scholarly journals Effects of IGF-I bioavailability on bovine preantral follicular development in vitro

Reproduction ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 133 (6) ◽  
pp. 1121-1128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona H Thomas ◽  
Bruce K Campbell ◽  
David G Armstrong ◽  
Evelyn E Telfer

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of regulation of IGF-I bioavailability on preantral follicle development in vitro. Bovine preantral follicles were cultured for 6 days in serum-free medium with increasing doses of Long R3 (LR3) IGF-I (an analog with low affinity for IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs)), or human recombinant IGF-I (hrIGF-I). Follicle diameter and estradiol production were measured every second day. On day 6, ratios of oocyte/follicle diameter and oocyte morphology were assessed by histological examination, and IGFBP-2 and -3 were detected by immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization respectively. Both types of IGF-I increased follicle diameter in a dose-dependent manner (P < 0.05) and increased estradiol production over control levels (P < 0.05). However, follicles treated with LR3 IGF-I and the highest concentration of hrIGF-I (1000 ng/ml) had smaller oocyte/follicle ratios, and increased oocyte degeneration, compared with controls or follicles treated with physiological concentrations of hrIGF-I (P < 0.05). IGFBPs were detected in cultured preantral follicles, indicating a requirement for regulation of IGF bioavailability during the early stages of follicular development. Specifically, IGFBP-3 mRNA was found to be expressed in oocytes, and IGFBP-2 immunoreactivity was detected in oocytes and granulosa cells of cultured follicles. In summary, the regulation of IGF-I bioavailability by IGFBPs is necessary for the co-ordination of oocyte and follicle development in vitro.

2006 ◽  
Vol 155 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Vestergård Møller ◽  
Søren Peter Jørgensen ◽  
Jian-Wen Chen ◽  
Anni Larnkjær ◽  
Thomas Ledet ◽  
...  

Background: It is unclear how IGFs become separated from their IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) in vivo. However, the IGFBPs possess binding sites for glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and interaction with GAGs alters IGFBP ligand affinity. Accordingly, GAGs may control IGF bioavailability. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the effect of GAGs on serum levels of free and bioactive IGF-I, total IGF-I, and IGFBPs in vitro. Methods: Serum was incubated with increasing concentrations of six different GAGs (heparin, tinzaparin (Innohep®), dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate, non-anticoagulant (nac) heparin, and nac low-molecular weight heparin). To investigate for reversibility, heparin was co-incubated with protamine sulfate (PS). Finally, the effect of heparin was studied in serum from pregnant and post partum women, normal subjects and patients with type 1 diabetes. Results: All GAGs increased free IGF-I in a dose-dependent manner (P < 0.0001), whereas total IGF-I and IGFBP levels remained unchanged. However, the potency of the GAGs differed significantly (P < 0.0001) and did not relate to their anti-coagulating activity. The effect of heparin on free IGF-I was fully reversed by PS. Heparin increased free and bioactive IGF-I in all tested sera (P < 0.0001), but the increase was most pronounced in samples from pregnant women (P < 0.0001). Conclusion: All tested GAGs stimulated the release of free and bioactive IGF-I in several types of serum, most likely by reversible interaction with the IGFBPs. The effect was most pronounced in pregnancy sera, which are characterized by extensive IGFBP-3 proteolysis. Our findings support the view that GAGs localized in the vessel wall and attached to the extracellular matrix control IGF-I tissue accessibility and bioactivity.


2005 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 833-842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela M. Spinola e Castro ◽  
Gil Guerra-Júnior

Estudos in vitro e em animais sugerem que os membros do sistema insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), incluindo IGF-I, IGF-II, receptores de IGF-I e IGF-II (IGF-IR e IGF-IIR), e as IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) podem ter um importante envolvimento no desenvolvimento e na progressão de neoplasias. Mais especificamente, as IGFs promovem a progressão do ciclo celular e inibem a apoptose tanto por ação direta com outros fatores de crescimento como por ação indireta interagindo com outros sistemas moleculares intracelulares envolvidos na promoção e/ou progressão do câncer. Além disso, inúmeros estudos epidemiológicos têm sugerido que concentrações elevadas das IGFs, independente das alterações nas IGFBPs, podem estar associadas a um aumento no risco de desenvolver determinadas neoplasias. Esta revisão tem como objetivo apresentar o envolvimento do sistema IGF na regulação tumoral, os principais estudos epidemiológicos realizados e o risco de desenvolvimento de neoplasia em pacientes (com ou sem história pessoal de neoplasia prévia) que receberam hormônio de crescimento (rhGH). É importante salientar que o uso clínico de rhGH, nas indicações aprovadas internacionalmente, é seguro e não existem evidências, até o momento, da associação com o desenvolvimento de neoplasias.


1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 ◽  
pp. 56-56
Author(s):  
M. Khalid ◽  
W. Haresign

Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is one of the potential autocrine/paracrine regulators of ovarian function. Not only do relationships exist between follicular fluid concentrations of IGF-1 and various biochemical markers of follicular differentiation, but IGF-1 has also been shown to stimulate both proliferation and steroidogenesis in ovarian cells in vitro (Adashi et al., 1985). The actions of IGF-1 are thought to be modulated by IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs). Indeed, follicular growth and atresia in the ewe have been reported to be determined more by changes in IGFBPs than by changes in IGF-1 (Monget et al., 1993). However, in mat particular study, stage of follicular development was determined by follicle size and by microscopic examination of the granulosa cells of individual follicles rather than by biochemical markers of follicle status. The objective of the present study was, therefore, to investigate changes in IGF-1 and IGFBPs levels in follicular fluid and to relate these to the physiological status as determined by steroidogenic content of follicular fluid.


1991 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Campbell ◽  
T. C. Skaar ◽  
J. R. Vega ◽  
C. R. Baumrucker

ABSTRACT In vitro, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) promotes both growth and development of bovine mammary tissue. In vivo, the effects of IGF-I may encompass endocrine, paracrine or autocrine mediation. We addressed the possibility of paracrine/autocrine effects of IGF-I in the mammary gland by examining the in-vitro secretion of IGF-I and IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) from bovine mammary tissue. Bovine mammary explants from pregnant non-lactating and lactating non-pregnant animals were found to synthesize and secrete IGF-I and IGFBPs. Mammary acini cultures, representative of mammary secretory epithelia, secreted both IGF-I and IGFBP, but synthesized only IGFBP. Concentrations of IGF-I in conditioned media from explants were 1·54 and 0·72 fmol/μg DNA for pregnant and lactating animals respectively. Concentrations of IGFBPs in conditioned media from explants were similar for both physiological states at 2529 pmol 125I-labelled IGF-I bound/pg DNA. Ligand/Western blotting procedures identified four IGFBPs of 29, 33, 37 and 44 kDa for acini cultures and five IGFBPs of 28, 31, 36, 44 and 46 kDa for explant cultures. Similar affinities for IGF-I and IGF-II were shown by IGFBP, using 125I-labelled recombinant human IGF-I as the competing ligand (median effective dose (ED50) of 0·085 pmol). When 125I-labelled bovine IGF-II was used as the ligand, only bovine IGF-II (ED50 of 0·25 pmol) inhibited binding. The addition of prolactin, insulin and cortisol, with or without GH, did not affect secretion of either IGF-I or IGFBP. This report describes the ability of normal mammary tissue to synthesize and secrete IGF-I and IGFBPs. Journal of Endocrinology (1991) 128, 219–228


2001 ◽  
Vol 170 (3) ◽  
pp. 619-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
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A Garmong ◽  
P Swanson ◽  
J Moore ◽  
M Lin ◽  
...  

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) serum contains several IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) that specifically bind to IGFs. The structures of these fish IGFBPs have not been determined and their physiological functions are poorly defined. In this study, we identified a 30 kDa IGFBP present in rainbow trout serum and secreted by cultured trout hepatoma cells. This IGFBP binds to IGFs but not to insulin. This IGFBP was purified to homogeneity using a three-step procedure involving Phenyl-Sepharose chromatography, IGF-I affinity chromatography and reverse-phase HPLC. Affinity cross-linking studies indicated that this IGFBP binds to IGF-I with a higher affinity than to IGF-II. N-terminal sequence analysis of the trout IGFBP suggests that it shares high sequence identity with that of human IGFBP-1 in the N-terminal region. When added to cultured fish and human cells, the trout IGFBP inhibited IGF-I-stimulated DNA synthesis and cell proliferation in a concentration-dependent manner. The inhibitory effect of the fish IGFBP was comparable to those of human IGFBP-1 and -4. These results indicate that the IGFBP molecule is structurally and functionally conserved in evolutionarily ancient vertebrate species such as bony fish.


1994 ◽  
Vol 140 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
A P D Lord ◽  
S E P Bastian ◽  
L C Read ◽  
P E Walton ◽  
F J Ballard

Abstract Associations between labelled insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and IGF-binding proteins in plasma have been compared in the rat, sheep, human, pig and chicken. The IGFs tested were recombinant human IGF-I, the truncated variant, des(1–3)IGF-I, and LR3IGF-I, an extended form that had been engineered so as to minimize interactions with IGF-binding proteins. Marked species differences were demonstrated, notably that the IGF-I variants which exhibited extremely weak binding in rat plasma bound significantly in plasma from the other species. This result was shown both by size-exclusion chromatography of labelled IGFs added to plasma, in which the extent of variant IGF-I binding decreased in the order sheep>human>pig=chicken>rat, and by competition for labelled IGF-I binding in vitro, in which the order was pig=chicken>sheep>human>rat. Notwithstanding these differences, the two IGF-I variants showed only slight between-species binding differences when tested with purified rat, sheep and human IGF-binding protein-3. Ligand blotting experiments with plasma from the five species similarly showed a consistent pattern in that IGF-I binding was much greater than des(1–3)IGF-I binding, which in turn was greater than LR3 IGF-I binding. These experiments suggest first that IGF-binding properties measured after the removal of endogenous IGFs do not always reflect the situation with untreated plasma or in vivo, and secondly, the increased potencies of des(1–3)IGF-I and LR3 IGF-I in rat growth studies that have been ascribed to higher concentrations of these peptides in the free form cannot necessarily be extended to other species. Journal of Endocrinology (1994) 140, 475–482


1998 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
R. G. MacDonald ◽  
R. H. McCusker ◽  
D. J. Blackwood ◽  
J. A. Vanderhoof ◽  
J. H. Y. Park

2003 ◽  
Vol 179 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
ME Street ◽  
F Miraki-Moud ◽  
IR Sanderson ◽  
MO Savage ◽  
G Giovannelli ◽  
...  

Chronic inflammation is characterised by modifications in cytokine concentrations, whereas growth is mainly dependent on the GH-IGF axis. IGF-I bioavailability is modulated by a family of IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs). The aim of the present study was to evaluate the interactions among interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), IL-6 and IGFBP secretion by intestinal cells to assess whether cytokines modulate IGFBP secretion, and in turn IGF-I and IGF-II bioavailability. The human colon carcinoma derived cell line Caco-2 was used as an in vitro model for its capacity to differentiate spontaneously. Experiments were carried out on day 4 (undifferentiated state) and day 14 (differentiated state) after plating. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was used as a marker of differentiation and increased in the conditioned media (CM) from days 4 to 14 (0.2+/-0.01 ng/ml per 10(5) cells vs 3.3+/-0.2 ng/ml per 10(5) cells, P<0.05). IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-4 secretion decreased concomitantly. Cells were stimulated with IL-1beta and IL-6 at 1, 10 and 50 ng/ml, and with IL-1beta and IL-6 in combination at the same dose of 1 and 10 ng/ml. IGF-I at 50 ng/ml was used as a control. Caco-2 cells expressed and secreted mainly IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-4 into the CM. On day 4, IL-1beta (1 ng/ml) and IL-6 (10 and 50 ng/ml) reduced IGFBP-2 by 29+/-8%, and by 32+/-9 and 38+/-8% respectively (P<0.05). IGFBP-4 was also reduced by IL-1beta at 1 and 50 ng/ml (-14+/-4% and -46+/-11% vs serum free medium (SFM) respectively, P<0.05), and IL-6 at 50 ng/ml (-46+/-15%, P<0.05). Both IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-4 were reduced by IL-1beta and IL-6 in combination at 1 and 10 ng/ml (P<0.05). On day 14, IGFBP-2 band intensity was reduced at 10 ng/ml of IL-1beta (-22+/-15% vs SFM, P<0.05) and at 50 ng/ml of both cytokines (-33%+/-8% and -13%+/-13% vs baseline respectively, P<0.05). IGFBP-4 band intensity decreased with 10 and 50 ng/ml of IL-1beta (-35+/-11% and -46+/-15% vs SFM respectively) and IL-6 (-36%+/-10% and -46+/-15% vs SFM respectively). IL-1beta and IL-6 in combination at 1 and 10 ng/ml reduced both IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-4.In conclusion, IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-4 secretion in CM decreased with Caco-2 cell differentiation. IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-4 were significantly decreased by IL-1beta and IL-6 treatment in both the undifferentiated and differentiated state. Furthermore, these cytokines increased cell proliferation whereas total protein content was significantly reduced only at the higher concentrations of IL-6 and IL-1beta. These findings suggest that interleukins modulate the IGF-IGFBP system in Caco-2 cells in vitro.


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