title: Inability of a mouse cell line transformed to produce biologically active recombinant human insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) to respond to exogenously added IGF-I.
abstract: A plasmid expression vector encoding human insulin-like growth factor I (hIGF-I) in the form of a 97-amino acid precursor protein containing the first 27 amino acids of prebovine GH and the 70 amino acids of hIGF-I has been used to transform mouse L cells. A stably transformed mouse L cell clone has been isolated which expresses and secretes hIGF-I. The secreted peptide comprises 3% of the protein in conditioned medium. IGF-I can be purified to homogeneity in 2 chromatographic steps. One liter of conditioned medium yields approximately 200 micrograms purified peptide. Amino-terminal sequence analysis confirms that the signal peptide has been proteolytically hydrolyzed from the precursor protein before secretion to form [Ala0]hIGF-I. The recombinant peptide and serum-derived hIGF-I are equipotent as inhibitors of the binding of [125I]IGF-I to the type 1 receptor of human placenta and to a crude preparation of acid-stable human serum binding proteins. The peptides are equipotent in 2 in vitro assays, the stimulation of the rate of 2-[1,2-N-3H]deoxyglucose transport in BC3H1 cells and the stimulation of [methyl-3-3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA in A10 cells. In contrast to a control mouse L cell line, DNA synthesis in the [Ala0]IGF-I-secreting line is completely unresponsive to [Thr59]IGF-I, while it responds normally to calf serum (10%). Thus, the [Ala0]IGF-I-secreting line is selectively desensitized to IGF-I. The binding of [125I]IGF-I to both lines is identical, indicating that the loss of responsiveness to IGF-I is not due to a loss of cell surface receptor. The ability to render mouse L cells unresponsive to IGF-I is transferred in the conditioned medium of the [Ala0]IGF-I-secreting cell line. In addition, pretreatment of control cells with [Thr59]IGF-I (10 nM) results in attenuation of the response to a subsequent dose of IGF-I. These data indicate that prolonged exposure to high levels of IGF-I may cause a postreceptor-mediated desensitization to IGF-I. Alternatively, IGF-I may promote secretion of an inhibitor of IGF-mediated DNA synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Merck, Sharp, and Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cascieri
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kelder
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kopchick
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Chicchi
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Slater
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bayne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D011972:Receptor, Insulin