title: Insulin-like growth factor I receptors on human erythrocytes from normal children: relationship with age.
abstract: The binding of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF I) on red blood cells has been studied in 13 children aged 8 months to 11 years and in 10 adults. The Scatchard analysis showed a curvilinear regression. In adults, the specific binding was 4.1% of the tracer, the mean number of high affinity receptor sites per cell (Ro1) being 0.88 (K1 = 10.74 nM-1) and the mean number of low affinity receptors sites (Ro2) per cell being 7.14 (K2 = 0.37 nM-1). In children the specific binding ranged from 3 to 6.5%. Ro1 ranged from 0.40 to 3.13 (K1 from 3.48 to 13.61 nM-1). Ro2 ranged from 2.88 to 17.25 (K2 from 0.03 to 0.65 nM-1). The most striking fact was the close positive correlation between the specific binding and the age of children (r = 0.914, P less than 0.001). These data suggest that the high growth velocity of young children, concomitant with the low plasma levels of IGF I which are physiological during infancy and early childhood, does not result from an increased binding of IGF I to cell receptors.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 188, Paris, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acquafredda
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murrieta
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Schimpff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donnadieu
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Job
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D011972:Receptor, Insulin