Endocrinology, Vol 129, 1347-1354, Copyright © 1991 by Endocrine Society

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Regulation of insulin-like growth factor binding protein synthesis and secretion in a bovine epithelial cell line

WS Cohick and DR Clemmons
Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.

The Madin-Darby bovine kidney cell line was used to examine regulation of insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) synthesis by epithelial cells. Ligand and immunoblot analysis of conditioned media indicated that IGFBP-2 was the predominant IGFBP secreted by untreated cells. Treatment with forskolin decreased secretion of IGFBP-2 by 75 +/- 3% and induced the appearance of IGFBP-3 and 24,000 Mr IGFBP. Although insulin alone did not induce the appearance of either band, in the presence of forskolin it increased the IGFBP-3 and 24,000 Mr bands 4.2 +/- 1.1 and 7.3 +/- 0.9-fold, respectively, above the values for forskolin treatment alone. Exposure to forskolin resulted in a 3-fold decrease in the abundance of IGFBP-2 messenger RNA (mRNA), and a 30- fold increase in IGFBP-3 mRNA. An additional 2- to 3-fold increase in IGFBP-3 mRNA was observed when cells were treated with insulin plus forskolin. Treatment with insulin plus forskolin increased cell number 2-fold, compared to small increases (26%) observed with forskolin treatment alone. Since treatment with IGF-I or -II did not result in similar responses to those of insulin, IGF analogs with differing affinities for IGFBP and IGF type I receptor were tested. B-chain IGF-I (decreased affinity for IGFBP) increased cell number and enhanced forskolin's effects on IGFBP-3 secretion and mRNA abundance to the same extent as insulin, whereas [Leu24,1-62]IGF-I (decreased affinity for the type I IGF receptor) did not. Therefore, activation of the type I IGF receptor was required to elicit increases in cell number and IGFBP synthesis and secretion, and the actions of IGF-I and II were likely blocked by binding to the large amounts of IGFBP-2 that were secreted. These results are in direct contrast to studies with human fibroblasts in which IGF-I and [Leu24,1-62]IGF-I stimulate IGFBP-3 secretion, whereas B-chain IGF-I has only a minimal effect. The ability to differentially regulate secretion of different forms of IGFBPs by epithelial cells and the finding that regulation is distinct from that of fibroblasts may have important implications for understanding mechanisms by which IGFs and IGFBPs interact to regulate epithelial cell growth.

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