title: Studies on insulin/IGF-1 hybrid and IGF-1 growth-promoting functional region.
abstract: Single-chain insulin/IGF-1 hybrid-[Ins/IGF-1(C)], single-chain porcine insulin precursor-(PIP), and B10Asp PIP were prepared by protein engineering. Their growth-promoting activities in mouse breast cancer cell line GR2H6 are 10, 0.2, and 2 times that of insulin, respectively, and 29%, 0.6%, and 6% of that of IGF-1, indicating that the C domain and 9Glu of IGF-1 are important for its growth-promoting activity. Given these results and previous reports, we propose that the C domain, 9Glu, and 23Phe-26Asn beta bend are involved in the growth-promoting functional region of IGF-1.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002847:Chromatography, Agarose; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D015674:Mammary Neoplasms, Animal / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism; D011384:Proinsulin / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013552:Swine; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D011384:Proinsulin