelling by subsequent directed differentiation toward desired pancreatic islet cells, but cellular phenotypes in terminally differentiated cells are notoriously difficult to detect. Re-creating a spatial (3D) environment may facilitate phenotype detection. In this study, we studied MODY1 using hiPSC-derived pancreatic β-like patient and isogenic control cell lines in two different 3D contexts. Using size-adjusted cell aggregates and alginate capsules we showed that the 3D context was critical to facilitate the detection of mutation-specific phenotypes. In 3D cell aggregates we identified irregular cell clusters and lower levels of structural proteins by proteome analysis, whereas in 3D alginate capsules we identified altered levels of glycolytic proteins in the glucose sensing apparatus by proteome analysis. Our study provides novel knowledge on normal and abnormal function of HNF4A paving the way for translational studies of new drug targets that can be used in precision diabetes medicine of MODY.
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37. Determination of insulin secretion from stem cell-derived islet organoids with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
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Christine Olsen, Chencheng Wang, Shadab Abadpour, Elsa Lundanes, Audun Skau Hansen, Frøydis Sved Skottvoll, Hanne Scholz, and Steven Ray Wilson
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Clinical Biochemistry ,Cell Biology ,General Medicine ,Biochemistry ,Analytical Chemistry - Abstract
Organoids are laboratory-grown 3D organ models, mimicking human organs for e.g. drug development and personalized therapy. Islet organoids (typically 100-200 μm), which can be grown from the patient’s own cells, are emerging as prototypes for transplantation-based therapy of diabetes. Selective methods for quantifying insulin production from islet organoids are needed, but sensitivity and carry-over have been major bottlenecks in previous efforts. We have developed a reverse phase liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (RPLC-MS/MS) method for studying the insulin secretion of islet organoids. In contrast to our previous attempts using nano-scale LC columns, conventional 2.1 mm inner diameter LC column (combined with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry) was well suited for sensitive and selective measurements of insulin secreted from islet organoids with low microliter-scale samples. Insulin is highly prone to carry-over, so standard tubings and injector parts were replaced with shielded fused silica nanoViper™ connectors. As samples were expected to be very limited, an extended Box-Behnken experimental design for the MS settings was conducted to maximize performance. The finale method has excellent sensitivity, accuracy and precision (limit of detection: ≤ 0.2 pg/μL, relative error: ≤ ±10%, relative standard deviation: < 10%), and was well suited for measuring 20 μL amounts of Krebs buffer containing insulin secreted from islet organoids.
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38. Editorial: Beta-Cell Fate: From Gene Circuits to Disease Mechanisms
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Luiza Ghila, Kenichiro Furuyama, Shane T. Grey, Hanne Scholz, and Simona Chera
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Genetics ,Molecular Medicine ,Genetics (clinical) - Published
- 2021
39. 241.2: A Worldwide Survey of Activities and Practices in Clinical Islet of Langerhans Transplantation
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Thierry Berney, Axel Andres, Melena D. Bellin, Eelco J.P. de Koning, Paul R.V. Johnson, Thomas W.H. Kay, Torbjörn Lundgren, Michael R. Rickels, Hanne Scholz, Steve White, and Peter G. Stock
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Transplantation - Published
- 2022
40. Mini-organs forum: how to advance organoid technology to organ transplant community
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Federica Casiraghi, Thierry Berney, Ekaterine Berishvili, Lorenzo Piemonti, Nuria Montserrat, Cristiano Amarelli, Hanne Scholz, Berishvili, Ekaterine, Casiraghi, Federica, Amarelli, Cristiano, Scholz, Hanne, Piemonti, Lorenzo, Berney, Thierry, and Montserrat, Nuria
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Transplantation ,Technology ,business.industry ,Stem Cells ,regenerative medicine ,Organ Transplantation ,Regenerative Medicine ,Regenerative medicine ,Organ transplantation ,Organoids ,Basic research ,medicine ,Organoid ,Humans ,Engineering ethics ,business ,organoids - Abstract
The generation of human mini-organs, the so-called organoids, is one of the biggest scientific advances in regenerative medicine. This technology exploits traditional three-dimensional culture techniques that support cell-autonomous self-organization responses of stem cells to derive micrometer to millimeter size versions of human organs. The convergence of the organoid technology with organ transplantation is still in its infancy but this alliance is expected to open new venues to change the way we conduct both transplant and organoid research. In this Forum we provide a summary on early achievements facilitating organoid derivation and culture. We further discuss on early advances of organoid transplantation also offering a comprehensive overview of current limitations and challenges to instruct organoid maturation. We expect that this Forum sets the ground for initial discussions between stem cell biologists, bioengineers, and the transplant community to better direct organoid basic research to advance the organ transplantation field.
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41. Abstract 2651: The tankyrase inhibitor OM-153 demonstrates anti-tumor effect with a therapeutic index above 10
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Shoshy Alam Brinch, Enya Amundsen-Isaksen, Sandra Espada, Aleksandra Aizenshtadt, Lone Holmen, Clara Hammarström, Merete Høyem, Hanne Scholz, Gunnveig Grødeland, Sven T. Sowa, Albert Galera-Prat, Lari Lehtiö, Ilonka A.T.M. Meerts, Ruben G. G. Leenders, Anita Wegert, Stefan Krauss, and Jo Waaler
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Cancer Research ,Oncology - Abstract
The catalytic enzymes tankyrase 1 and 2 (TNKS1/2) poly-ADP-ribosylate target proteins, including AXIN proteins, to earmark them for degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasomal system. Hence, inhibition of TNKS1/2 can stabilize AXIN proteins, and consequently β-catenin degradosomes, resulting in inhibition of WNT/β-catenin signaling. Although several potent small-molecules have been developed to inhibit TNKS1/2 and oncogenic WNT/β-catenin signaling, also showing convincing anti-tumor effects in numerous mouse cancer models, there are currently no TNKS1/2 inhibitors available in the clinic. The development has mainly been disadvantaged by concerns over previous reports unfolding intestinal toxicity, apparently caused by on-target and WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway-specific side effects, and a deficient therapeutic index. Here we show that the novel, highly potent and selective1,2,4-triazole-based TNKS1/2 inhibitor OM-153, displaying improved ADME-properties and mouse pharmacokinetics, reduced WNT/β-catenin signaling and tumor progression in COLO 320DM colon cancer xenografts upon peroral (PO) administration of 0.33-10 mg/kg twice daily (BID). In addition, combined OM-153 and anti-PD-1 treatment conferred a synergistic anti-tumor effect in a B16-F10 mouse melanoma model. In a 28-day repeated dose mouse toxicity study, body weight loss, intestinal damage and tubular damage in the kidney was documented after PO BID administration of 100 mg/kg. In contrast, in mice treated PO BID using 10 mg/kg, the intestinal architecture was intact and no atypical histopathological changes were observed in other organs, while clinical biochemistry and haematological analyses did not identify any changes indicating considerable toxicity. The results provide a scaffold for using OM-153 as a potential anti-cancer treatment and additional preclinical and clinical evaluations. Citation Format: Shoshy Alam Brinch, Enya Amundsen-Isaksen, Sandra Espada, Aleksandra Aizenshtadt, Lone Holmen, Clara Hammarström, Merete Høyem, Hanne Scholz, Gunnveig Grødeland, Sven T. Sowa, Albert Galera-Prat, Lari Lehtiö, Ilonka A.T.M. Meerts, Ruben G. G. Leenders, Anita Wegert, Stefan Krauss, Jo Waaler. The tankyrase inhibitor OM-153 demonstrates anti-tumor effect with a therapeutic index above 10 [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2022; 2022 Apr 8-13. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2022;82(12_Suppl):Abstract nr 2651.
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42. NLRP3 inflammasome mediates oxidative stress-induced pancreatic islet dysfunction
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Afaf Sahraoui, Trine Ranheim, Egil Lien, Jonas Øgaard, Arne Yndestad, Pål Aukrust, Marina Sokolova, Hanne Scholz, and Merete Høyem
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0301 basic medicine ,endocrine system ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Inflammasomes ,Physiology ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Interleukin-1beta ,Apoptosis ,medicine.disease_cause ,Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental ,Islets of Langerhans ,Mice ,03 medical and health sciences ,Insulin-Secreting Cells ,Physiology (medical) ,Internal medicine ,NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein ,medicine ,Animals ,Mice, Knockout ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,integumentary system ,Chemistry ,Pancreatic islets ,Interleukin ,Inflammasome ,Macrophage Activation ,Islet ,Oxidative Stress ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Cancer research ,Oxidative stress ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Inflammasomes are multiprotein inflammatory platforms that induce caspase-1 activation and subsequently interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18 processing. The NLRP3 inflammasome is activated by different forms of oxidative stress, and, based on the central role of IL-1β in the destruction of pancreatic islets, it could be related to the development of diabetes. We therefore investigated responses in wild-type C57Bl/6 (WT) mice, NLRP3−/− mice, and mice deficient in apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase-recruitment domain (ASC) after exposing islets to short-term hypoxia or alloxan-induced islet damage. NLRP3-deficient islets compared with WT islets had preserved function ex vivo and were protected against hypoxia-induced cell death. Furthermore, NLRP3 and ASC-deficient mice were protected against oxidative stress-induced diabetes caused by repetitive low-dose alloxan administration, and this was associated with reduced β-cell death and reduced macrophage infiltration. This suggests that the beneficial effect of NLRP3 inflammasome deficiency on oxidative stress-mediated β-cell damage could involve reduced macrophage infiltration and activation. To support the role of macrophage activation in alloxan-induced diabetes, we injected WT mice with liposomal clodronate, which causes macrophage depletion before induction of a diabetic phenotype by alloxan treatment, resulting in improved glucose homeostasis in WT mice. We show here that the NLRP3 inflammasome acts as a mediator of hypoxia and oxidative stress in insulin-producing cells, suggesting that inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome could have beneficial effects on β-cell preservation.
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43. Chronically Elevated Exogenous Glucose Elicits Antipodal Effects on the Proteome Signature of Differentiating Human iPSC-Derived Pancreatic Progenitors
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Thomas Aga Legøy, Hanne Scholz, Andreas Frøslev Mathisen, Helge Ræder, Shadab Abadpour, Joao A. Paulo, Simona Chera, and Luiza Ghila
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Proteomics ,Proteome ,Cell ,Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells ,Cell fate determination ,Biology ,Article ,hiPSC ,Catalysis ,lcsh:Chemistry ,Inorganic Chemistry ,Islets of Langerhans ,medicine ,Extracellular ,Humans ,exogenous glucose ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Progenitor cell ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Molecular Biology ,Wnt Signaling Pathway ,Spectroscopy ,pancreatic endocrine progenitors ,cell fate ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Organic Chemistry ,Transdifferentiation ,Cell Differentiation ,General Medicine ,Islet ,Computer Science Applications ,Cell biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Glucose ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,lcsh:QD1-999 ,in vitro differentiation ,signaling pathway analyses ,Energy Metabolism ,cell identity - Abstract
The past decade revealed that cell identity changes, such as dedifferentiation or transdifferentiation, accompany the insulin-producing β-cell decay in most diabetes conditions. Mapping and controlling the mechanisms governing these processes is, thus, extremely valuable for managing the disease progression. Extracellular glucose is known to influence cell identity by impacting the redox balance. Here, we use global proteomics and pathway analysis to map the response of differentiating human pancreatic progenitors to chronically increased in vitro glucose levels. We show that exogenous high glucose levels impact different protein subsets in a concentration-dependent manner. In contrast, regardless of concentration, glucose elicits an antipodal effect on the proteome landscape, inducing both beneficial and detrimental changes in regard to achieving the desired islet cell fingerprint. Furthermore, we identified that only a subgroup of these effects and pathways are regulated by changes in redox balance. Our study highlights a complex effect of exogenous glucose on differentiating pancreas progenitors characterized by a distinct proteome signature. publishedVersion
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44. Tissue Engineering Strategies for Improving Beta Cell Transplantation Outcome
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Essi M. Niemi, Chencheng Wang, Shadab Abadpour, and Hanne Scholz
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0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Immunology ,Cell ,02 engineering and technology ,Bioinformatics ,03 medical and health sciences ,Immune system ,Tissue engineering ,Medicine ,Transplantation ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Hepatology ,business.industry ,Immunosuppression ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Islet ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Nephrology ,Surgery ,Blood sugar regulation ,Beta cell ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
Purpose of Review Beta cell replacement therapy as a form of islet transplantation is a promising alternative therapy with the possibility to make selected patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) insulin independent. However, this technique faces challenges such as extensive activation of the host immune system post-transplantation, lifelong need for immunosuppression, and the scarcity of islet donor pancreas. Advancement in tissue engineering strategies can improve these challenges and allow for a more widespread application of this therapy. This review will discuss the recent development and clinical translation of tissue engineering strategies in beta cell replacement therapy. Recent Findings Tissue engineering offers innovative solutions for producing unlimited glucose responsive cells and fabrication of appropriate devices/scaffolds for transplantation applications. Generation of pancreatic organoids with supporting cells in biocompatible biomaterials is a powerful technique to improve the function of insulin-producing cell clusters. Fabrication of physical barriers such as encapsulation strategies can protect the cells from the host immune system and allow for graft retrieval, although this strategy still faces major challenges to fully restore physiological glucose regulation. Summary The three main components of tissue engineering strategies including the generation of stem cell-derived insulin-producing cells and organoids and the possibilities for therapeutic delivery of cell-seeded devices to extra-hepatic sites need to come together in order to provide safe and functional insulin-producing devices for clinical beta cell replacement therapy.
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45. Music for cells? A systematic review of studies investigating the effects of audible sound played through speaker-based systems to cell cultures
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Kwak D, Hanne Scholz, Wang C, Danielsen A, Combriat T, and Alexander Refsum Jensenius
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geography ,Range (music) ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Noise measurement ,Computer science ,Speech recognition ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Musical ,Stimulus (physiology) ,Sound (geography) - Abstract
There have been several studies investigating whether musical sound can be used as cell stimuli in recent years. We systematically searched publications to get an overview of studies that have used audible sound played through speaker-based systems to induce mechanical perturbation in cell cultures. A total of 12 studies were identified. We focused on the experimental setups, the sound materials used as stimuli, and the outcomes. The stimuli were categorized into simple and complex sounds. The effects were reported as enhanced cell migration, proliferation, colony formation, and differentiation ability. However, there are significant differences in methodologies and cell type-specific outcomes, which made it difficult to find a systematic pattern in the results. We suggest that future experiments should consider using: 1) a more controlled acoustic environment), 2) standardized sound and noise measurement methods, and 3) a more comprehensive range of controlled sound stimuli.
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46. Proteomic Profiling Reveals the Ambivalent Character of the Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome: Assessing the Effect of Preconditioned Media on Isolated Human Islets
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Hanne Scholz, Paul Johnson, Anju Abraham, H Brandhorst, Simen W. Schive, Daniel Brandhorst, and S Acreman
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Proteomics ,endocrine system ,Proteome ,Angiogenesis ,Biomedical Engineering ,lcsh:Medicine ,Biology ,human islets ,Immunophenotyping ,Proinflammatory cytokine ,Islets of Langerhans ,preconditioning ,Humans ,Cell Lineage ,Cells, Cultured ,cell culture ,mesenchymal stem cells ,Transplantation ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,hypoxia ,Proteomic Profiling ,Mesenchymal stem cell ,lcsh:R ,Cell Differentiation ,Cell Biology ,Islet ,Phenotype ,In vitro ,Cell biology ,secretome ,Cell culture ,Culture Media, Conditioned ,Original Article - Abstract
Previous studies in rodents have indicated that function and survival of transplanted islets can be substantially improved by mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). The few human islet studies to date have confirmed these findings but have not determined whether physical contact between MSC and islets is required or whether the benefit to islets results from MSC-secreted proteins. This study aimed to investigate the protective capacity of MSC-preconditioned media for human islets. MSC were cultured for 2 or 5 days in normoxia or hypoxia before harvesting the cell-depleted media for human islet culture in normoxia or hypoxia for 6–8 or 3–4 days, respectively. To characterize MSC-preconditioned media, proteomic secretome profiling was performed to identify angiogenesis- and inflammation-related proteins. A protective effect of MSC-preconditioned media on survival and in vitro function of hypoxic human islets was observed irrespective of the atmosphere used for MSC preconditioning. Islet morphology changed markedly when media from hypoxic MSC were used for culture. However, PDX-1 and insulin gene expression did not confirm a change in the genetic phenotype of these islets. Proteomic profiling of preconditioned media revealed the heterogenicity of the secretome comprising angiogenic and antiapoptotic as well as angiostatic or proinflammatory mediators released at an identical pattern regardless whether MSC had been cultured in normoxic or hypoxic atmosphere. These findings do not allow a clear discrimination between normoxia and hypoxia as stimulus for protective MSC capabilities but indicate an ambivalent character of the MSC angiogenesis- and inflammation-related secretome. Nevertheless, culture of human islets in acellular MSC-preconditioned media resulted in improved morphological and functional islet integrity suggesting a disbalance in favor of protective factors. Further approaches should aim to eliminate potentially detrimental factors to enable the production of advanced clinical grade islet culture media with higher protective qualities.
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47. In vivo Environment Swiftly Restricts Human Pancreatic Progenitors Toward Mono-Hormonal Identity via a HNF1A/HNF4A Mechanism
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Andreas Frøslev Mathisen, Thomas Aga Legøy, Hanne Scholz, Luiza Ghila, Zaidon Salim, Yngvild Bjørlykke, Heidrun Vethe, Shadab Abadpour, Helge Ræder, Simona Chera, and Joao A. Paulo
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0301 basic medicine ,Cell fate determination ,Biology ,Proteomics ,Cell and Developmental Biology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,In vivo ,Epigenetics ,Progenitor cell ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Original Research ,cell fate ,Mechanism (biology) ,endocrine progenitors ,Cell Biology ,differentiation ,pathway analyses ,Cell biology ,Transplantation ,030104 developmental biology ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Proteome ,signaling ,cell identity ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
Generating insulin-producing β-cells from human induced pluripotent stem cells is a promising cell replacement therapy for improving or curing insulin-dependent diabetes. The transplantation of end-stages differentiating cells into living hosts was demonstrated to improve β-cell maturation. Nevertheless, the cellular and molecular mechanisms outlining the transplanted cells’ response to the in vivo environment are still to be properly characterized. Here we use global proteomics and large-scale imaging techniques to demultiplex and filter the cellular processes and molecular signatures modulated by the immediate in vivo effect. We show that in vivo exposure swiftly confines in vitro generated human pancreatic progenitors to single hormone expression. The global proteome landscape of the transplanted cells was closer to native human islets, especially in regard to energy metabolism and redox balance. Moreover, our study indicates a possible link between these processes and certain epigenetic regulators involved in cell identity. Pathway analysis predicted HNF1A and HNF4A as key regulators controlling the in vivo islet-promoting response, with experimental evidence suggesting their involvement in confining islet cell fate following xeno-transplantation. publishedVersion
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48. In vivo hyperglycemia exposure elicits distinct period-dependent effects on human pancreatic progenitor differentiation, conveyed by oxidative stress
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Andreas Frøslev Mathisen, Helge Ræder, Thomas Aga Legøy, Simona Chera, Shadab Abadpour, Joao A. Paulo, Hanne Scholz, Heidrun Vethe, and Luiza Ghila
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0301 basic medicine ,Adult ,Blood Glucose ,Male ,Physiology ,Xenotransplantation ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells ,Transplantation, Heterologous ,Islets of Langerhans Transplantation ,Inflammation ,Mice, Transgenic ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,Article ,Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental ,03 medical and health sciences ,Islets of Langerhans ,Mice ,0302 clinical medicine ,In vivo ,Insulin-Secreting Cells ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Insulin ,Progenitor cell ,Induced pluripotent stem cell ,Promoter Regions, Genetic ,Cell Differentiation ,Middle Aged ,3. Good health ,Rats ,Transplantation ,Oxidative Stress ,030104 developmental biology ,Hyperglycemia ,Cancer research ,medicine.symptom ,Ex vivo ,Oxidative stress ,Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor - Abstract
Aim: The loss of insulin‐secreting β‐cells, ultimately characterizing most diabetes forms, demands the development of cell replacement therapies. The common endpoint for all ex vivo strategies is transplantation into diabetic patients. However, the effects of hyperglycaemia environment on the transplanted cells were not yet properly assessed. Thus, the main goal of this study was to characterize global effect of brief and prolonged in vivo hyperglycaemia exposure on the cell fate acquisition and maintenance of transplanted human pancreatic progenitors. Methods: To rigorously study the effect of hyperglycaemia, in vitro differentiated human‐induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC)‐derived pancreatic progenitors were xenotransplanted in normoglycaemic and diabetic NSG rat insulin promoter (RIP)‐diphtheria toxin receptor (DTR) mice. The transplants were retrieved after 1‐week or 1‐month exposure to overt hyperglycaemia and analysed by large‐scale microscopy or global proteomics. For this study we pioneer the use of the NSG RIP‐DTR system in the transplantation of hiPSC, making use of its highly reproducible specific and absolute β‐cell ablation property in the absence of inflammation or other organ toxicity. Results: Here we show for the first time that besides the presence of an induced oxidative stress signature, the cell fate and proteome landscape response to hyperglycaemia was different, involving largely different mechanisms, according to the period spent in the hyperglycaemic environment. Surprisingly, brief hyperglycaemia exposure increased the bihormonal cell number by impeding the activity of specific islet lineage determinants. Moreover, it activated antioxidant and inflammation protection mechanisms signatures in the transplanted cells. In contrast, the prolonged exposure was characterized by decreased numbers of hormone + cells, low/absent detoxification signature, augmented production of oxygen reactive species and increased apoptosis. Conclusion: Hyperglycaemia exposure induced distinct, period‐dependent, negative effects on xenotransplanted human pancreatic progenitor, affecting their energy homeostasis, cell fate acquisition and survival. publishedVersion
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49. Cellular therapies in preclinical and clinical islet transplantation: Mesenchymal stem cells
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Olle Korsgren and Hanne Scholz
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Type 1 diabetes ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Mesenchymal stem cell ,medicine.disease ,Bioinformatics ,Islet ,Transplantation ,Clinical trial ,Transplantation outcomes ,medicine ,business ,Ex vivo ,Allotransplantation - Abstract
Despite increasing experience with islet allotransplantation for type 1 diabetes worldwide, outcomes remain variable and unpredictable. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been shown to positively affect islets and improve transplantation outcomes in animal models and in a few clinical trials. MSCs are easily isolated from multiple tissues and expanded through ex vivo culture with preservation of their self-renewal capacity. The safety and feasibility of using MSCs-based cellular treatments for different conditions including diabetes have been confirmed in many clinical trials. With the favorable characteristics of MSCs that include both anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties, the research interest of utilizing MSCs for improvement of a different aspect of the islet transplant procedure is increasing. We summarize the current knowledge available from MSCs-based therapy in preclinical and clinical islet transplantation, focus on the advantage for the islets, and how to ensure progress in this aspect of research, and finally discuss remaining questions and future perspectives.
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50. Encapsulation boosts islet-cell signature in differentiating human induced pluripotent stem cells via integrin signalling
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Simona Chera, Berit L. Strand, Thomas Aga Legøy, Helge Ræder, Shadab Abadpour, Joao A. Paulo, Heidrun Vethe, Hanne Scholz, and Luiza Ghila
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0301 basic medicine ,Proteomics ,Integrins ,Alginates ,Cell Survival ,Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells ,Cell ,Integrin ,lcsh:Medicine ,Biology ,Article ,Islets of Langerhans ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,In vivo ,medicine ,Humans ,Insulin ,lcsh:Science ,Cells, Cultured ,Cell Proliferation ,030304 developmental biology ,0303 health sciences ,geography ,Multidisciplinary ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Gene Expression Profiling ,lcsh:R ,Cell Differentiation ,Islet ,Phenotype ,In vitro ,Cell biology ,Transplantation ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Proteome ,biology.protein ,lcsh:Q ,Biomarkers ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
Cell replacement therapies hold great therapeutic potential. Nevertheless, our knowledge of the mechanisms governing the developmental processes is limited, impeding the quality of differentiation protocols. Generating insulin-expressing cells in vitro is no exception, with the guided series of differentiation events producing heterogeneous cell populations that display mixed pancreatic islet phenotypes and immaturity. The achievement of terminal differentiation ultimately requires the in vivo transplantation of, usually, encapsulated cells. Here we show the impact of cell confinement on the pancreatic islet signature during the guided differentiation of alginate encapsulated human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). Our results show that encapsulation improves differentiation by significantly reshaping the proteome landscape of the cells towards an islet-like signature. Pathway analysis is suggestive of integrins transducing the encapsulation effect into intracellular signalling cascades promoting differentiation. These analyses provide a molecular framework for understanding the confinement effects on hiPSCs differentiation while confirming its importance for this process. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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