title: Insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor-II induce c-fos in mouse osteoblastic cells.
abstract: We investigated the expression of c-fos in mouse osteoblast-like cultures treated with insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF-II. The IGFs are present in bone, are produced by osteoblast-like cells in culture, and stimulate osteoblast cell proliferation. Quiescent, subconfluent cultures of the clonal osteoblast-like mouse calvarial cell line, MC3T3-E1, were treated with 10 ng/ml of IGF-I or IGF-II. RNA was extracted at 0, 15, 30, 60, 120 and 240 minutes, and c-fos messenger RNA (mRNA) was analyzed on Northern blots. Both IGFs transiently increased c-fos mRNA levels 25-28 fold at 15-30 min. To determine if c-fos induction was unique to the MC3T3-E1 cell line, effects of IGF-1 and IGF-II (3 ng/ml) were also tested in quiescent, serum-free primary mouse calvarial cells. Levels of c-fos mRNA were increased at 15 and 30 minutes (40-fold with IGF-I and 5-fold with IGF-II). These results indicate that IGF-I and IGF-II caused a rapid and transient induction of c-fos mRNA in murine osteoblasts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Loma Linda University, California.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Merriman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: La Tour
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Linkhart
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Baylink
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Strong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes / Q000187:drug effects*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II