title: Insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in air- and 85% oxygen-exposed adult rat lung.
abstract: Expression of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) I and its type I receptor is increased in the adult rat lung exposed to 85% O2. We hypothesized that there would be a parallel up- and downregulation of growth-stimulating and growth-inhibiting IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs), respectively. The normal adult rat lung expresses mRNAs for IGFBP-2, -3, -4, -5, and -6 but not for IGFBP-1. O2 exposure for 6 or 14 days reduced IGFBP-3 and -6 and increased IGFBP-4 mRNA abundance. IGFBP-5 mRNA was reduced at 6 days but increased at 14 days. IGFBP-4 mRNA was localized to perivascular and peribronchial interstitial cells and IGFBP-5 mRNA to airway and alveolar epithelial cells. IGFBP-2, -4, and -5 immunolocalized to airway epithelial cells in normal lung and to perivascular exudates after 6 days in 85% O2. IGFBP-2 was diffusely increased throughout the lung tissue only after a 6-day exposure. IGFBP-5 was reduced after a 6-day exposure but was increased and widely distributed after 14 days. IGFBP-4 increased over airway epithelium and subepithelial cells after 6 days and over perivascular interstitial cells after 14 days of 85% O2. These data are consistent with the predicted changes for IGFBPs on O2 exposure except that the generally growth-inhibitory IGFBP-4 was increased at sites of active cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Council Group in Lung Development, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buch
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Post
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Tanswell
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D005260:Female; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010100:Oxygen