PANIC-ATTAC: A Mouse Model for Inducible and Reversible β-Cell Ablation
Open Access
- 1 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes
- Vol. 57 (8) , 2137-2148
- https://doi.org/10.2337/db07-1631
Abstract
Islet transplantations have been performed clinically, but their practical applications are limited. An extensive effort has been made toward the identification of pancreatic beta-cell stem cells that has yielded many insights to date, yet targeted reconstitution of beta-cell mass remains elusive. Here, we present a mouse model for inducible and reversible ablation of pancreatic beta-cells named the PANIC-ATTAC (pancreatic islet beta-cell apoptosis through targeted activation of caspase 8) mouse. We efficiently induce beta-cell death through apoptosis and concomitant hyperglycemia by administration of a chemical dimerizer to the transgenic mice. In contrast to animals administered streptozotocin, the diabetes phenotype and beta-cell loss are fully reversible in the PANIC-ATTAC mice, and we find significant beta-cell recovery with normalization of glucose levels after 2 months. The rate of recovery can be enhanced by various pharmacological interventions with agents acting on the glucagon-like peptide 1 axis and agonists of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma. During recovery, we find an increased population of GLUT2(+)/insulin(-) cells in the islets of PANIC-ATTAC mice, which may represent a novel pool of potential beta-cell precursors. The PANIC-ATTAC mouse may be used as an animal model of inducible and reversible beta-cell ablation and therefore has applications in many areas of diabetes research that include identification of beta-cell precursors, evaluation of glucotoxicity effects in diabetes, and examination of pharmacological interventions.Keywords
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