Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) stimulates hematopoiesis. We examined whether bone marrow stromal cells synthesize IGF-I. Secretion of IGF-I immunoreactivity by cells from TC-1 murine bone marrow stromal cells was time-dependent and inhibited by cycloheximide. Gel filtration chromatography under denaturing conditions of TC-1 conditioned medium demonstrated two major peaks of apparent IGF-I...

Several studies have demonstrated an association between polymorphisms in the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) gene and IGF-1 serum levels. IGF-1 levels have been associated with cognitive functioning in older persons and growth hormone deficient patients. The present study investigates whether IGF-1 polymorphisms, IGF-1 levels, and cognition are interconnected in healthy adults. Data of 27...

The evidence is increasing for a close link between the insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system and colon cancer prevention by physical exercise. To reveal exercise-induced alterations in colon mucosa, gene expression of IGF-1 and related genes and serum IGF-1 were investigated. Twenty male Wistar rats performed a 12 week voluntary exercise program. Nine rats served as the control group...

Rats maintained with parenteral nutrition following 60% jejunoileal resection plus cecectomy exhibit minimal adaptive growth in the residual jejunum but a dramatic adaptive growth in the residual colon. Coinfusion of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) with parenteral nutrition induces jejunal growth but has minimal effects in the colon. Our objective was to study the role of the endogenous IG...

The insulin-like growth factors (IGF-I and IGF-II) and the IGF-I receptor are critically important for normal growth and development of the organism. Gene-deletion of these elements has demonstrated that IGF-I is important for both prenatal and postnatal development, whereas IGF-II is important during prenatal stages only. The IGF-I receptor gene-deleted mouse dies at birth apparently as a resu...

Prostate cancer is the second major cause of male deaths. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, and risk are linked. Insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) involved in numerous cellular events, including proliferation survival. The IGF-II gene shares its locus with lncRNA, H19. IGF-II/H19 was first to be identified as being “imprinted”—where paternal copy not transcribed—a silencing phenomenon lost many ty...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to characterize the relationship of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II expression with IGF-I, IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-7 in early colorectal carcinogenesis. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN With the semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR, 90 human colorectal tumor tissues (63 adenomas and 27 submucosal pT1 ...