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Insulin-Like Growth Factor I in the Teleost Oreochromis mossambicus, the Tilapia: Gene Sequence, Tissue Expression, and Cellular Localization¹

Division of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Manfred Reinecke, Division of Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland. E-mail: reinecke{at}anatomie.unizh.ch

Using reverse transcription-PCR and molecular cloning, the complementary DNA sequence encoding preproinsulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) of a teleost, the tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) was established from liver. At the amino acid level, tilapia IGF-I shows all residues necessary for the maintenance of tertiary structure and shares about 80% identity with IGF-I from other teleosts. The B and A domains of tilapia IGF-I show more than 90% homology to those of other teleosts and 86–93% to those of human. However, in contrast to salmonids, the C domain of tilapia is truncated. Reverse transcription-PCR analysis followed by Southern blotting with an internal probe specific for tilapia IGF-I indicated a transcript in liver, pancreas, gut, kidney, head kidney, gill, ovary, testis, eye, and brain. In correlation, parenchymal cells were identified as likely local production sites by the use of immunohistochemistry. IGF-I immunoreactivity was confined to D cells in pancreatic islets, gastroentero-endocrine cells, cells of renal proximal tubules, interrenal cells of the head kidney, gill chondrocytes, chloride cells of the gill epithelium, granulosa cells in the ovary, spermatocytes and Sertoli cells in testis, and neurons in retina and brain. The local production of IGF-I in multiple organs of the tilapia indicates paracrine/autocrine actions of IGF-I involved in organ-specific functions. The results further demonstrate that the primary structure of IGF-I, especially in the B and A domains, is highly conserved during phylogeny.

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