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Endocrinology, Vol 137, 2415-2423, Copyright © 1996 by Endocrine Society

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Increased amounts of a high molecular weight insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) peptide and IGF-II messenger ribonucleic acid in pancreatic islets of diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats

A Hoog, AC Sandberg-Nordqvist, SM Abdel-Halim, C Carlsson-Skwirut, A Guenifi, M Tally, CG Ostenson, S Falkmer, VR Sara, S Efendic, M Schalling and L Grimelius
Department of Tumor Pathology, Karolinska Institute and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. andersh@path.ks.se

Insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II), a member of the insulin family, regulates cell growth and differentiation. The IGF-II gene is localized close to the insulin gene in man and rat. IGF-II peptide binds weakly to the insulin receptor and exerts insulin-like effects on the blood glucose level. We studied IGF-II in endocrine pancreas in an animal model of noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, the Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat. At the age of 2 months, these rats have structural islet changes, with fibrosis and irregular configuration, so-called starfish-shaped islets. Immunohistochemical investigation revealed IGF-II immunoreactivity in the beta-cells in both GK and control rats. Pancreatic extraction, followed by size separation using gel chromatography, disclosed a high mol wt form of IGF-II in all animals, and RIA measurements revealed a considerably larger amount of the IGF- II peptide in the 2-and 6-month-old GK rats than in the 1-month GK and control rats. In situ hybridization of 3-month-old GK rats showed increased IGF-II messenger RNA expression in the starfish-shaped islets of GK rats than in the islets with normal structure in both diabetic and control animals. The reason for the increased amount of IGF-II is unclear. As the animals are diabetic before the islet changes occur, it might be a compensatory effect in response to hyperglycemia, but could also be a cause of the islet fibrosis.


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