title: IGF-1 expression in infarcted myocardium and MGF E peptide actions in rat cardiomyocytes in vitro.
abstract: Insulinlike growth factor-1 (IGF-1) expression is implicated in myocardial pathophysiology, and two IGF-1 mRNA splice variants have been detected in rodents, IGF-1Ea and mechano-growth factor (MGF). We investigated the expression pattern of IGF-1 gene transcripts in rat myocardium from 1 h up to 8 wks after myocardial infarction induced by left anterior descending coronary artery ligation. In addition, we characterized IGF-1 and MGF E peptide action and their respective signaling in H9C2 myocardial-like cells in vitro. IGF-1Ea and MGF expression were significantly increased, both at transcriptional and translational levels, during the late postinfarction period (4 and 8 wks) in infarcted rat myocardium. Measurements of serum IGF-1 levels in infarcted rats were initially decreased (24 h up to 1 wk) but remained unaltered throughout the late experimental phase (4 to 8 wks) compared with sham-operated rats. Furthermore, specific anti-IGF-1R neutralizing antibody failed to block the synthetic MGF E peptide action, whereas it completely blocked IGF-1 action on the proliferation of H9C2 cells. Moreover, this synthetic MGF E peptide did not activate Akt phosphorylation, whereas it activated ERK1/2 in H9C2 rat myocardial cells. These data support the role of IGF-1 expression in the myocardial repair process and suggest that synthetic MGF E peptide actions may be mediated via an IGF-1R independent pathway in rat myocardial cells, as suggested by our in vitro experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Goudi-Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Anastasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stavropoulou
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Halapas
authors.forename: Antigone
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sourla
authors.forename: Anastassios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Philippou
authors.forename: Efstathia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papageorgiou
authors.forename: Apostolos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Papalois
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koutsilieris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000378:metabolism*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C519382:mechano-growth factor, rat; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D017526:Receptor, IGF Type 1