title: Improved human pancreatic islet purification with the refined UIC-UB density gradient.
abstract: Human islet isolation outcomes were compared between two purification methods; 32 pancreases were processed by conventional Biocoll purification method (SM, standard method) and 132 pancreases by a refined University of Illinois at Chicago UW/Biocoll method (UIC-UB). There was no difference in donor characteristics between the two study groups. The prepurification equivalent islet number was similar between the groups (359,425+/-40,794 equivalent islet number in SM vs. 370,682+/-17,579 in UIC-UB). SM purified islets were mostly collected in only 2 of 12 fractions (68.9% and 36.3% purity). With the UIC-UB, highly purified islets were collected in 6 of 12 separate fractions (fractions 3-8 with purity of 84.8%, 82.5%, 72.0%, 59.3%, 46.8%, and 36.2%). UIC-UB yielded significantly greater islet yield compared with SM (368,419+/-18,245 vs. 260,908+/-37,835, P=0.017). Islet recovery rate was superior in UIC-UB (84.9% vs. 64.5%, P=0.04). Our study demonstrates a superior recovery of highly pure human pancreatic islets after purification using the refined method of UIC-UB gradient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barbaro
authors.forename: Payam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Salehi
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Meirigeng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gangemi
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuechle
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Travis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: Josè
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Avila
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mage
authors.forename: Josè
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oberholzer
mesh_terms: D002452:Cell Count; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology*; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data