title: Structural features involved in the biological activity of insulin and the insulin-like growth factors: A27 insulin/BIGF-I.
abstract: A synthetic insulin-like compound consisting of the A-chain of insulin extended at its carboxyl terminus with the hexapeptide "D-domain" of insulin-like Growth Factor II, linked via disulfide bonds to a B-chain corresponding to the "B-domain" of insulin-like Growth Factor I, has been examined for insulin-like metabolic activity and for mitogenic activity. The synthetic material (A27 insulin/BIGF-I) is less potent than insulin in metabolic assays, and less potent than both insulin and IGF-I in mitogenic assays. It is proposed that neither the "D-domain" nor the "B-domain" of the IGFs is a major contributor to mitogenic activity. Their presence in the same molecule does not result in significant growth-promoting activity.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007328:Insulin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008055:Lipids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008938:Mitosis / Q000187:drug effects; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D008055:Lipids; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D013002:Somatomedins; C047470:insulin, A(27)-B-insulin-like growth factor I; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D013936:Thymidine