title: Octreotide stimulates insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) levels in acromegaly.
abstract: Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) circulate in a complexed state with several binding proteins (BPs). Of these, IGFBP-1 is regulated by hormonal and nutritional factors. The somatostatin analogue, octreotide, has been used to effectively control hypersomaototropism in acromegaly. IGFBP-1 levels were measured by RIA in 17 acromegalic patients receiving octreotide. Serum hormone sampling was conducted hourly for 8 hr periods. Among 13 octreotide responders, mean pre-treatment basal GH, IGF-1, and IGFBP-1 levels were 19 +/- 5 micrograms/L, 1021 +/- 168 micrograms/L, and 36 +/- 8 micrograms/L respectively. One month following octreotide treatment, an acute subcutaneous injection (100 micrograms) maximally attenuated GH to 3 +/- 0.6 microgram/L (18% of control, P less than 0.03) and IGF-1 to 467 +/- 75 micrograms/L (46% of control, P less than 0.008) after 4 hrs. IGFBP-1 levels, however, were stimulated to 95 +/- 16 micrograms/L (297% of control, P less than 0.003) during the same time period. A significant increase in IGFBP-1 levels occurred within 2 hrs (158% of baseline, P less than 0.03), and was sustained until the 7th hr following injection. Insulin, a known suppressor of IGFBP-1, did not change during this time. Among the 4 octreotide non-responders, mean basal IGFBP-1 levels were 42 +/- 4 micrograms/L, and 4 hrs following octreotide administration IGFBP-1 was 40 +/- 7 micrograms/L. Octreotide induced a dynamic inverse relationship between circulating GH and IGFBP-1 levels (r = -0.73, P less than 0.001). The absence of IGFBP-1 changes in octreotide non-responders and the non-suppression of insulin in octreotide responsive patients, suggest a direct GH-mediated mechanism of IGFBP-1 regulation in octreotide treated patients with acromegaly. IGFBP-1 may be another useful marker in evaluating the response of acromegaly to octreotide treatment in patients who experience clinical benefit but equivocal GH and IGF-1 attenuation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-UCLA School of Medicine 90048.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ezzat
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Braunstein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Melmed
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000097:blood* / Q000187:drug effects; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone; D015282:Octreotide