BMX-001, a novel redox-active metalloporphyrin, improves islet function and engraftment in a murine transplant model

Am J Transplant. 2018 Aug;18(8):1879-1889. doi: 10.1111/ajt.14705. Epub 2018 Mar 31.

Abstract

Islet transplantation has become a well-established therapy for select patients with type 1 diabetes. Viability and engraftment can be compromised by the generation of oxidative stress encountered during isolation and culture. We evaluated whether the administration of BMX-001 (MnTnBuOE-2-PyP5+ [Mn(III) meso-tetrakis-(N-b-butoxyethylpyridinium-2-yl)porphyrin]) and its earlier derivative, BMX-010 (MnTE-2-PyP [Mn(III) meso-tetrakis-(N-methylpyridinium-2-yl)porphyrin]) could improve islet function and engraftment outcomes. Long-term culture of human islets with BMX-001, but not BMX-010, exhibited preserved in vitro viability. Murine islets isolated and cultured for 24 hours with 34 μmol/L BMX-001 exhibited improved insulin secretion (n = 3 isolations, P < .05) in response to glucose relative to control islets. In addition, 34 μmol/L BMX-001-supplemented murine islets exhibited significantly reduced apoptosis as indicated by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling, compared with nontreated control islets (P < .05). Murine syngeneic islets transplanted under the kidney capsule at a marginal dose of 150 islets revealed 58% of 34 μmol/L BMX-001-treated islet recipients became euglycemic (n = 11 of 19) compared with 19% of nontreated control islet recipients (n = 3 of 19, P < .05). Of murine recipients receiving a marginal dose of human islets cultured with 34 μmol/L BMX-001, 92% (n = 12 of 13) achieved euglycemia compared with 57% of control recipients (n = 8 of 14, P = .11). These results demonstrate that the administration of BMX-001 enhances in vitro viability and augments murine marginal islet mass engraftment.

Keywords: diabetes; islet transplantation; islets of Langerhans; translational research/science.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • Biomimetic Materials / pharmacology*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / metabolism
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / pathology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / prevention & control*
  • Glucose / pharmacology
  • Graft Survival
  • Humans
  • Insulin / metabolism
  • Islets of Langerhans / cytology
  • Islets of Langerhans / drug effects*
  • Islets of Langerhans / metabolism
  • Islets of Langerhans Transplantation
  • Male
  • Metalloporphyrins / pharmacology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Superoxide Dismutase / metabolism

Substances

  • Insulin
  • Metalloporphyrins
  • Superoxide Dismutase
  • Glucose