title: Dexamethasone administration attenuates the inhibitory effect of lipopolysaccharide on IGF-I and IGF-binding protein-3 in adult rats.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate whether glucocorticoid administration had a beneficial effect on serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and on IGF-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) in rats injected with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Adult male rats were injected with LPS or saline and pretreated with dexamethasone or saline. Dexamethasone administration decreased growth hormone (GH) receptor and IGF-I mRNA levels in the liver of control rats. LPS decreased GH receptor and IGF-I gene expression in the liver of saline-treated rats but not in the liver of dexamethasone-pretreated rats. In the kidney, GH receptor mRNA levels were not modified by dexamethasone or LPS treatment. However, LPS decreased renal IGF-I gene expression and dexamethasone pretreatment prevented this decrease. Serum concentrations of IGF-I were decreased by LPS, and dexamethasone pretreatment attenuated this effect. The gene expression of IGFBP-3 in the liver and kidney and its circulating levels were decreased by LPS. In control rats dexamethasone increased circulating IGFBP-3 and its gene expression in the liver, and decreased the proteolysis of this protein. Dexamethasone pretreatment attenuated the LPS-induced decrease in IGFBP-3 gene expression in the liver and prevented the LPS-induced decrease in IGFBP-3 gene expression in the kidney. Moreover, dexamethasone pretreatment attenuated the LPS-induced decrease in serum concentrations of IGFBP-3 and decreased the LPS-induced IGFBP-3 proteolysis in serum. In conclusion, dexamethasone pretreatment partially attenuates the inhibitory effect of LPS on serum IGF-I by blocking the decrease of its gene expression in the kidney as well as by attenuating the decrease in serum concentrations of IGFBP-3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University, Avda. Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Priego
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Granado
authors.forename: Ana Isabel
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: Asunción
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López-Calderón
authors.forename: María Angeles
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Villanúa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015152:Blotting, Northern / Q000379:methods; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000379:methods; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009566:Nitrates / Q000097:blood; D009573:Nitrites / Q000097:blood; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009566:Nitrates; D009573:Nitrites; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D003907:Dexamethasone