title: Insulin-like growth factor-I receptors in human hyperplastic prostate tissue: characterization, tissue localization, and their modulation by chronic treatment with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog.
abstract: Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) receptors were characterized in membranes obtained from prostate tissue of patients affected by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) before and after treatment with a GnRH agonist analog. Binding of [125I]IGF-I to membranes obtained from untreated patients was specific and time and temperature dependent. Analysis of the binding data yielded two classes of binding sites, one of high affinity (Kd, 10(-11) mol/L) and one of lower affinity (Kd, 10(-9) mol/L). BPH membrane preparations were affinity-cross linked to labeled IGF-I, and then subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Analysis by autoradiography revealed one labeled protein with an apparent Mr = 300K under nonreducing conditions and two labeled protein with Mr = 270K and Mr = 130K under reducing conditions. Excess unlabeled IGF-II reduce both of them, whereas the same excess of IGF-I completely abolished them. In membrane preparations of prostatic tissues from patients affected by BPH and treated for 2 months with a GnRH agonist analog, the binding capacities of both binding sites were significantly higher than those of BPH tissue from untreated patients, whereas binding affinities were unchanged. The IGF-I receptor in BPH prostate tissue of untreated patients was mainly localized in the basal layer of the epithelium, as demonstrated by immunohistochemical staining, whereas in the tissue from treated patients positive staining was found also in the glandular epithelium. These results demonstrate that: 1) specific binding sites for IGF-I are present in prostatic tissue from patients with BPH, 2) androgen deprivation increases their binding capacities and seems to modify their epithelial localization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiorelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Bellis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giannini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Natali
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Costantini
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Vannelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011467:Prostate / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I