Glycemic control mechanisms after canine islet autografting • IPITA 1995• @1MEMO 20251204

Glycemic control mechanisms after canine islet autografting • IPITA 1995 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • @1MEMO 20251204_1 • Talk, Tuesday June 20, 1995 at 10:30, 5th IPITA, Eden Roc Resort Hotel, Miami Beach, FL (USA) • Digitally remastered by author, publisher, Michel van der Burg • TakeNode 5227c200-e029-4406-b344-15350fe3b93d • #GLP1 #GIP #diabetes #islets #transplant

Pioneer work on GLP-1 and GIP incretin hormones

Slideshow (digitally remastered) of my talk Tuesday June 20, 1995 at 10:30, at the 5th International Congress on Pancreas and Islet Transplantation (IPITA), in Miami Beach, FL (USA). My first talk at a world congress presenting the outcome of all our detailed metabolic studies in our preclinical model of canine islet autotransplantation , including our pioneer work on the incretin effects of the gut hormones GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) and GIP (Glucose-dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide) — now, in 2025, well-known from the drugs that mimic the action of these natural hormones, to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, by stimulating insulin release, improving blood sugar control, and reducing appetite.

May 1992 we were the first to show direct potentiation of the insulin response from isolated islets by (near-)physiological doses of both the gut hormones GLP-1 and GIP during perifusion (in vitro) of canine islets at 7.5-10 mM glucose levels (1,2), and January 1994 we next confirmed the incretin effect of a (near-)physiological dose of GLP-1 after canine islet transplantation , in a poster presented at the 13th Workshop of the AIDSPIT (aka AIDPIT) Study Group , Igls, Austria, January 23–25, 1994 (3).

Background of the work was posted earlier this year (4) and the work was published Nov 1994 in my PhD thesis Pancreatic islet transplantation , available online (5).


Welcome Reception 5th IPITA on Sunday 18 June 1995, at the congress venue , the Eden Roc Resort Hotel, in Miami Beach, FL (USA) • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • @1MEMO 20251204_2 • TakeNode 8eb04df1-8280-4de3-a206-4b63413c3025

June 1995, 5th IPITA Talk

Tuesday June 20, 1995 at 10:30, at the 5th International Congress on Pancreas and Islet Transplantation (IPITA), in Miami Beach, FL (USA), was my first talk at a world congress presenting the outcome of all our detailed metabolic studies in the canine islet transplants , including the incretin effect of GLP-1, and also our findings with isolated canine islets during perifusion, in vitro, of the direct insulinotropic effects of the gut hormones GIP and GLP-1 (6) . That slideshow presentation (digitally remastered*) is posted here (1MEMO 20251204_1).

The proceedings paper delivered at the 5th IPITA is included in the Notes (7) , as well as the referenced previous papers (8,9)

Notes

1. Van der Burg MPM, Guicherit OR, Scherft JP, Frölich M, Terpstra JL, Gooszen HG. Functie na intralienale transplantatie van eilandjes van Langerhans in de hond ( Function after intrasplenic transplantation of islets of Langerhans in dogs ). Surgeon days ’92 of the Dutch Surgery Society, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) May 21–22, 1992. In : Gut factors controlling pancreatic islets • 20240910 • Michel van der Burg • michelvanderburg•com • URL https://michelvanderburg.com/2024/09/10/gut-factors-controlling-pancreatic-islets-20240910/

2. Van der Burg MPM, Guicherit OR, Frölich M, Gooszen HG. Insulinotropic effects of cholecystokinin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1 during perifusion of short-term cultured canine isolated islets. Regul Pept. 1995 Dec 7;60(1):61-7. doi: 10.1016/0167-0115(95)00122-4. PMID: 8747785.

3. Metabolic control after canine islet transplantation. M.P.M. van der Burg, P.T.R. van Suylichem, O.R. Guicherit, J.H.M. van Deijnen, M. Frölich, and H.G. Gooszen (Universities of Leiden & Groningen, The Netherlands). Poster presented at the 13th Workshop of the AIDSPIT Study Group , Igls, Austria, January 23–25, 1994 • In : GLP-1 blood sugar regulation in islet transplants • AIDSPIT 1994 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • @1MEMO 20251114 • TakeNode 810cc881-d084-4d2e-b252-d432918b1946 • URL https://michelvanderburg.com/2025/11/14

4. Background of this work was posted in Dutch Islets Transplant Team • @1MEMO 20250125 • URL https://michelvanderburg.com/2025/01/25/dutch-islets-transplant-team-1memo-20250125/

5. Van der Burg MPM. Pancreatic islet transplantation: studies on the technique and efficacy of islet isolation and transplantation. (Doctoral Thesis, Leiden University, 1994), Paperback (1994, Nov 9) Boskoop: Van der Burg (ISBN 9080216410); E-book (2022, Oct 25) Boskoop: Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media ( ISBN 9789080216402). Retrieved (Dec 4th, 2025) from Leiden University Scholarly Publications, Persistent URL https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3486604 .

6. Oral presentation : Van der Burg MPM, Van Suylichem PTR, Guicherit OR, Frölich M, Lemkes HHPJ, Gooszen HG. Glycemic control mechanisms after canine islet autografting. 5th International Congress on Pancreas and Islet Transplantation (IPITA), Miami Beach (USA) June 20, 1995.

7. 5th IPITA Proceedings publication : Van der Burg MPM, Van Suylichem PTR, Guicherit OR, Frölich M, Lemkes HHPJ, Gooszen HG. Glycemic control mechanisms after canine islet autografting. Transplant Proc. 1995 Dec;27(6):3187-8. PMID: 8539903. PDF available below PMID_8539903


Referenced previous publications :


8. Van der Burg MPM, Gooszen HG. The metabolic efficiency of islet grafts: an overview. In: Islet transplantation — current status of clinical application and experimental results. Hesse UJ , Pichlmaier H, Eds., Lengerich Germany, Wolfgang Pabst Verlag, 1992, p.93–99. Pabst hash code 0383b3abad3ae774b146ea0425c2227a PDF available below 1MEMO_20251204_4

9. Van der Burg MPM, Guicherit OR, Scherft JP, Lemkes HHPJ, Frölich M, Gooszen HG. Postprandial performance after canine islet transplantation: the importance of gut factors (Abstract). Neth J Med 1992; 41: A25. PDF available below 1MEMO_20251204_3

Other previous publications :

10. Van der Burg MPM, Guicherit OR, Van Suylichem PTR, Frölich M, Van Deijnen JHM, Gooszen HG. Importance of the entero-insular axis for islet graft function (Abstract). Cell Transplant 1994; 3: 257. Abstract – Second International Congress of the Cell Transplant Society May 1–4, 1994 Hyatt Regency Hotel • Minneapolis, Minnesota . https://doi.org/10.1177/096368979400300302 (Abstracts published , posters not presented). PDF available below 10.1177_096368979400300302

11. Chapter 8, Doctoral Thesis, Leiden University, November 1994 : Metabolic control after intrasplenic islet autotransplantation in dogs: ß-cell secretory capacity, insulin action, and the enteroinsular axis. Michael P.M. van der Burg, Paul T.R. van Suylichem, Onna R. Guicherit, Marijke Frölich, Herman H.P.J. Lemkes, and Hein G. Gooszen. In : Van der Burg MPM. Pancreatic islet transplantation: studies on the technique and efficacy of islet isolation and transplantation ( Chapter 8). (Doctoral Thesis, Leiden University, 1994), Paperback (1994, Nov 9) Boskoop: Van der Burg (ISBN 9080216410); E-book (2022, Oct 25) Boskoop: Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media ( ISBN 9789080216402). Retrieved (Nov 24th, 2025) from Leiden University Scholarly Publications, Persistent URL https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3486604 .
Direct link to file Chapter 8 , URL https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3486615/view .

12. Doctoral Thesis, Leiden University, November 1994 (Chapter 6) : lnsulinotropic properties of cholecystokinin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide, and glucagon-like peptide-1 during perifusion of short-term cultured canine isolated islets. Michael P.M. van der Burg, Onna R. Guicherit, Marijke Frölich and Hein G. Gooszen. In : Van der Burg MPM. Pancreatic islet transplantation: studies on the technique and efficacy of islet isolation and transplantation ( Chapter 6). (Doctoral Thesis, Leiden University, 1994), Paperback (1994, Nov 9) Boskoop: Van der Burg (ISBN 9080216410); E-book (2022, Oct 25) Boskoop: Michel van der Burg | Miracles•Media ( ISBN 9789080216402). Retrieved (Nov 24th, 2025) from Leiden University Scholarly Publications, Persistent URL https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3486604 .
Direct link to file Chapter 6 , URL https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3486613/view

Full papers

13. Van der Burg MPM, Guicherit OR, Frölich M, Gooszen HG. Insulinotropic effects of cholecystokinin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1 during perifusion of short-term cultured canine isolated islets. Regul Pept. 1995 Dec 7;60(1):61-7. doi: 10.1016/0167-0115(95)00122-4. PMID: 8747785.

14. Van der Burg MPM, Van Suylichem PTR, Guicherit OR, Frölich M, Lemkes HHPJ, Gooszen HG. Glucoregulation after canine islet transplantation: contribution of insulin secretory capacity, insulin action, and the entero-insular axis. Cell Transplant. 1997 Sep-Oct;6(5):497-503. doi: 10.1177/096368979700600509. PMID: 9331501. PDF link https://pure.rug.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/58359942/096368979700600509.pdf

* 1MEMO 20251204_1 . Digitally remastered presentation, using the images from the original slides handout, and the handout of the text spoken during the original presentation , now read using my personal synthesized voice.

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Touch • Octopus #17 • @1MEMO 20250813


Touching the wild octopus I named ‘Dora’. A sticky touch ;) in the Mediterranean Sea, on the coast of Corfu, Greece, Summer 2025.

#touch #octopus #encounter #Mediterranean #sea #Corfu #Dora

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Sea Duck • @1MEMO 20250724


Diving sea duck (Velvet Scoter, Melanitta fusca) at the coast of Mundaka, Basque Country, Spain, filmed by Veerle, July 2025.

#sea #duck #marine #underwater #Basque #Spain

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Fresh vs Cultured Pig Islets for Xenografts • NTV Bootcongres 1998 • @1MEMO 20250201

Fresh vs Cultured Pig Islets for Xenografts • NTV Bootcongres 1998 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • @1MEMO 20250201_1 • TakeNode 71d39e7e-ab5e-42b6-8cf2-a17d464ce132


Van der Burg MPM, Rijkelijkhuizen JKRA, Zwaan RP, Bouwman E. Culture of isolated pig islets pre-xenotransplantation greatly improves the quality and survival of the graft (Kweek van geïsoleerde varkenseilandjes pre-xenotransplantatie verbetert aanzienlijk de kwaliteit en overleving van het transplantaat). Tenth Congress of the Dutch Transplantation Society (Bootcongres 1998), Kerkrade (The Netherlands) April 21–23, 1998.

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EN – Abstract

PRE-TRANSPLANT SHORT-TERM CULTURE OF ISOLATED PIG ISLETS MARKEDLY IMPROVES THE QUALITY AND SURVIVAL OF THE XENOGRAFT
Van der Burg MPM,* Rijkelijkhuizen JKRA, Zwaan RP, and Bouwman E, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Pre-transplant culture of isolated islets reduces the graft’s immunogenicity in various models. Little is known, however, on the effect of culture in pig islet xenotransplantation — probably, because porcine islets have been found difficult to culture. Because pilot transplants of freshly-isolated pig islets in strongly immunosuppressed rats resulted in primary non function, we first studied 1-7 day culture of the isolated pig islets at 37°C in RPMI plus 10% porcine serum. Islets were isolated from large sows (n =6) by an improved method, resulting in intact islets (size 185±16 µm) and no loss during purification, yielding 2448 islets (IEQs)/g with a >95% purity and 90±2% viability as assessed by acridine orange – propidium iodide (AOPI) staining. During culture, however, islet recovery was 24±9% at day 1 and 17±6% at day 7 (NS vs day 1). In order to delineate whether the culture conditions or the quality of freshly isolated islets caused the islet loss during culture, we compared graft survival in nude mice at 1 mo after transplantation under the kidney capsule of ~2500 fresh islets in normoglycemic recipients or ~1000 cultured islets in STZ-diabetic (>20 mM) recipients. After transplanting fresh islets, histology of the kidneys — sectioned every 500 µm — demonstrated substantial scarring and (near-)absence of islets. Cultured islet transplants, by contrast, rendered 5/6 recipients normoglycemic, and showed a substantial mass of well-preserved islets with little scarring at the grafts’ site. Thus, viability by AOPI-staining of fresh islets poorly predicts the survival in vivo and in vitro. A non-immune mediated disintegration of part of the fresh islets may substantially reduce the functional capacity of the graft, both direct by lowering the effective islet dose, and indirect first because scarring may hamper the engraftment of viable tissue, and second because the cellular debris most probably will attract macrophages and induce the release of harmful cytokines.

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Iodixanol-UWS Purification for Porcine Islet Transplantation • AIDSPIT 1998 • @1MEMO 20250131

Iodixanol-UWS Purification for Porcine Islet Transplantation • AIDSPIT 1998 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles.Media • @1MEMO 20250131

Slideshow (digitally remastered) of first talk on pancreatic islet xeno-transplantation following adult pig islet purification in our novel Iodixanol-UWS density gradient. Presented at the 17th Workshop of the AIDSPIT Study Group in Igls, Austria, Tuesday, Jan 27, 1998 (1, 2).

Isolation of porcine pancreatic islets (from the pancreas of large sows) was markedly improved by keeping the islets in the UW donor organ preservation solution (UWS) both during the isolation of islets (using the Liberase enzyme blend) and purification of the islets using a novel Iodixanol-UWS density gradient.
Transplantation of the pig islets (after 1 day storage in culture solution) restored normal blood sugar levels in diabetic mice.


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Notes

1) Van der Burg MPM, Zwaan RP, Bouwman E. Markedly improved outcome of adult porcine islet isolation, purification, and culture using Liberase-PI versus collagenase-P, and a novel gradient of Optiprep in University of Wisconsin solution. 17th Workshop of the Study Group on Artificial Insulin Delivery Systems, Pancreas and Islet Transplantation (AIDSPIT) of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Igls (Austria) January 25—27,1998

2) Van der Burg MPM, Zwaan RP, Bouwman E. Markedly improved outcome of adult porcine islet isolation, purification, and culture using Liberase-PI versus collagenase-P, and a novel gradient of Optiprep in University of Wisconsin solution (Abstract). Horm Metab Res 1998; 30(1): A23 . DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-978834 .
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