title: Up-regulation of functionally impaired insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor in scrapie-infected neuroblastoma cells.
abstract: A growing body of evidence suggests that an altered level or function of the neurotrophic insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R), which supports neuronal survival, may underlie neurodegeneration. This study has focused on the expression and function of the IGF-1R in scrapie-infected neuroblastoma cell lines. Our results show that scrapie infection induces a 4-fold increase in the level of IGF-1R in two independently scrapie-infected neuroblastomas, ScN2a and ScN1E-115 cells, and that the increased IGF-1R level was accompanied by increased IGF-1R mRNA levels. In contrast to the elevated IGF-1R expression in ScN2a, receptor binding studies revealed an 80% decrease in specific (125)I-IGF-1-binding sites compared with N2a cells. This decrease in IGF-1R-binding sites was shown to be caused by a 7-fold decrease in IGF-1R affinity. Furthermore, ScN2a showed no significant difference in IGF-1 induced proliferative response, despite the noticeable elevated IGF-1R expression, putatively explained by the reduced IGF-1R binding affinity. Additionally, IGF-1 stimulated IGF-1Rbeta tyrosine phosphorylation showed no major change in the dose-response between the cell types, possibly due to altered tyrosine kinase signaling in scrapie-infected neuroblastoma cells. Altogether these data indicate that scrapie infection affects the expression, binding affinity, and signal transduction mediated by the IGF-1R in neuroblastoma cells. Altered IGF-1R expression and function may weaken the trophic support in scrapie-infected neurons and thereby contribute to neurodegeneration in prion diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurochemistry and Neurotoxicology, University of Stockholm, Svante Arrhenius v. 21A, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ostlund
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lindegren
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pettersson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bedecs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012608:Scrapie / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D014443:Tyrosine; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1