In Vitro Proliferation of Porcine Pancreatic Islet Cells for β-Cell Therapy Applications

Figure 3

Expression of pancreatic endocrine genes in islet-derived cells cultured with different media. Analysis of gene expression (mRNA) using qRT-PCR was performed on cells isolated from different pigs and representative results are presented. (a) Islet-derived cells were cultured in CMRL media containing 10% FBS (CF) or 20% PS (CP) and in DMEM media containing 10% FBS (DF) or 20% PS (DP) and analyzed for the expression of insulin mRNA. (b–d) Islet-derived cells were cultured in DMEM media containing 10% FBS and 1 g/L (L) or 4.5 g/L (H) glucose and analyzed for the expression of insulin (b), glucagon (c), and somatostatin (d) mRNA. The results are the average fold increase for each indicated mRNA compared with the level of this mRNA in adipose-derived stem cells (ADSC) and normalized for the expression of GAPDH.

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