title: Specific binding of insulin-like growth factors 1 and 2 to the type 1 and type 2 receptors respectively.
abstract: 1. Competitive binding and receptor cross-linking experiments have been used to examine the receptor-ligand interactions between three bovine insulin-like growth factors (IGF) and monolayer cultures of myoblasts and fibroblasts. 2. Labelled IGF-2 bound predominantly to the type 2 receptor with negligible label cross-linked to the type 1 receptor, notwithstanding the ability of IGF-2 to compete effectively for the binding of IGF-1 to the type 1 receptor. Approx. 100-fold higher concentrations of IGF-1 or the N-terminal truncated (des-Gly-Pro-Glu) IGF-1 (-3N:IGF-1) were required to produce competition equivalent to IGF-2. 3. All IGF peptides, but especially IGF-1, enhanced the binding of labelled IGF-2 to the type 2 receptor of lung fibroblasts. This unusual effect was probably a consequence of the displacement of labelled IGF-2 otherwise bound to a medium protein, a conclusion supported by the demonstration of a 38 kDa membrane protein cross-linked to labelled IGF-2. 4. Both IGF-1 and -3N:IGF-1 bound only to the type 1 IGF receptor in L6 myoblasts, rat vascular smooth-muscle cells and human lung fibroblasts. The peptides competed for labelled IGF-1 binding with potencies in the order -3N:IGF-1 greater than IGF-1 greater than IGF-2 much greater than insulin. Since the IGF peptides were equipotent in skin fibroblasts, it was proposed that the apparently higher affinity of -3N:IGF-1 for receptors in the other cell types was instead a consequence of a low affinity of this peptide for the competing 38 kDa binding protein.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition, Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ballard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Upton
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Francis
mesh_terms: D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000378:metabolism*; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II; D011972:Receptor, Insulin