Endocrinology, Vol 132, 1158-1167, Copyright © 1993 by Endocrine Society

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Differential expression of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF- II messenger ribonucleic acid in growing rat bone

DM Shinar, N Endo, D Halperin, GA Rodan and M Weinreb
Department of Bone Biology and Osteoporosis Research, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486.

Insulin-like growth factors (IGF-I and IGF-II) are among the most abundant growth factors found in bone. Although their local production has been implicated in growth and development, localization of the cells that express these proteins is not well documented. We have studied, by in situ hybridization, the temporal and spatial expression of IGF-I and IGF-II mRNA in rat long bones at different stages of postnatal bone development. In 2-day-old rats, IGF-II was highly expressed in cartilage and in the mesodermal structures that surround the bone. At later stages of bone development, the IGF-II signal decreased in intensity, but could still be detected in the growth plate of tibial bones at 3 and 5 weeks. At this stage, the IGF-II signal in the epiphyseal growth plate was unevenly distributed and was stronger in the periphery than in the center, where it was mainly concentrated in the germinal layer and in some, but not all, cartilage columns. IGF- I, on the other hand, was only faintly detected in the periosteum at the early cartilaginous stage of bone development. At later stages, IGF- I was strongly associated with regions of ossification in the trabecular bone of the metaphysis and epiphysis and along the endosteal and periosteal surfaces. Surprisingly, we did not detect at any time IGF-I mRNA in chondrocytes of the epiphyseal growth plate. These results suggest that in the rat, IGF-II plays a role in early development of bone and in the longitudinal growth of the epiphyseal plate. IGF-I is more closely associated with the osteogenic regions and does not replace the declining levels of IGF-II in the growth plate.

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