title: Mechanisms of Sertoli cell insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein-3 regulation by IGF-I and adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate.
abstract: FSH, which stimulates cAMP in the Sertoli cell, markedly lowers the concentration of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in Sertoli cell-conditioned medium; in contrast, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) increases BP-3 expression. In this study, the mechanisms controlling the contrasting effects of cAMP and IGF-I were investigated. The abundance of BP-3 mRNA was dramatically lowered by (Bu)2cAMP, but was unaffected by IGF-I. Analyzed by ligand blot of conditioned medium, coincubation of (Bu)2cAMP and IGF-I largely eliminated the increase observed with IGF-I alone. Based on the following evidence, the effect of IGF-I appeared to be solely related to the capacity of IGF-I to interact directly with BP-3. 1) Insulin at micromolar concentrations failed to increase BP-3 abundance despite documentation by affinity cross-linking that insulin displaced [125I]IGF-I from the IGF-I receptor. 2) A synthetic IGF-I analog, [Leu24,1-62]IGF-I, which has reduced binding affinity for rat IGF-I receptor but displays high affinity for rat Sertoli cell-conditioned medium BPs, increased BP-3 abundance. 3) A synthetic IGF-I analog, B-chain mutant, which has reduced affinity for rat Sertoli cell BPs but displays normal affinity for the rat IGF-I receptor, failed to increase BP-3 abundance. 4) Human recombinant glycosylated [125I]BP-3 when added to cultured Sertoli cells was preserved in the medium when IGF-I or analogs with BP-3 affinity were present. 5) IGF-I, in dose-responsive manner, both retarded the disappearance from the medium of exogenously added human recombinant nonglycosylated BP-3 and decreased the amount of membrane-associated BP-3. These results indicate that whereas cAMP lowers BP-3 abundance in medium, most likely by markedly decreasing synthesis, IGF-I increases BP-3 accumulation by retarding its clearance by the Sertoli cell.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003994:Bucladesine; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D000242:Cyclic AMP