title: Porcine insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein-3 elicits bi-phasic effects on IGF-I stimulated DNA synthesis in neonatal porcine skin fibroblasts.
abstract: The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of porcine IGFBP-3 on IGF-I stimulated DNA synthesis in neonatal porcine skin fibroblasts. IGF-I stimulated DNA synthesis in skin fibroblasts in a concentration dependent manner. DNA synthesis was maximally stimulated by 5 to 20 fold at 5 nM IGF-I; half-maximal stimulation was observed at approximately 1 nM IGF-I. Co-incubation of IGFBP-3 with a maximally effective dose of IGF-I (10 nM) did not inhibit the stimulatory effects of IGF-I on DNA synthesis. In contrast, when IGFBP-3 at concentrations of 0 to 20 nM was co-incubated with 1 nM IGF-I, a bi-phasic dose response was observed with IGFBP-3 being inhibitory only at a 10 to 20 fold molar excess to IGF-I. Based on the approximately equal molar ratio of IGFBP-3:IGF-I present in the circulation of control and pST-treated pigs our results suggest that IGFBP-3 does not inhibit the mitogenic effects of IGF-I. In summary, these results indicate that the combination of IGFBP-3 with IGF-I optimizes mitogenic signalling via the type I IGF receptor and suggest that IGFBP-3 does not inhibit the effects of ST that are mediated by IGF-I.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Etherton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013552:Swine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D004247:DNA