Cell-density-dependent modulation of the rat insulin-like-growth-factor-binding protein 2 and its gene.
The steady-state level of the rat insulin-like-growth-factor-binding protein 2 (IGFBP-2) and insulin-like-growth-factor-II (IGF-II) mRNA increased approximately 20-fold when BRL-3A cells were cultured at increasingly higher cell densities. This increase could not be accounted for by paracrine or autocrine factors, or by the addition of insulin, IGF-I, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), cAMP or IGFBP-2 to the culture medium. A reporter gene assay carrying the promoter domain of the IGFBP-2 gene indicated that the promoter-dependent IGFBP-2 transcription is tenfold higher in high-density cells. The increase in the IGFBP-2 message was accompanied by an increase in the level of protein in the medium. When confluent BRL-3A cells were reseeded at low cell density, the IGFBP-2 mRNA disappeared at a rate significantly faster than in normal conditions. A protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide, was able to prevent the decay of the message observed after the switch from high to low densities. In summary, these findings suggest a regulatory link between cell density and IGFBP-2.
Kutoh
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Zentrum für Forschung, Kantonsspital Basel, Switzerland.
Schwander
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Margot
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D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology; D018971:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2 / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats
D007328:Insulin; D018971:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II; D003513:Cycloheximide