title: The role of IGF-binding proteins in mediating the effects of recombinant human IGF-I on insulin requirements in type 1 diabetes mellitus.
abstract: To determine the role of IGF-binding proteins in mediating the direct effects of recombinant human IGF-I on insulin requirements in type 1(insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus, overnight changes in IGF-I, IGF-II, and IGF-binding protein-1, -2, and -3, collected under euglycemic conditions, were compared in nine subjects after double blind, randomized, sc administration of recombinant human IGF-I (40 microg/kg) or placebo at 1800 h. On both nights a somatostatin analog infusion (300 ng/kg x h) suppressed endogenous GH production, and three timed discrete GH pulses (total, 0.029 IU/kg x night) ensured identical GH levels. After recombinant human IGF-I administration, IGF-I levels and the IGF-I/IGF-binding protein-3 ratio increased [mean +/- SEM:IGF-I, 401 +/- 22 ng/ml; placebo, 256 +/- 20 ng/ml (P = 0.0002); IGF-I, 0.108 +/- 0.006; placebo, 0.074 +/- 0.004 (P = 0.0003), respectively], and insulin requirements decreased (IGF-I, 0.12 +/- 0.03; placebo, 0.23 +/- 0.03 U/kg x min; P = 0.008). The normal within-individual inverse relationships between insulin and IGF-binding protein-1 levels were observed (lag time 2 h: r = -0.34; P < 0.01). Yet despite reduced free insulin levels (8.5 +/- 1.5; placebo, 12.2 +/- 1.2 mU/liter; P = 0.03), IGF-binding protein-1 levels were reduced after recombinant human IGF-I administration (53.7 +/- 6.8; placebo, 82.2 +/- 11.8 ng/ml; P = 0.008). The largest reductions in free insulin levels after recombinant human IGF-I and thus putative improvement in insulin sensitivity occurred in subjects with the smallest increase in the plasma IGF-I/IGF-binding protein-3 ratio (r = 0.7; P = 0.03). Taken together, these data are consistent with the hypothesis that transcapillary movement of IGF-I (perhaps mediated by IGF-binding protein-1), out of the circulation facilitates altered insulin sensitivity. These data have important implications for risk-benefit assessment of recombinant human IGF-I therapy in type 1 diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Bristol, United Kingdom BS2 8BJ.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Crowne
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Samra
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cheetham
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Acerini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Holly
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Dunger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D015309:Glucose Clamp Technique; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1 / Q000097:blood; D018971:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2 / Q000097:blood; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 / Q000097:blood; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010919:Placebos; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D007328:Insulin; D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1; D018971:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II; D010919:Placebos; D011994:Recombinant Proteins