2148-P: Islet Endocrine Cells Shows a Unique Pattern on Development and Growth of Each Cell Type in Human Subjects

Development and growth of islet endocrine cell volume are assumed to mainly depend on cell proliferation. In addition, the partial contribution of islet neogenesis and chromogranin A positive hormone negative cell (CPHN cell) is recently clarified. Detailed evaluation for the islet cell development and growth, however, is not well explored linking to the change of cell replication, neognesis and CPHN cell for each type of endocrine cells in human specimens. For this purpose, we recruited human autopsied pancreata, aged from 24 weeks old to 19 years old (n=32). Formalin-fixed paraffin embedded sections from pancreatic body were used for immunohistochemistry (IHC) and immunofluorescence (IF) analysis. The subjects were divided into 4 groups, Fetus (F: 24-31 weeks), Infant (I : 0-1 years), Child (C : 2-12 years) and Adolescence (A : 13-19 years). Quintuple-IHC with antibodies for glucagon, insulin, somatostatin, pp and Ki-67 was performed for the measurement of islet cell volume density (V) and replication status. Vαand Vβwere increased with age. Vβin A was more abundant than in F (p