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Longitudinal Ultrastructure Study of Islet Amyloid in the HIP Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Melvin R. Hayden^*,,1, Poorna R. Karuparthi^*, Camila Margarita Manrique^*,,, Guido Lastra^*,,, Javad Habibi and James R. Sowers^*,,,

^* University of Missouri School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Columbia, Missouri 65212; University of Missouri School of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Columbia, Missouri 65212; Harry S. Truman Veterans Administration Medical Center, Columbia, Missouri 65201; and University of Missouri School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Columbia, Missouri 65212

To whom requests for reprints should be addressed at ¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Research Group, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, MA410, DC043.00, Columbia, MO 65212. E-mail: mrh29{at}usmo.com

In 2004, the human islet amyloid polypeptide (HIP) rat model was created by transfecting the Sprague-Dawley rat with the human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP)-amylin gene. The objective of this study is to utilize the transmission electron microscope to study the longitudinal cellular and extracellular morphological changes within the islets of this model at 4, 8, and 14 months of age. It has been previously demonstrated that the 2-, 5-, and 10-month HIP models have no diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, and diabetes, respectively. The 4-month HIP model (FBS 123 mg/dl) demonstrated an abundance of ß-cells and insulin secretory granules with significant pericapillary and inter-ß-cell islet amyloid deposition. The 8-month model (FBS 187 mg/dl) demonstrated extensive islet amyloid deposition and marked changes of ß-cell apoptosis. The 14-month-old model (FBS 244 mg/dl) demonstrated islet and ß-cell atrophy with even greater amounts of extracellular islet amyloid compared to the 4-month-old and 8-month-old models. Functional beta cells were sparse and were associated with intra islet adipose deposition. These findings of ultrastructure cellular and extracellular morphological longitudinal remodeling changes in this novel animal model of type 2 diabetes may provide investigators with a better understanding regarding the role of islet amyloid in human islet

Key Words: apoptosis • B cell • islet structure • islet cell pathology • reactive oxygen species

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