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Stimulatory Actions of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Transforming Growth Factor- on Intestinal Neurotensin and Peptide YY¹

Department of Surgery (H.-M.L., V.U., E.W.E.) and Department of Pathology (S.R.), The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555; The Shriners Hospitals for Children (H.-M.L., E.W.E., G.H.G.), Galveston, Texas 77550; and Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology (R.J.C.), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: George H. Greeley, Jr., Ph.D., Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-0725. E-mail: ggreeley{at}utmb.edu

Proliferation of the gastrointestinal mucosa is stimulated by the growth factors, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and transforming growth factor- (TGF-), or the closely related epidermal growth factor (EGF), as well as the gastrointestinal hormones, gastrin, neurotensin (NT), and peptide YY (PYY). The stimulatory actions of these growth factors or gastrointestinal hormones on the gastrointestinal mucosa may be direct or mediated in part by gastrointestinal peptides or the growth factors, respectively. The purpose of these studies therefore was to examine the effects of IGF-I and TGF- on stomach gastrin and intestinal NT and PYY gene expression [i.e. messenger RNA (mRNA), peptide levels] and secretion. Mice were given recombinant human IGF-I (3, 6 mg/kg BW/day x 14 days). Transgenic mice with the rat TGF- gene linked to a metallothionein promoter were used as a model of chronic TGF- excess. IGF-I and TGF- did not affect gastrin gene expression. Steady-state intestinal NT and PYY mRNA and peptide levels were elevated in a dose-related manner by IGF. TGF- also increased intestinal expression of NT and PYY peptide, but not mRNA levels. Basal serum levels of PYY were elevated by IGF-I and TGF-. IGF-I and TGF- did not increase intestinal chromogranin A (CGA) gene expression, a marker of endocrine cells, or the density of PYY-containing cells in the colon, indicating that the elevations in intestinal gut peptide gene expression by IGF-I and TGF- are not due simply to an increased number of enteroendocrine cells. IV infusion of EGF also stimulated release of PYY in the dog. Together, these findings indicate that IGF-I and TGF- may cause secretion of gut hormones and exert a major upregulatory influence on the regulation of intestinal peptide hormone homeostasis.

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