title: Changes in insulin-like growth factors I and II and their binding protein after a single intramuscular injection of growth hormone.
abstract: The concentrations of insulin-like growth factors I and II (IGF-I and IGF-II) and their binding proteins in serum were measured in 10 GH-deficient patients before and after a single 6-IU injection of GH. Serum IGF-I concentrations were initially low, increased significantly by 8 and 24 h, and decreased to pretreatment levels 48 and 72 h after GH administration. Serum IGF-II concentrations also were low initially and did not increase by 8 and 24 h, but were, however, significantly higher 48 and 72 h after GH administration. In GH-deficient patients before GH administration, binding of IGF-I or IGF-II to serum proteins was restricted primarily to proteins of 50K mol wt. Little or no binding to proteins of 150,000 mol wt was found. By 8 and 24 h after GH injection, IGF-I, but not IGF-II, bound primarily to a protein(s) of 150K mol wt, as in normal subjects. IGF-II remained bound to a 50K mol wt protein. By 48 and 72 h after administering GH, however, the binding pattern was reversed, and IGF-II, but not IGF-I, bound predominantly to a protein(s) of 150K mol wt. Our data demonstrate both a temporal dissociation in the responses of IGF-I and IGF-II to GH and a similar temporal dissociation in the binding of IGF-I and IGF-II to the large mol wt (150K) binding protein. This dissociation, particularly the latter, may provide a means for better characterization of protein fractions in binding IGF, particularly in terms of specificity.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000097:blood*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000097:blood; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017451:Receptors, Somatomedin; D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II; D013006:Growth Hormone