A case of recurrent type 1 diabetes mellitus with insulitis of transplanted pancreas in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation from cardiac death donor

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: A 41-year-old woman undergoing simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation from an HLA-mismatched cardiac death donor abruptly developed overt hyperglycaemia under standard immunosuppressive therapy at 48 months after transplantation. Unexpectedly, we found insulitis in the transplanted pancreas and characterised the insulitis.

METHODS: Pancreas graft biopsies were performed 3 years before and after the development of hyperglycaemia and the specimens were examined histologically.

RESULTS: Insulitis was absent in the first biopsy, although oxidative DNA changes revealed by 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) staining were diffusely present both in islet cells and exocrine cells. No Ki67-positive proliferating cells were seen in the islets. Anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody was undetectable 6 months earlier but increased to 6.3 U/l at the development of hyperglycaemia. The level of anti-insulinoma-associated protein 2 antibody was 18.5 U/l. Insulin secretion was severely suppressed and insulin therapy was resumed. In the second biopsy, although acute allograft rejection was minimal, insulin-positive beta cells were markedly reduced, and glucagon-positive alpha cells predominated. CD3-positive T lymphocytes, CD8-positive cytotoxic T lymphocytes and CD68-positive macrophages infiltrated around and into islets. The infiltrating cells expressed Fas ligand as well as granzyme B. More than 80% of islets were affected by insulitis. 8-OHdG-positive cells were also present in islets and exocrine tissue. The percentage of Ki67-positive cells in total islet cells was 1.5%. There were no TUNEL-positive apoptotic cells in the islet cells.

CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: The histological features of insulitis in transplanted pancreas were consistent with common type 1 diabetes mellitus, but the clinical course of the recurrence appeared to be more rapid.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Diabetologia - 53(2010), 2 vom: 13. Feb., Seite 341-5

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ishida-Oku, M [VerfasserIn]
Iwase, M [VerfasserIn]
Sugitani, A [VerfasserIn]
Masutani, K [VerfasserIn]
Kitada, H [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, M [VerfasserIn]
Iida, M [VerfasserIn]

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9007-92-5
Case Reports
Glucagon
Hypoglycemic Agents
Insulin
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 26.04.2010

Date Revised 20.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00125-009-1593-3

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NLM192808524