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Ultrasound Imaging of Pancreatic Perfusion Dynamics Predicts Therapeutic Prevention of Diabetes in Preclinical Models of Type 1 Diabetes.


ABSTRACT: In type 1 diabetes (T1D), immune-cell infiltration into islets of Langerhans (insulitis) and β-cell decline occur years before diabetes presents. There is a lack of validated clinical approaches for detecting insulitis and β-cell decline, to diagnose eventual diabetes and monitor the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. We previously determined that contrast-enhanced ultrasound measurements of pancreas perfusion dynamics predict disease progression in T1D pre-clinical models. Here, we test whether these measurements predict therapeutic prevention of T1D. We performed destruction-reperfusion measurements with size-isolated microbubbles in non-obese diabetic (NOD)-severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice receiving an adoptive transfer of diabetogenic splenocytes. Mice received vehicle control or the following treatments: (i) anti-CD3 to block T-cell activation; (ii) anti-CD4 to deplete CD4+ T cells; (iii) verapamil to reduce β-cell apoptosis; or (iv) tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) to reduce β-cell endoplasmic reticulum stress. We compared measurements of pancreas perfusion dynamics with subsequent progression to diabetes. Anti-CD3, anti-CD4, and verapamil delayed diabetes development. Blood flow dynamics was significantly altered in treated mice with delayed/absent diabetes development compared with untreated mice. Conversely, blood flow dynamics in treated mice with unchanged diabetes development was similar to that in untreated mice. Thus, measurement of pancreas perfusion dynamics predicts the successful prevention of diabetes. This strategy may provide a clinically deployable predictive marker for therapeutic prevention in asymptomatic T1D.

SUBMITTER: Pham VT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9149043 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ultrasound Imaging of Pancreatic Perfusion Dynamics Predicts Therapeutic Prevention of Diabetes in Preclinical Models of Type 1 Diabetes.

Pham Vinh T VT   Ciccaglione Mark M   Ramirez David G DG   Benninger Richard K P RKP  

Ultrasound in medicine & biology 20220423 7


In type 1 diabetes (T1D), immune-cell infiltration into islets of Langerhans (insulitis) and β-cell decline occur years before diabetes presents. There is a lack of validated clinical approaches for detecting insulitis and β-cell decline, to diagnose eventual diabetes and monitor the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. We previously determined that contrast-enhanced ultrasound measurements of pancreas perfusion dynamics predict disease progression in T1D pre-clinical models. Here, we test whe  ...[more]

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