title: Heterogeneity of insulin-like growth factor-I affinity for the insulin-like growth factor-II receptor: comparison of natural, synthetic and recombinant DNA-derived insulin-like growth factor-I.
abstract: Although insulin-like growth factors (IGF) I and II bind with high affinity to structurally discrete receptors, they bind with a lesser affinity to each other's receptor. We have evaluated the affinity of five different IGF-I preparations (three natural IGF-I preparations, one synthetic preparation, and one recombinant DNA-derived) for the IGF-II receptor in rat placental membranes, 18-54,SF cells and BRL-3A cells. In all tissues tested, the natural IGF-I preparations demonstrated an affinity for the IGF-II receptor which was 10-20% that of IGF-II. However, the recombinant and synthetic IGF-I preparations exhibited substantially lower affinities than natural IGF-I for this receptor, with only 10-25% reduction in (125-I)iodo IGF-II binding at peptide concentrations up to 400 ng/ml. Radioimmunoassay of the natural IGF-I preparations with an antibody directed against the unique C-peptide region of IGF-II demonstrated that contamination of IGF-I preparations with immunoreactive IGF-II could not exceed 5%. These results demonstrate that IGF-I purified from human plasma has a different affinity for the IGF-II receptor than does synthetic or recombinant IGF-I. Furthermore, these data are consistent with the hypothesis that IGF-I, itself, may be heterogeneous, and that subforms may vary in their affinities for the IGF receptors. Alternatively, IGF-I preparations which have been considered to be pure may be contaminated with small amounts of IGF-II, resulting in overestimation of the affinity of IGF-I for the type II IGF receptor.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D003907:Dexamethasone; D011972:Receptor, Insulin