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Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF) Binding Proteins Modulate the Glucocorticoid-Dependent Biological Effects of IGF-II in Cultured Fetal Rat Hepatocytes¹

Laboratoire de Biologie-Odontologie, Université Paris 7, Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers (P.M., C.P.), Paris, France; and Institut de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité de Recherches sur la Régulation de la Croissance, Hôpital Saint Antoine (S.B.), Paris, France

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. P. Menuelle, Laboratoire de Biologie-Odontologie, U.F.R. Odontologie, Université Paris 7, Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers, 15 rue de l’Ecole de Médecine, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France.

The role of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) in regulation by IGF-II of glycogenesis and DNA synthesis was investigated in hepatocytes isolated from fetal rat livers at days 15 and 18 of gestation and grown in the presence or absence of cortisol. IGFBP-1 was clearly revealed by Western ligand blot and immunoblot analysis of IGFBPs secreted into conditioned media. Its production and cellular messenger RNA (mRNA) were positively regulated by cortisol and increased in older cells. In the absence of IGFBP (fresh medium), glycogenesis, and DNA synthesis were stimulated by IGF-II and insulin. In each case, cortisol enhanced this stimulation. In the presence of IGFBPs (cell-conditioned media), IGF-II stimulation of DNA synthesis and to a lesser extent glycogenesis was inhibited. The degree of inhibition was directly related to IGFBP-1 production. IGFBPs had no effect on stimulation of glycogenesis and DNA synthesis by des(1–6)IGF-II, a structural analog of IGF-II that does not bind to IGFBPs. Insulin, whose biological effects were not modified by conditioned media, inhibited IGFBP-1 production. Comparison of the dose dependence of the two bioactivities showed that DNA synthesis was more sensitive to IGF-II than glycogenesis. Our results suggest that in the case of DNA synthesis the effects of IGF-II are mediated via the IGF-I receptor and those of insulin via the insulin receptor, whereas in the case of glycogenesis both are mediated via the insulin receptor. In conclusion, IGF-II and insulin stimulation of glycogenesis and DNA synthesis in cultured fetal hepatocytes depends on the presence of glucocorticoid and the stage of development. IGF-II action is negatively regulated by IGFBP-1 whose synthesis increases in the presence of glucocorticoids.

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