Endocrinology, Vol 127, 3243-3245, Copyright © 1990 by Endocrine Society

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Tissue localization of perfused endothelial cell IGF binding protein is markedly altered by association with IGF-I

RS Bar, M Boes, BL Dake, A Sandra, M Bayne, M Cascieri and BA Booth
V.A. Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa.

Perfused endothelial cell IGF binding proteins (ECBP) have been previously demonstrated to leave the microcirculation of the rat heart and distribute primarily in connective tissue elements of the heart. In the present study, ECBP have been crosslinked to IGF-I and the biologically inactive [1-27,gly4,38-70]-hlGF-I, an analog of IGF-I lacking the type I IGF receptor domain. The crosslinked ECBPs were perfused through the isolated rat heart and their tissue distributions determined. Both [ECBP-Analog] and [ECBP-IGF-I] left the microcirculation of the heart. [ECBP-Analog] preferentially localized in connective tissue elements with a muscle:connective tissue ratio of approximately 1:6, similar to the tissue distribution of perfused ECBP. In contrast, the [ECBP-IGF-I] complexes localized in cardiac muscle with a muscle to connective tissue ratio of approximately 3:1, virtually identical to the tissue distribution of IGF-I when the IGF-I is perfused through the heart in the absence of any binding proteins. We conclude that 1) ECBP in the presence of IGF will cross capillary boundaries and 2) the tissue distribution of [ECBP-IGF-I] is dictated by the IGF-I molecule.

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