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Regulation of Insulin-Like Growth Factor I (IGF-I) Bioactivity in Vivo: Further Characterization of an IGF-I-Enhancing Antibody¹

The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom CB2 4AT

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. J. M. Pell, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom CB2 4AT. E-mail: jenny.pell{at}bbsrc.ac.uk

We have previously demonstrated the ability of a polyclonal antibody raised against human insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) to potentiate, rather than inhibit, the growth-promoting activity of IGF-I. The anti-IGF-I Ig had a modest affinity for IGF-I, protected IGF-I from degradation, and reduced the IGF-I clearance rate while allowing efficient transfer of peptide from the circulation, leading to the suggestion that the antiserum might be behaving in an analogous manner to enhancing IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs). The purpose of these studies was to investigate further the characteristics of this antiserum as a means of assessing the importance of IGF-I associated with circulating high mol wt IGFBPs to serve as a bioavailable reservoir of IGF-I peptide.

1) Epitope scanning using sequential and overlapping peptides spanning the entire length of IGF-I revealed one major linear region of anti-IGF-I Ig binding to IGF-I comprising the C-terminal region of the C-domain and the N-terminal region of the A-domain (Arg³⁶-Ile⁴³), a region not associated with receptor or IGFBP binding. 2) The fact that the antibody could potentiate IGF-I whether administered as a preincubated complex or separately indicated that complex formation could occur in the presence of IGFBPs in vivo. 3) The ability of the antibody to attenuate the acute hypoglycemic actions of IGF-I and LR³IGF-I was assessed by pretreating dwarf rats with either anti-IGF-I Ig or nonimmune Ig; 1 h after sc administration of peptide, plasma glucose levels decreased by about 4 mM (P < 0.001) in rats pretreated with nonimmune Ig. The duration of hypoglycemia was more prolonged in the LR³IGF-I-treated rats (P < 0.01). Neither IGF-I or LR³IGF-I induced any decrease in circulating glucose concentrations in the rats pretreated with the anti-IGF-I Ig, suggesting that the antibody gave protection against inappropriate acute IGF-induced hypoglycemia. 4) The potentiating effects of the anti-IGF-I Ig on the anabolic actions of IGF-I and LR³IGF-I were compared in dwarf mice. The anti-IGF-I Ig potentiated the increase in whole body weight gain induced by IGF-I by over 3-fold (P < 0.001), but did not change the anabolic action of LR³IGF-I despite its ability to double circulating levels of both IGF peptides. It is, therefore, possible that part of the mechanism of action of the anti-IGF-I Ig involves transfer of IGF-I to smaller mol wt binding proteins. These data confirm the potential of IGFBP-associated IGF-I to act as a reservoir of peptide and to regulate IGF-I activity in vivo.

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