Cellular localization and hormonal regulation of biosynthesis of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins and of the acid-labile subunit within rat liver

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Abstract

In the circulation, most of the IGFs are bound to a high molecular weight binding protein complex of 150 kDa that consists of IGF-I (or IGF-II), IGFBP-3 and the acid-labile subunit (ALS). Within rat liver, individual components of the 150 kDa complex are synthesized in different cellular compartments: ALS expression in localized in hepatocytes, but not in non-parenchymal cells. IGFBP-3 mRNA, however, is exclusively expressed in non-parenchymal and among them in endothelial and Kupffer cells.

Co-cultures of hepatocytes and Kupffer cells were used as a model to study the hormonal regulation of biosynthesis of the components of the 150 kDa complex. Although expressed in different liver cell populations IGFBP-3 and ALS were regulated synergistically. Insulin stimulated both the expression of ALS and IGFBP-3 in co-cultures in a dose-dependent manner, while expression of IGFBP-1 was decreased. Regulation of IGFBP-3 synthesis of Kupffer cells required a mediator that is secreted by hepatocytes, since IGFBP-3 expression in cultures of pure Kupffer cells did not respond to the stimulating effect of insulin.

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