Circulating forms and biological activity of intact and truncated insulin-like growth factor I in adult and neonatal rats.
A variant of IGF-I with a truncated aminoterminal region has been isolated and shown to display increased biological activity in vitro, but weak affinity of binding to the IGF binding proteins compared with intact IGF-I. In the present study, the circulating molecular forms and biological activity of intact and truncated IGF-I were compared after in vivo administration. Adult and 10-day-old rats were given 125I-truncated or 125I-intact IGF-I iv. In both adult and 10-day-old rats 125I-truncated IGF-I showed weaker affinity of binding to the IGF binding proteins and greater degradation than 125I-intact IGF-I. Serum half-life was 2 h for 125I-truncated IGF-I and 3 h for 125I-intact IGF-I in adult rats. The half-life in 10-day-old rats was 20.5 min for 125I-truncated IGF-I and 27 min for 125I-intact IGF-I. The uptake of 125I-truncated IGF-I into the kidney, liver and brain of 10-day-old rats was significantly higher than for 125I-intact IGF-I 15 min after iv administration. The insulin-like effects of the IGF-I peptides were examined in vitro and in vivo. Truncated IGF-I stimulated [3-3H]glucose incorporation into free fatty acids in adipocytes in vitro to a greater extent than did intact IGF-I. In vivo administration of both intact and truncated IGF-I to adult rats significantly decreased serum glucose levels and significantly increased the incorporation of [U-14C]glucose into glycogen.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Karolinske Institute's Department of Pathology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006207:Half-Life; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
D001786:Blood Glucose; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D006003:Glycogen