Abstract
It was the aim of this study to elucidate whether intraportally transplanted pancreatic islets were reinnervated after transplantation and whether the secretion of insulin from pancreatic islets might be modulated by the vegetative innervation of recipient livers. Two weeks after intraportal transplantation of 2000 neonatal pancreatic islets recipient rats completely recovered from streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Predominantly catecholaminergic, but also cholinergic nerve fibers were detected in islet cell complexes between beta-cells. Corresponding electron micrographs showed beta-cells in close contact with axons of nonmyelinated nerve fibers. Perfusion studies with livers of recipient rats revealed that the inhibition by hepatic sympathetic nerves of insulin secretion was mediated via alpha 2-receptors as in normal pancreatic islets.
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