Imaging Transgenic Beta-Cells in an Immunodeficient Mouse Challenged with Diabetic Splenocytes
Published: May 31, 2024
Abstract
Source: Stewart, T. et al., Bioluminescent Monitoring of Graft Survival in an Adoptive Transfer Model of Autoimmune Diabetes in Mice. J. Vis. Exp. (2022)
This video demonstrates an imaging-based method to visualize transplanted luciferase-expressing beta cells into a non-obese diabetic immunodeficient mouse. The introduction of splenocytes from a diabetic mouse leads to progressive beta cell destruction, visually confirmed by declining luminescence after substrate introduction.
Protocol
All procedures involving animal models have been reviewed by the local institutional animal care committee and the JoVE veterinary review board. 1. Engineering and maintenance of NIT-1 cell lines Maintain NIT-1 cell lines, which share a genetic background with non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, and 293FT cells in tissue culture-treated dishes in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) containing 4.5 g/L glucose supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum and 1% p…
Representative Results
Figure 1: Screenshots of the software commands for imaging bioluminescent grafts. (A) Prior to imaging, select Initialize to prepare the instrument. The images may be auto-saved to a folder of choice by selecting Acquisition | Auto-save to… (B) Overview of the imaging parameters. Once the mouse has been pos…
Disclosures
The authors have nothing to disclose.
Materials
| 0.05% Trypsin, 0.53 mM EDTA | Corning | 25-052-CI | |
| 293FT | Invitrogen | R70007 | Fast-growing, highly transfectable clonal isolate derived from human embryonal kidney cells transformed with the SV40 large T antigen |
| ACK Lysing Buffer | Gibco | A10492-01 | |
| Alcohol prep pads, 70% Isopropyl alcohol | Amazon/Ever Ready First Aid | B08NWF31DX | |
| BD 5ml Syringe Luer-Lok Tip | BD | 309646 | |
| BD PrecisionGlide Needle 26G x 5/8 (0.45 mm x 16 mm) Sub-Q | BD | 305115 | |
| BD 1 mL TB Syringe Slip Tip | BD | 309659 | |
| Blasticidin S HCl | Corning | 30-100-RB | |
| Cell strainer premium SureStrain, 70 µm, sterile | Southern Labware | C4070 | Or use similar sterile strainer with 40-70um pore size |
| CellDrop automated cell counter | Denovix | CellDrop BF-PAYG | Or use similar cell counter device |
| Corning 100 mL Penicillin-Streptomycin Solution, 100x | Corning | 30-002-CI | |
| Disposable Aspirating Pipets, Polystyrene, Sterile, Capacity=2 mL | VWR | 414004-265 | Or use similar aspirating pipette |
| D-Luciferin, Potassium Salt , Molecular Biology Grade, Powder, >99% | Goldbio | LUCK-100 | |
| DMEM, high glucose, pyruvate, no glutamine | Gibco | 10313039 | |
| Falcon BD tubes, 50 mL | Fisher Scientific | 14-959-49A | |
| Fetal Bovine Serum | Gibco | 10437-028 | |
| Forceps premium for tissues, 1 x 2 teeth 5 in, German Steel | Fisher Scientific | 13-820-074 | |
| Glucose urine test strip | California Pet Pharmacy | u-tsg100 | Or use similar test strip for glucose measurments in urine/blood |
| GlutaMAX–1 (100x) | Gibco | 35050-061 | |
| Infrared heating lamp | Cole Parmer | 03057-00 | Or use similar infrared lamp |
| Insulin syringe 0.5 mL, U-100 29 G 0.5 in | Becton Dickinson | 309306 | |
| Isoflurane, USP | Piramal Critical Care | 6679401725 | |
| IVIS Spectrum in vivo imaging system | Perkin Elmer | 124262 | Instrument for non-invasively collecting bioluminescent images of transplanted cells |
| Living Image Analysis Software | Perkin Elmer | 128113 | Software for collecting and quantifying bioluminescent signal |
| Microcentrifuge tubes seal-rite, 1.5 mL | USA Scientific | 1615-5510 | Or use similar sterile microcentrifuge tubes |
| NIT-1 | ATCC | CRL-2055 | Pancreatic beta-celll line derived from NOD/Lt mice |
| NOD.Cg-Prkdcscid/J | The Jackson Laboratory | 1303 | Mice homozygous for the severe combined immune deficiency spontaneous mutation Prkdcscid, commonly referred to as scid, are characterized by an absence of functional T cells and B cells, lymphopenia, hypogammaglobulinemia, and a normal hematopoietic microenvironment. |
| NOD/ShiLtJ | The Jackson Laboratory | 1976 | The NOD/ShiLtJ strain of mice (commonly called NOD) is a polygenic model for autoimmune type 1 diabetes |
| PBS, pH 7.4 | Thermo Fisher Scientific | 10010031 | No calcium, no magnesium, no phenol red |
| pCMV-VSV-G | Addgene | 8454 | |
| pLenti-luciferase-blast | Made in-house | Plasmid available upon request | See Supplemental File 1 |
| pMD2.G | Addgene | 12259 | |
| pMDLg/pRRE | Addgene | 12251 | |
| Polyethylenimine, Linear, MW 25,000, Transfection Grade (PEI 25K) | Fisher Scientific | NC1014320 | |
| pRSV-Rev | Addgene | 12253 | |
| Restrainer for rodents, broome-style round 1 in | Fisher Scientific | 01-288-32A | |
| Scissors, sharp-pointed | Fisher Scientific | 08-940 | Or use other scissors made of surgical-grade stainless steel |
| Tissue-culture treated culture dishes | Millipore Sigma | CLS430167-20EA | Or use other sterile cell culture-treated Petri dishes |
| Tweezers/Forceps, fine precision medium tipped | Fisher Scientific | 12-000-157 |
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Imaging Transgenic Beta-Cells in an Immunodeficient Mouse Challenged with Diabetic Splenocytes. J. Vis. Exp. (Pending Publication), e22278, doi: (2024).