title: Transient increase in renal insulin-like growth factor binding proteins during initial kidney hypertrophy in experimental diabetes in rats.
abstract: The insulin-like growth factors, insulin-like growth factor I and insulin-like growth factor II are bound to six distinct classes of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) in the circulation and in extracellular fluids. Diabetic renal hypertrophy is preceded by a transient increase in kidney insulin-like growth factor I suggestive of a renotropic function for insulin-like growth factor I. In order to examine a possible involvement of IGFBPs in initial diabetic kidney growth and in kidney insulin-like growth factor I accumulation, we studied rat kidney IGFBPs by ligand blotting during the first 4 days after induction of diabetes. Six distinct bands were identified in kidney and liver tissue with apparent molecular weight values of 38-47 (doublet), 34, 30, 24 and 20 kDa. The 38-47 kDa doublet band probably corresponds to the insulin-like growth factor binding subunit of IGFBP-3, the 24 kDa band to IGFBP-4 and the 30 kDa band to IGFBP-1 and/or IGFBP-2, as these IGFBPs in rats have similar molecular weight. In untreated diabetic rats a transient increase in the kidney 30 kDa band was demonstrable 24 h after induction of diabetes with a maximal rise (two-fold) after 48 h, followed by a decrease to baseline values after 4 days. In untreated diabetic rats the 38-47 kDa doublet band also increased (two-fold) in kidney during the first 2 days after induction of diabetes, followed by a subsequent decrease. Insulin-treatment prevented both the increase in the 30 kDa and in the 38-47 kDa bands.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, University of Aarhus, Aarhus Kommunehospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flyvbjerg
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dorka
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Funk
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orskov
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kiess
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018971:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D018971:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I