Differences in Baseline Lymphocyte Counts and Autoreactivity Are Associated With Differences in Outcome of Islet Cell Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetic Patients

作者：Hilbrands Robert; Huurman Volkert A L; Gillard Pieter; Velthuis Jurjen H L; De Waele Marc; Mathieu Chantal; Kaufman Leonard; Pipeleers Marichal Miriam; Ling Zhidong; Movahedi Babak; Jacobs Tulleneers Thevissen Daniel; Monbaliu Diethard; Ysebaert Dirk; Gorus Frans K; Roep Bart O; Pipeleers Daniel G; Keymeulen Bart^*

来源：Diabetes, 2009, 58(10): 2267-2276.

DOI：10.2337/db09-0160

OBJECTIVE-The metabolic outcome of islet cell transplants in type 1 diabetic patients is variable. This retrospective analysis examines whether differences in recipient characteristics at the time of transplantation are correlated with inadequate graft function.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-Thirty nonuremic C-peptide-negative type 1 diabetic patients had received an intraportal islet cell graft of comparable size under an ATG-tacrolimus-mycophenolate mofetil regimen. Baseline patient characteristics were compared with outcome parameters during the first 6 posttransplant months (i.e., plasma C-peptide, glycemic variability, and gain of insulin independence). Correlations in univariate analysis were further examined in a multivariate model.
RESULTS-Patients that did not become insulin independent exhibited significantly higher counts of B-cells as well as a T-cell autoreactivity against insulinoma-associated protein 2 (IA2) and/or GAD. In one of them, a liver biopsy during posttransplant year 2 showed B-cell accumulations near insulin-positive P-cell aggregates. Higher baseline total lymphocytes and T-cell autoreactivity were also correlated with lower plasma C-peptide levels and higher glycemic variability.
CONCLUSIONS-Higher total and B-cell counts and presence of T-cell autoreactivity at baseline are independently associated with lower graft function in type 1 diabetic patients receiving intraportal islet cells under ATG-tacrolimus-mycophenolate mofetil therapy. Prospective studies are needed to assess whether control of these characteristics can help increase the function of islet cell grafts during the first year posttransplantation. Diabetes 58:2267-2276, 2009

• 出版日期2009-10