title: Characterization of an extended form of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor II.
abstract: To investigate the biological role of variants of human insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II), an extended form designated IGF-IIE21, with a molecular mass of 9.8 kDa, was produced in Escherichia coli as a stable and soluble secreted fusion protein. After site-specific cleavage of the affinity purified fusion protein, followed by purification using ion exchange and reversed phase chromatography, it could be demonstrated that IGF-IIE21 and IGF-II have similar or identical activities according to radioimmunoassay and radioreceptor assay. However, IGF-IIE21 showed only 1% growth promotion activity as compared with IGF-II in a clonal expansion assay using human K562 cells which lacks IGF-I receptors. These results suggest that this extended variant of IGF-II can bind to the receptor but has limited growth promoting activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hammarberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tally
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Samuelsson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wadensten
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Holmgren
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartmanis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uhlén
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moks
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II