Transplantation of porcine adrenal spheroids for the treatment of adrenal insufficiency.
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| Abstract |
Primary adrenal insufficiency is a life-threatening disorder, which requires lifelong hormone replacement therapy. Transplantation of xenogeneic adrenal cells is a potential alternative approach for the treatment of adrenal insufficiency. For a successful outcome of this replacement therapy, transplanted cells should provide adequate hormone secretion and respond to adrenal physiological stimuli. Here, we describe the generation and characterization of primary porcine adrenal spheroids capable of replacing the function of adrenal glands in vivo. Cells within the spheroids morphologically resembled adult adrenocortical cells and synthesized and secreted adrenal steroid hormones in a regulated manner. Moreover, the embedding of the spheroids in alginate led to the formation of cellular elongations of steroidogenic cells migrating centripetally towards the inner part of the slab, similar to zona Fasciculata cells in the intact organ. Finally, transplantation of adrenal spheroids in adrenalectomized SCID mice reversed the adrenal insufficiency phenotype, which significantly improved animals' survival. Overall, such adrenal models could be employed for disease modeling and drug testing, and represent the first step toward potential clinical trials in the future.
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| Authors | Maria Malyukov, Evgeny Gelfgat, Gerard Ruiz-Babot, Janine Schmid, Susann Lehmann, Giatgen Spinas, Felix Beuschlein, Constanze Hantel, Nicole Reisch, Peter P Nawroth, Stefan R Bornstein, Charlotte Steenblock, Barbara Ludwig |
| Journal | Xenotransplantation (Xenotransplantation) 2023 Sep-Oct Vol. 30 Issue 5 Pg. e12819 ISSN: 1399-3089 [Electronic] Denmark |
| PMID | 37548062 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
| Copyright | © 2023 The Authors. Xenotransplantation published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
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