Endocrinology, Vol 125, 2407-2413, Copyright © 1989 by Endocrine Society

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Localization and structural characterization of insulin-like growth factor receptors in mammalian retina

I Ocrant, KL Valentino, MG King, TH Wimpy, RG Rosenfeld and DG Baskin
Department of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02903.

Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are peptide mitogens, structurally related to insulin, whose biological actions in the CNS are incompletely known. The retina is largely uncharacterized with respect to IGF receptors. We, therefore, studied IGF receptors in bovine and murine retinal tissues by immunohistochemistry, autoradiographic localization, and affinity labeling. Notable IGF-II receptor immunoreactivity was found in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), with intermediate levels in choroid, low levels in the inner and outer plexiform layers and outer nuclear layer, and very low levels in other regions. Autoradiographic localization using [125I]IGF-II confirmed the IGF-II receptor immunohistochemistry. Autoradiographic localization using [125I]IGF-I labeled the nuclear layers and the photoreceptor region. Affinity labeling disclosed differences in the apparent mol wt of IGF-I and IGF-II receptors from bovine eye tissues and those from liver and brain. IGF-I receptor alpha-subunits (the IGF-binding subunit) migrated at: liver, 139,000; brain, 125,000; RPE, 125,000 and 135,000 (two sizes); and retina, 125,000 and 135,000. IGF-II receptors migrated at: liver, 245,000; brain, 235,000; RPE, 240,000; and retina, 230,000. We conclude that mammalian retina contains both IGF-I and -II receptors, which differ from those found in other tissues and have a characteristic spatial distribution within the retina.

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