scholarly journals Interaction Between IGF Binding Protein-3 and TGFβ in the Regulation of Adipocyte Differentiation

Endocrinology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 153 (10) ◽  
pp. 4799-4807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasanthi C. de Silva ◽  
Sue M. Firth ◽  
Stephen M. Twigg ◽  
Robert C. Baxter

Abstract The development of white adipose tissue involves both the hypertrophy of existing adipocytes and the proliferation and differentiation of preadipocytes. Adipogenic differentiation is inhibited by TGFβ signaling through Smad2/3, and IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) is also known to activate Smad2/3 signaling in some cell types. We previously reported that exogenous or overexpressed IGFBP-3 inhibits adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells, but the role of endogenous IGFBP-3 in this process, and its possible interaction with TGFβ, is not known. During 10-d adipogenic differentiation initiated by insulin, dexamethasone, and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, 3T3-L1 cells expressed increasing levels of IGFBP-3 and TGFβ1, secreting over 1000 pg/ml of both proteins. Exogenous recombinant human IGFBP-3 paralleled TGFβ1 in stimulating Smad2 phosphorylation in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, but no additive effect was observed for the two agents. In contrast, knockdown of endogenous IGFBP-3 by small interfering RNA (siRNA) significantly impaired Smad2 activation by 0.25 ng/ml TGFβ1. Transient expression of human IGFBP-3 significantly inhibited the induction of adipogenic markers adiponectin and resistin, and the appearance of lipid droplets, but down-regulation of endogenous IGFBP-3 by siRNA had little effect on the expression of either marker during the 10-d differentiation, compared with nonsilencing control siRNA. However, down-regulation of endogenous IGFBP-3 using two different siRNA significantly reversed the inhibitory effect of TGFβ1 on both adiponectin and resistin induction. We conclude that IGFBP-3 activates inhibitory Smad signaling in 3T3-L1 cells and that endogenous IGFBP-3 modulates their adipogenic differentiation by regulating cell sensitivity towards the inhibitory effect of TGFβ.

1998 ◽  
Vol 157 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Tucci ◽  
K Nygard ◽  
BV Tanswell ◽  
HW Farber ◽  
DJ Hill ◽  
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Endothelial cells (EC) are hypoxia-tolerant and their capacity to proliferate in low oxygen tension is essential to maintain vascular endothelium integrity. The present study addresses whether hypoxia alters the expression of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) and IGF binding protein (IGFBP) genes in bovine aortic EC (BAEC) and bovine pulmonary artery EC (BPAEC). EC were cultured in normoxic (21%) conditions and exposed to 0% oxygen for 24, 48, or 72 h; some cells were reoxygenated by exposure to 21% oxygen for 24 or 48 h following hypoxia. IGF-I peptide and mRNA levels were very low in both cell types, and decreased further with exposure to hypoxia. Ligand blotting showed that both cell types synthesized 24 kDa (IGFBP-4), 30 kDa (IGFBP-5 and/or IGFBP-6), 43 kDa and 48 kDa IGFBPs (IGFBP-3 glycosylation variants). IGFBP-4 was the predominant IGFBP expressed by both cell types and did not change with exposure to hypoxia. Hypoxia caused a significant increase in IGFBP-3 secretion in BPAEC but not in BAEC. IGFBP-3 stable mRNA levels in BPAEC were increased correspondingly. IGFBP-5 was expressed only in BAEC and decreased with exposure to hypoxia. IGFBP-6 mRNA expression was low and increased in both cell types with exposure to hypoxia. These results demonstrate that EC IGFBP baseline expression as well as its expression in hypoxia vary in different vascular beds and suggest that the IGFBPs may be the dominant paracrine regulators of proliferation of EC as well as maintenance of endothelium integrity during hypoxia.


2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany G. Harris ◽  
Howard D. Strickler ◽  
Herbert Yu ◽  
Michael N. Pollak ◽  
E. Scott Monrad ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 185 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Priego ◽  
Miriam Granado ◽  
Ana Isabel Martín ◽  
Asunción López-Calderón ◽  
María Angeles Villanúa

The aim of this study was to investigate whether glucocorticoid administration had a beneficial effect on serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and on IGF-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) in rats injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Adult male rats were injected with LPS or saline and pretreated with dexamethasone or saline. Dexamethasone administration decreased growth hormone (GH) receptor and IGF-I mRNA levels in the liver of control rats. LPS decreased GH receptor and IGF-I gene expression in the liver of saline-treated rats but not in the liver of dexamethasone-pretreated rats. In the kidney, GH receptor mRNA levels were not modified by dexamethasone or LPS treatment. However, LPS decreased renal IGF-I gene expression and dexamethasone pretreatment prevented this decrease. Serum concentrations of IGF-I were decreased by LPS, and dexamethasone pretreatment attenuated this effect. The gene expression of IGFBP-3 in the liver and kidney and its circulating levels were decreased by LPS. In control rats dexamethasone increased circulating IGFBP-3 and its gene expression in the liver, and decreased the proteolysis of this protein. Dexamethasone pretreatment attenuated the LPS-induced decrease in IGFBP-3 gene expression in the liver and prevented the LPS-induced decrease in IGFBP-3 gene expression in the kidney. Moreover, dexamethasone pretreatment attenuated the LPS-induced decrease in serum concentrations of IGFBP-3 and decreased the LPS-induced IGFBP-3 proteolysis in serum. In conclusion, dexamethasone pretreatment partially attenuates the inhibitory effect of LPS on serum IGF-I by blocking the decrease of its gene expression in the kidney as well as by attenuating the decrease in serum concentrations of IGFBP-3.


2007 ◽  
Vol 92 (9) ◽  
pp. 3660-3666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iona Cheng ◽  
Katherine DeLellis Henderson ◽  
Christopher A. Haiman ◽  
Laurence N. Kolonel ◽  
Brian E. Henderson ◽  
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2000 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-188
Author(s):  
Hong-Gu LEE ◽  
Renato Santa Ana VEGA ◽  
Long Thang PHUNG ◽  
Nobuyoshi MATSUNAGA ◽  
Hideto KUWAYAMA ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 2523-2530 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN McBETH ◽  
ABDELOUAHID TAJAR ◽  
TERENCE W. O’NEILL ◽  
GARY J. MACFARLANE ◽  
STEPHEN R. PYE ◽  
...  

Objective.To determine whether perturbations of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) were associated with the presence of chronic widespread pain (CWP) in men.Methods.The European Male Ageing Study (EMAS) is an 8-center population-based study of men aged 40–79 years recruited from population registers. A questionnaire asked about the presence and duration of musculoskeletal pain, from which subjects reporting CWP were identified. Subjects also had an interviewer-assisted questionnaire: levels of physical activity and mood were assessed, and height and weight were measured. IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 were assayed from a fasting blood sample. Logistic regression models were used to determine the association between IGF measures and CWP. Results were expressed as odds ratios or relative risk ratios.Results.A total of 3206 subjects provided full data. Of those, 1314 (39.0%) reported no pain in the past month and 278 (8.3%) reported pain that satisfied criteria for CWP. IGF-1 concentrations were similar among subjects who reported no pain and those with CWP: 131.5 mg/l and 128.4 mg/l, respectively. This was true also for IGFBP-3 (4.3 and 4.3 mg/l). Obesity was associated with low IGF-1 and a high IGFBP-3/IGF-1 ratio, indicating less bioavailable IGF-1, irrespective of pain status. This relationship persisted after adjustment for comorbidities, depression, smoking, alcohol consumption, and quality of life.Conclusion.Overall CWP was not associated with perturbations in IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 concentrations. Hypofunctioning of the axis was noted among subjects who were obese and this was not specific to CWP. These data suggest that IGF-1 is unlikely to be etiologically important in relation to CWP, although the relationship with growth hormone remains to be elucidated.


1997 ◽  
Vol 152 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
M H Monaco ◽  
S M Donovan

Abstract The role of somatogenic and lactogenic hormones in the adaptative mechanisms which occur in response to nutrient restriction during lactation is unknown. To characterize the effect of food restriction during lactation on serum IGF-I, GH and prolactin concentrations and serum IGF-binding protein (IGFBP) profiles, lactating dams had free access to food (control) or were restricted to 60% of control intake during pregnancy and lactation (RPL) or only during lactation (RL). Serum, milk and mammary gland samples were collected throughout lactation. RL dams lost body weight, control dams gained weight, while RPL dams maintained body weight during lactation. By day 20, body and mammary gland weights of RL and RPL dams did not differ and were lower than control (P<0·05). Serum IGF-I concentrations in restricted groups were lower than control (P<0·05), however, hepatic expression of IGF-I mRNA did not differ between groups in early (day 1) or mid-lactation (day 8) and was increased on day 20 in RL dams compared with RPL or control. These data suggest that serum IGF-I and hepatic IGF-I mRNA expression are not co-ordinately regulated in the food-restricted lactating rat. In early lactation, serum IGFBP-3 was lower in RPL dams than control (P<0·05), whereas IGFBP-1 and -2 were increased in RL and RPL dams in late lactation compared with control. The decrease in IGFBP-3 and increase in lower molecular weight IGFBP may have contributed to the reduction in serum IGF-I by increasing IGF-I clearance from the circulation. Serum GH and prolactin were measured in samples obtained between 0900 and 1200 h. Serum GH did not differ with the exception of an increase on day 1 in control relative to RPL dams and on day 20 in RL dams relative to RPL and control. Serum prolactin was higher in the RL dams than controls on day 4. In summary, food restriction during pregnancy and lactation or solely during lactation results in similar reductions in serum IGF-I and alterations in serum IGFBP despite differences in body weight responses to food restriction during lactation. Journal of Endocrinology (1997) 152, 303–316


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