title: Expression of growth hormone-releasing factor, growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-1 and its binding proteins in human lung.
abstract: Reverse transcription PCR showed that mRNA encoding the neurohormones growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF) and GH, and its receptor GH-R, together with IGF-1 splice variants and IGFBPs are expressed by inflammatory cells found in the normal human airway. Unfractionated BALC moderately express GRF, GH and GH-R, IGFBP-2 to IGFBP-6, and IGFBP-rPl. In addition, BALC preferentially express the class 1 IGF-1Ea splice variant of the IGF-1 gene. A similar pattern of expression occurs in purified AM, except they do not appear to express GH-R. In marked contrast, AM precursor peripheral blood monocytes, do not express neuropeptides or IGF-1 and only express IGFBP-1, -4 and -6 and IGFBP-rP1. These data suggest that normal human inflammatory airway cells possess a powerful array of neurohormones and IGFBPs that are available for modulating local IGF-1 bioavailability in the lung.
authors.affiliation: Lung Injury and Inflammation Research Group, Department of Respiratory Medicine, North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. mea08@cc.keele.ac.uk
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bloor
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kedia
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Spiteri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017398:Alternative Splicing; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002452:Cell Count; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1