title: Inhibitory insulin-like growth factor-binding protein: cloning, complete sequence, and physiological regulation.
abstract: In this study we report the preparation of a human osteosarcoma cell cDNA library and describe the isolation and sequence determination of a clone encoding the complete sequence of a novel human insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein (hIGFBP-4). Previous work indicated that hIGFBP-4 is the predominant IGFBP expressed by human osteoblast-like cells, and that IGFBP-4 binds and inhibits the mitogenic activities of IGF-I and IGF-II. Sequence determination revealed that hIGFBP-4 is a unique gene product with significant amino- and carboxy-terminal sequence similarity to three other known IGFBPs. Identical alignment of 18 cysteines in IGFBP-4 and the three other IGFBPs is a key structural feature of this protein family. In vitro studies of human osteoblast-like cells suggest that PTH regulates the expression of hIGFBP-4 and that the PTH effect is mediated through a cAMP mechanism. hIGFBP-4 mRNA was also expressed in skin fibroblasts, and thus, this inhibitory IGFBP could be an important physiological regulator of IGF actions in bone cells and other cell types as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University, California 92357.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: LaTour
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Linkhart
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Baylink
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Strong
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D012516:Osteosarcoma; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA