title: Effects of insulin-like growth factor I and II on DNA synthesis and proliferation in primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes.
abstract: We compared the effects of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and II (IGF-II) on DNA synthesis and proliferation and investigated various signal transduction mechanisms involved in insulin-like growth factor-induced mitogenesis in primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes. IGF-I stimulated hepatocyte DNA synthesis and proliferation with an EC50 of 75 ng/ml within 4 h of culture. These effects were sensitive to the IGF-I concentration and cell density. Hepatocyte proliferation induced by IGF-I was potentiated by metaproterenol (10(-6) M) as well as by 8-bromo-cAMP, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; 10(-8) M) and was inhibited by U-73122 (1-(-[[17beta-3-methoxyestra-1,3,5(10)-triene-17-yl]amino]hexyl]-+ ++1Hpyrrol-2,5-dione)), genistein, wortmannin, PD98059 (2'-amino-3'-methoxyflavone) and rapamycin. The IGF-I effect was independent of pertussis toxin (100 ng/ml). IGF-II also dose dependently stimulated hepatocyte DNA synthesis and proliferation with an EC50 of 0.75 ng/ml within 4 h of culture. However, these effects were not dependent on the initial plating density. The stimulatory effects of IGF-II were potentiated by UK-14304 (5-bromo-6-[2-imidazolin-2-ylamino]-quinoxaline) (10(-5) M) and inhibited by phenylephrine, PMA, metaproterenol, 8-bromo-cAMP, PD98059, rapamycin, and pertussis toxin. The IGF-II effects were not affected by genistein, U-73122, and wortmannin. These results suggest that IGF-I and IGF-II rapidly stimulate the DNA synthesis and proliferation of adult rat hepatocytes by separate mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Sakado City, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ogihara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000068438:Brimonidine Tartrate; D002452:Cell Count; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004347:Drug Interactions; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009921:Metaproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013110:Sphingosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013449:Sulfonamides; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007546:Isoquinolines; D011810:Quinoxalines; D013449:Sulfonamides; D010656:Phenylephrine; D000068438:Brimonidine Tartrate; D009921:Metaproterenol; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II; D004247:DNA; D000242:Cyclic AMP; C063509:N-(2-(4-bromocinnamylamino)ethyl)-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide; D013110:Sphingosine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate