title: Binding of [125I]-insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in brains of Alzheimer's and alcoholic patients.
abstract: Patients with chronic alcoholism and/or Alzheimer's disease suffer from degenerative changes in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. To investigate possible changes in IGF-1 receptor binding sites in brain tissue of patients with these pathological conditions, the binding of [125I]-IGF-1 was determined in tissues obtained from control, Alzheimer's and/or patients with a history of alcoholism. The four experimental groups examined consisted of patients from similar age groups. Specific binding of [125I]-IGF-1 to cerebral cortical membranes from Alzheimer's patients had significantly more binding sites than age-matched controls, alcoholic patients and alcoholic patients with Alzheimer's disease. Regression analyses indicated that there were no significant differences in [125I]-IGF-1 binding in cerebral cortex with regard to age of patients (1.1% of total variance with a range of 52 to 92 years). Likewise, the time interval between death and autopsy contributed only 1.4% to the total variance in IGF-1 binding. No statistical differences in [125I]-IGF-1 binding were noted in hippocampal tissue from the various patient groups. Thus, human IGF-1 binding sites in cerebral cortex and hippocampus appear to be relatively stable for a number of variables. The increase in cerebral cortical [125I]-IGF-1 binding sites could be due to upregulation of IGF-1 receptors resulting from a decrease in IGF-1 levels in Alzheimer's patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610.
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Crews
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McElhaney
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Freund
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Ballinger
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Raizada
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000378:metabolism*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000378:metabolism*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008566:Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I