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Buscema M, Grossi E, Montanini L, Street ME. Data Mining of Determinants of Intrauterine Growth Retardation Revisited Using Novel Algorithms Generating Semantic Maps and Prototypical Discriminating Variable Profiles. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126020. [PMID: 26158499 PMCID: PMC4497659 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Intra-uterine growth retardation is often of unknown origin, and is of great interest as a "Fetal Origin of Adult Disease" has been now well recognized. We built a benchmark based upon a previously analysed data set related to Intrauterine Growth Retardation with 46 subjects described by 14 variables, related with the insulin-like growth factor system and pro-inflammatory cytokines, namely interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α. DESIGN AND METHODS We used new algorithms for optimal information sorting based on the combination of two neural network algorithms: Auto-contractive Map and Activation and Competition System. Auto-Contractive Map spatializes the relationships among variables or records by constructing a suitable embedding space where 'closeness' among variables or records reflects accurately their associations. The Activation and Competition System algorithm instead works as a dynamic non linear associative memory on the weight matrices of other algorithms, and is able to produce a prototypical variable profile of a given target. RESULTS Classical statistical analysis, proved to be unable to distinguish intrauterine growth retardation from appropriate-for-gestational age (AGA) subjects due to the high non-linearity of underlying functions. Auto-contractive map succeeded in clustering and differentiating completely the conditions under study, while Activation and Competition System allowed to develop the profile of variables which discriminated the two conditions under study better than any other previous form of attempt. In particular, Activation and Competition System showed that ppropriateness for gestational age was explained by IGF-2 relative gene expression, and by IGFBP-2 and TNF-α placental contents. IUGR instead was explained by IGF-I, IGFBP-1, IGFBP-2 and IL-6 gene expression in placenta. CONCLUSION This further analysis provided further insight into the placental key-players of fetal growth within the insulin-like growth factor and cytokine systems. Our previous published analysis could identify only which variables were predictive of fetal growth in general, and identified only some relationships.
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- Massimo Buscema
- Semeion Research Centre of Sciences of Communication, Rome, Italy
- Centre for Mathematical and Computational Biology, Dept. of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, United States of America
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- Semeion Research Centre of Sciences of Communication, Rome, Italy
- Villa Santa Maria Institute, Tavernerio, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS- Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Street ME, Buscema M, Smerieri A, Montanini L, Grossi E. Artificial Neural Networks, and Evolutionary Algorithms as a systems biology approach to a data-base on fetal growth restriction. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 113:433-8. [PMID: 23827462 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2013.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Revised: 06/03/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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One of the specific aims of systems biology is to model and discover properties of cells, tissues and organisms functioning. A systems biology approach was undertaken to investigate possibly the entire system of intra-uterine growth we had available, to assess the variables of interest, discriminate those which were effectively related with appropriate or restricted intrauterine growth, and achieve an understanding of the systems in these two conditions. The Artificial Adaptive Systems, which include Artificial Neural Networks and Evolutionary Algorithms lead us to the first analyses. These analyses identified the importance of the biochemical variables IL-6, IGF-II and IGFBP-2 protein concentrations in placental lysates, and offered a new insight into placental markers of fetal growth within the IGF and cytokine systems, confirmed they had relationships and offered a critical assessment of studies previously performed.
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- Maria E Street
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Parma, Via Gramsci, 14-43126 Parma, Italy.
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Heltemes A, Gingery A, Soldner ELB, Bozadjieva N, Jahr KN, Johnson BK, Gilbert JS. Chronic placental ischemia alters amniotic fluid milieu and results in impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance and hyperleptinemia in young rats. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2010; 235:892-9. [PMID: 20558843 DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2010.009357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Although small size at birth is associated with hypertension and associated co-morbidities such as insulin resistance and type II diabetes mellitus, many of the animal models employed to simulate this phenomenon do not closely mimic the ontogeny of growth restriction observed clinically. While intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is often detected near mid-pregnancy in women and persists until term, most rodent models of IUGR employ ligation of uterine arteries for a brief period during late gestation (days 19-21 of pregnancy). We hypothesized that IUGR associated with chronic reduction in uteroplacental perfusion (RUPP) and placental ischemia during the third trimester of pregnancy in the rat alters the amniotic fluid (AF) environment and results in hypertensive offspring presenting with metabolic abnormalities such as glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), IGF-2, Na(+) concentration and oxidative stress in the AF were increased, while K(+) concentration was decreased in the RUPP compared with normal pregnant (NP) fetuses. RUPP-offspring (RUPP-O) were smaller (6.1 +/- 0.2 versus 6.7 +/- 0.2 g; P < 0.05) at birth compared with NP-offspring (NP-O) groups. At nine weeks of age, mean arterial pressure (121 +/- 3 versus 107 +/- 5 mmHg; P < 0.05), fasting insulin (0.71 +/- 0.014 versus 0.30 +/- 0.08 ng/mL; P < 0.05), glucose (4.4 +/- 0.2 versus 3.1 +/- 0.3 mmol/L; P < 0.05), leptin (3.8 +/- 0.5 versus 2.3 +/- 0.3 ng/mL; P < 0.05) and the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance index was greater (2.9 +/- 0.6 versus 1.0 +/- 0.3; P < 0.05) in the RUPP-O compared with the NP-O rats. These data indicate that chronic placental ischemia results in numerous alterations to the fetal environment that contributes to the development of impaired glucose metabolism, insulin resistance and hyperleptinemia in young offspring.
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- Alaina Heltemes
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth, 1035 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812, USA
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Grissa O, Yessoufou A, Mrisak I, Hichami A, Amoussou-Guenou D, Grissa A, Djrolo F, Moutairou K, Miled A, Khairi H, Zaouali M, Bougmiza I, Zbidi A, Tabka Z, Khan NA. Growth factor concentrations and their placental mRNA expression are modulated in gestational diabetes mellitus: possible interactions with macrosomia. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2010; 10:7. [PMID: 20144210 PMCID: PMC2830966 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2009] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a form of diabetes that occurs during pregnancy. GDM is a well known risk factor for foetal overgrowth, termed macrosomia which is influenced by maternal hypergycemia and endocrine status through placental circulation. The study was undertaken to investigate the implication of growth factors and their receptors in GDM and macrosomia, and to discuss the role of the materno-foeto-placental axis in the in-utero regulation of foetal growth. Methods 30 women with GDM and their 30 macrosomic babies (4.75 ± 0.15 kg), and 30 healthy age-matched pregnant women and their 30 newborns (3.50 ± 0.10 kg) were recruited in the present study. Serum concentrations of GH and growth factors, i.e., IGF-I, IGF-BP3, FGF-2, EGF and PDGF-B were determined by ELISA. The expression of mRNA encoding for GH, IGF-I, IGF-BP3, FGF-2, PDGF-B and EGF, and their receptors, i.e., GHR, IGF-IR, FGF-2R, EGFR and PDGFR-β were quantified by using RT-qPCR. Results The serum concentrations of IGF-I, IGF-BP3, EGF, FGF-2 and PDGF-B were higher in GDM women and their macrosomic babies as compared to their respective controls. The placental mRNA expression of the growth factors was either upregulated (FGF-2 or PDGF-B) or remained unaltered (IGF-I and EGF) in the placenta of GDM women. The mRNA expression of three growth factor receptors, i.e., IGF-IR, EGFR and PDGFR-β, was upregulated in the placenta of GDM women. Interestingly, serum concentrations of GH were downregulated in the GDM women and their macrosomic offspring. Besides, the expression of mRNAs encoding for GHR was higher, but that encoding for GH was lower, in the placenta of GDM women than control women. Conclusions Our results demonstrate that growth factors might be implicated in GDM and, in part, in the pathology of macrosomia via materno-foeto-placental axis.
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- Oussama Grissa
- University of Burgundy, UPRES EA4183 Lipids and Cell Signaling, Faculty of Life Sciences, Dijon, France
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Drozdowski LA, Iordache C, Clandinin MT, Todd Z, Gonnet M, Wild G, Uwiera RR, Thomson AB. Maternal dexamethasone and GLP-2 have early effects on intestinal sugar transport in their suckling rat offspring. J Nutr Biochem 2009; 20:771-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2008.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2007] [Revised: 06/24/2008] [Accepted: 07/09/2008] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Street ME, Grossi E, Volta C, Faleschini E, Bernasconi S. Placental determinants of fetal growth: identification of key factors in the insulin-like growth factor and cytokine systems using artificial neural networks. BMC Pediatr 2008; 8:24. [PMID: 18559101 PMCID: PMC2438355 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-8-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2008] [Accepted: 06/17/2008] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Changes and relationships of components of the cytokine and IGF systems have been shown in placenta and cord serum of fetal growth restricted (FGR) compared with normal newborns (AGA). This study aimed to analyse a data set of clinical and biochemical data in FGR and AGA newborns to assess if a mathematical model existed and was capable of identifying these two different conditions in order to identify the variables which had a mathematically consistent biological relevance to fetal growth. METHODS Whole villous tissue was collected at birth from FGR (N = 20) and AGA neonates (N = 28). Total RNA was extracted, reverse transcribed and then real-time quantitative (TaqMan) RT-PCR was performed to quantify cDNA for IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-1, IGFBP-2 and IL-6. The corresponding proteins with TNF-alpha in addition were assayed in placental lysates using specific kits. The data were analysed using Artificial Neural Networks (supervised networks), and principal component analysis and connectivity map. RESULTS The IGF system and IL-6 allowed to predict FGR in approximately 92% of the cases and AGA in 85% of the cases with a low number of errors. IGF-II, IGFBP-2, and IL-6 content in the placental lysates were the most important factors connected with FGR. The condition of being FGR was connected mainly with the IGF-II placental content, and the latter with IL-6 and IGFBP-2 concentrations in placental lysates. CONCLUSION These results suggest that further research in humans should focus on these biochemical data. Furthermore, this study offered a critical revision of previous studies. The understanding of this system biology is relevant to the development of future therapeutical interventions possibly aiming at reducing IL-6 and IGFBP-2 concentrations preserving IGF bioactivity in both placenta and fetus.
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- Maria E Street
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy
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- Centro Diagnostico Italiano, Via Saint Bon, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Parma, 43100 Parma, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, I.R.C.C.S "Burlo Garofalo", Trieste, Italy
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Drozdowski LA, Iordache C, Clandinin MT, Todd ZS, Gonnet M, Wild G, Uwiera RR, Thomson AB. Dexamethasone and GLP-2 administered to rat dams during pregnancy and lactation have late effects on intestinal sugar transport in their postweanling offspring. J Nutr Biochem 2008; 19:49-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2007.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2006] [Revised: 01/11/2007] [Accepted: 01/11/2007] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Vambergue A, Fajardy I, Dufour P, Valat AS, Vandersippe M, Fontaine P, Danze PM, Rousseaux J. No loss of genomic imprinting of IGF-II and H19 in placentas of diabetic pregnancies with fetal macrosomia. Growth Horm IGF Res 2007; 17:130-136. [PMID: 17306581 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2007.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Fetal macrosomia is a common complication of maternal diabetes mellitus and is associated with substantial morbidity, but the precise cellular and molecular mechanisms that induce fetal macrosomia are not well understood. The imprinted genes IGF-II and H19 are crucial for placental development and fetal growth. The term placentas from diabetic pregnancies express more insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) than those from normal pregnancies. Deregulation of their imprinting status is observed in the macrosomia-associated syndrome, the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. The aim of this study was to determine whether loss of imprinting hence biallelic expression was also a hallmark of macrosomia in diabetic pregnancies. DESIGN AND METHODS IGF-II and H19 maternal and paternal expressions were studied in placentas from two groups of type 1 diabetic mothers: one with macrosomic babies and the other with babies of normal weight. Maternal or paternal allele specific expressions were defined by using DNA polymorphic markers of the IGF-II and H19 genes. RFLP analysis was performed on PCR products from genomic DNA of the father, the mother and the child, and on RT-PCR products from placental mRNA. RESULTS RFLP analysis showed that the IGF-II gene remains paternally expressed and the H19 gene remains maternally expressed in all placentas examined, independently of the birth weight status. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that, in contrast with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome-associated macrosomia, loss of imprinting for IGF-II or H19 is not a common feature of diabetic pregnancies associated with macrosomia.
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- A Vambergue
- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Marc Linquette Hospital, CHRU Lille, France.
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Street ME, Seghini P, Ziveri MA, Fieni S, Volta C, Neri TM, Viani I, Bacchi-Modena A, Bernasconi S. Interleukin-6 and insulin-like growth factor system relationships and differences in the human placenta and fetus from the 35th week of gestation. Growth Horm IGF Res 2006; 16:365-372. [PMID: 17101288 DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2006.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2006] [Revised: 09/27/2006] [Accepted: 09/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The integrity of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system is essential for normal fetal growth. Cytokine and IGF-IGFBP relationships have been shown in specific tissues, but it is unknown whether these occur in the placenta. We aimed to assess possible differences in the IGF system depending on gestational age (GA) from week 35 to 40, and to study relationships of IL-6 with components of the IGF system in the placenta and newborn infant. We followed 32 normal births and collected whole villous tissue and cord serum. Total RNA was extracted from the placenta samples, reverse transcribed and then real-time quantitative (TaqMan) RT-PCR was performed to quantify cDNA for IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-1, IGFBP-2 and IL-6. The corresponding proteins were assayed in placenta lysates and cord serum using specific commercial kits. Two groups of subjects (Group 1, 35-37 weeks GA, N=12 and Group 2, 38-40 weeks GA, N=20) were studied. In placenta, IGF-I mRNA was more abundant than IGF-II mRNA at all times and together with IGFBP-1mRNA were less expressed at term. IGFBP-2 and IL-6 mRNAs were higher after week 37 GA. IL-6 and IGFBP-2 gene expression were closely related. The corresponding proteins showed similar differences to the genes but IGF-I was undetectable in the lysates, whereas IGF-II was abundant. IGFBP-2 concentrations were very high and greater than those of IGFBP-1. In the newborn, no difference was seen in any cord serum protein after week 35 GA. IGFBP-1 was negatively correlated with parameters of neonatal size. In conclusion, this study reports new insights into IL-6, IGF-IGFBP relationships within the human placenta and shows the importance of comparing subjects with the same GA.
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- M E Street
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Parma, Via Gramsci, 14, 43100 Parma, Italy.
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Reis FM, D'Antona D, Petraglia F. Predictive value of hormone measurements in maternal and fetal complications of pregnancy. Endocr Rev 2002; 23:230-57. [PMID: 11943744 DOI: 10.1210/edrv.23.2.0459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Intrauterine tissues (placenta, amnion, chorion, decidua) express hormones and cytokines that play a decisive role in maternal-fetal physiological interactions. The excessive or deficient release of some placental hormones in association with gestational diseases may reflect an abnormal differentiation of the placenta, an impaired fetal metabolism, or an adaptive response of the feto-placental unit to adverse conditions. This review is focused on the applicability of hormone measurements in the risk assessment, early diagnosis, and management of pregnancies complicated by Down's syndrome, fetal growth restriction, preeclampsia, preterm delivery, and diabetes mellitus. Combined hormonal tests or the combination of hormones and ultrasound may achieve reasonable sensitivity, but research continues to simplify the screening programs without sacrificing their accuracy. Only in a few instances is there sufficient evidence to firmly recommend the routine use of hormone tests to predict maternal and fetal complications, but the judicious use of selected tests may enhance the sensitivity of the risk assessment based solely on clinical and ultrasound examination.
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- Fernando M Reis
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte 30130-100, Brazil
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Zollers WG, Babischkin JS, Pepe GJ, Albrecht ED. Developmental regulation of placental insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II and IGF-binding protein-1 and -2 messenger RNA expression during primate pregnancy. Biol Reprod 2001; 65:1208-14. [PMID: 11566745 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod65.4.1208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The present study was conducted to determine the developmental expression of placental insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II, IGF-binding protein (IGFBP)-1 and -2, and IGF-II receptor mRNA expression during baboon pregnancy and whether estrogen, the levels of which increase with advancing pregnancy, regulates placental trophoblast IGF-II mRNA expression. Levels of the IGF-II 6.1-kilobase (kb) and 4.9-kb mRNA transcripts determined by Northern blot analysis progressively increased three- to fourfold in placental syncytiotrophoblast and whole-villous tissue between early (Day 60), mid (Day 100), and late (Day 170) baboon gestation (term = 184 days). In contrast, syncytiotrophoblast IGFBP-1 and -2 mRNA levels decreased, and IGF-II receptor mRNA expression remained relatively constant, with advancing baboon pregnancy. Placental cytotrophoblast IGF-II mRNA levels determined by competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction on Day 54 of gestation were increased (P < 0.05) almost twofold at 18 h after acute administration of estradiol to baboons, whereas long-term estrogen treatment had no effect. We propose that these changes in trophoblast IGF expression would provide a mechanism for enhancing net bioavailability and bioreactivity of IGF-II locally to promote the growth and development of the placenta and, consequently, of the fetus during primate pregnancy.
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- W G Zollers
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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Zumkeller W. Current topic: the role of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors for placental growth and development. Placenta 2000; 21:451-67. [PMID: 10940195 DOI: 10.1053/plac.2000.0505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- W Zumkeller
- Department of Pediatrics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
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Hernandez ER. Embryo implantation and GnRH antagonists: embryo implantation: the Rubicon for GnRH antagonists. Hum Reprod 2000; 15:1211-6. [PMID: 10831542 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/15.6.1211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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When gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) was discovered, the agonist and antagonist of GnRH were developed to control the release of FSH and LH by the gonadotrophs. More than 10 years of research were needed to develop a GnRH antagonist free of histamine release. Recent studies have shown that these GnRH antagonists are effective in preventing a rise in LH during ovarian stimulation in IVF. However, a decrease in ongoing pregnancies seems to suggest that implantation rates per transferred embryo are reduced in GnRH antagonist-stimulated cycles. In my opinion, these data highlight an area less well known to clinicians: the role of the GnRH antagonist at the cellular level in extrapituitary tissues. There are sufficient data in the literature suggesting that GnRH antagonist is an inhibitor of the cell cycle by decreasing the synthesis of growth factors. Given that, for folliculogenesis, blastomere formation and endometrium development, mitosis is everything; the interaction between the GnRH antagonist and the GnRH receptor (present in all these cells and tissues) may compromise the mitotic programme of these cells. This is the Rubicon for the GnRH antagonist: to demonstrate irrevocably that, at the minimal doses necessary to suppress LH release, it does not affect processes such as implantation, embryo development and folliculogenesis.
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- E R Hernandez
- Clinica de Reproduccion Asistida FIV-Madrid and Instituto de Bioquimica (CSIC-UCM), C/Alvarez de Baena 4, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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Abu-Amero SN, Ali Z, Bennett P, Vaughan JI, Moore GE. Expression of the insulin-like growth factors and their receptors in term placentas: a comparison between normal and IUGR births. Mol Reprod Dev 1998; 49:229-35. [PMID: 9491374 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199803)49:3<229::aid-mrd2>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) is defined as growth retarded to be below the tenth centile. The insulin-like growth factors and their receptors are implicated in pre- and postnatal growth and development, and it is believed that alteration in their activity may contribute to IUGR. In this study nine normal and nine intrauterine growth retarded births were followed and term placentas examined for expression of the insulin-like growth factors and their receptors. It was found that the expression of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2), and the insulin, IGF1 and IGF2 receptor transcripts (IGF1R and IGF2R, respectively) was present in all term placentas examined. Expression of insulin was not detected. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to compare transcription levels in term placentas from normal with IUGR births. There was no significant difference in the levels of transcripts for IGF1, insulin receptor, or IGF2R between normal and IUGR term placentas. However, the IUGR term placentas had significantly higher levels of IGF2 and IGF1R expression compared with the normal term placentas. The increase in the transcription of IGF2 and IGF1R in IUGR term placentas may represent a counter regulatory mechanism in response to the growth retardation.
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- S N Abu-Amero
- Molecular Biology Laboratory for Fetal Development, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, London, England.
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Chernicky CL, Redline RW, Tan HQ, Gwatkin RB, Johnson TR, Ilan J, Ilan J. Expression of insulin-like growth factors I and II in conceptuses from normal and diabetic mice. Mol Reprod Dev 1994; 37:382-90. [PMID: 8011322 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080370404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Insulin-like growth factors (IGF-I and IGF-II) play an important regulatory role in fetal growth and development. Alterations in expression of these growth factors may result in developmental abnormalities, macrosomia, and intrauterine growth retardation, which occur with a higher incidence in diabetic pregnancies. In situ hybridization histochemistry was employed to investigate the distribution and abundance of IGF-I and IGF-II in peri-implantation and postimplantation conceptuses from normal and streptozotocin-treated diabetic mice. Animals were sacrificed on gestational days 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The entire uterine horn was prepared for hybridization with antisense and sense alpha 35S-dATP labeled oligonucleotide probes for IGF-I, IGF-II, and mouse beta-actin. IGF-I transcript was apparent only in myometrium at 6 days of gestation in normal and diabetic mice. IGF-II transcripts were restricted to trophoectoderm cells within the implantation chamber on day 5. Following implantation, IGF-II transcripts were found in trophoectodermal derivatives, primitive endoderm, mesoderm, heart, walls of the foregut, and mesenchyme in normal and diabetic postimplantation conceptuses. There were no apparent differences between normal and diabetic samples in the distribution and abundance of the IGF-II transcript from gestational days 7, 8, and 9. The embryos from the diabetic mother at day 6 were growth retarded and had a significant decrease in the expression of IGF-II. These results suggest that maternal hyperglycemia may retard development of the early implanting conceptus in a narrow window around day 6 through a mechanism involving decreased IGF-II expression.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C L Chernicky
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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Redline RW, Chernicky CL, Tan HQ, Ilan J, Ilan J. Differential expression of insulin-like growth factor-II in specific regions of the late (post day 9.5) murine placenta. Mol Reprod Dev 1993; 36:121-9. [PMID: 8257562 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080360202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) expression has been implicated as a major determinant of fetal size during murine pregnancy. It remains unclear whether expression in the fetus, the placenta, or both is the overriding factor controlling growth. To gain further understanding of the placental contribution, we mapped IGF-II expression in the fetal vascular and trophoblastic portions of the late murine placenta (day 9.5-18.5). We found that, as in the fetus itself, vasculogenic mesenchyme, in this case derived from the allantois, was the strongest expressor of IGF-II. Trophoblast, on the other hand, while expressing somewhat less IGF-II, showed a dynamic pattern of IGF-II expression, which reflected its continuing differentiation during late pregnancy. Initially (days 9.5 and 12.5), the spongiotrophoblast, which is homologous to the cytotrophoblast columns and shell in early human pregnancy, strongly expressed IGF-II. Later, expression in the spongiotrophoblast was down-regulated as a new population, the so-called glycogen cells, emerged within the spongiotrophoblast (day 12.5-15.5) and went on to invade the mesometrial decidua. Glycogen cells, which are homologous to human intermediate trophoblast, strongly expressed IGF-II. Trophoblast lining the area of maternal-fetal exchange, the labyrinth, on the other hand, maintained a constitutive lower level of IGF-II expression throughout late pregnancy.
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- R W Redline
- Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
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Kelley KM, Johnson TR, Gwatkin RB, Ilan J, Ilan J. Transgenic strategies in reproductive endocrinology. Mol Reprod Dev 1993; 34:337-47. [PMID: 8471257 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080340315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The present discussion surveys some of the recently published studies utilizing transgenic strategies to address questions in reproductive endocrinology. Beginning with a brief introduction of the transgenic method itself, the following areas are covered: 1. Sexual development and Müllerian-inhibiting substance; 2. Hypogonadal mice and hypothalamic GnRH; 3. The GnRH neuron: generation of immortalized rare cell types; 4. Glycoprotein hormones: immortalized cells, development and evolution; 5. Growth hormone and reproduction; and, 6. Gestation and the insulin-like growth factors. In each section, the discussion attempts to be integrative with respect to the significance of the results to physiological, cellular and molecular biology. We believe this approach is appropriate, as transgenic science itself is necessarily an integration of all of these levels of investigation and participation from those working at all levels is needed.
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- K M Kelley
- Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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Daimon M, Johnson TR, Ilan J, Ilan J. The third IGF-II promoter specifies transcription of three transcripts out of five in human placenta. Mol Reprod Dev 1992; 33:413-7. [PMID: 1282023 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080330407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) mRNA exists as multiple transcript size classes, such as 6.0, 5.3, 4.9, 3.2, and 2.2 kb mRNAs in various human tissues. Three different promoters, 2 different polyadenylation sites, and alternative splicing are involved in producing these multiple transcripts. Initiation of transcription at the 3 different promoters results in multiple mRNAs which contain identical coding regions but different 5'-untranslated regions (5'-UTRs). The first promoter is thought to direct expression of 5.3 kb mRNA in adult human liver. The second promoter region directs expression of 6.0, 3.2, and 2.2 kb mRNAs in human fetal tissues and several adult nonliver tissues. The third promoter specifies transcription of a 4.9 kb mRNA in various tissues. We isolated and sequenced a cDNA clone (pIGF-II-1-70) from a human placental cDNA library, which contains the IGF-II coding region and the 5'-UTR associated with the third promoter. By using a 5'-UTR-specific probe from the clone, we found that this third 5'-UTR is contained in the IGF-II mRNA of 2.2 kb and is absent in the 3.2 kb IGF-II mRNA. We also found an 0.9 kb transcript expressed in placenta, which hybridized strongly to the third 5'-UTR specific probe but not to IGF-II coding region probes. This finding might indicate the existence of an mRNA encoding an IGF-II-associated peptide.
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- M Daimon
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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BACKGROUND Congenital mesoblastic nephroma (CMN) is a rare tumor of the neonatal kidney. It was once thought to be a variant of Wilms tumor that also arises from primitive renal cells. METHODS Molecular characteristics of two CMN were studied to clarify their potential relationship to Wilms tumors. Patterns of gene expression were assayed by Northern blot hybridization analysis. Tumors were tested for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at chromosomes 11p13 and 11p15 using Southern blot analysis. RESULTS The CMN, like Wilms tumors, demonstrated high-level expression of insulin-like growth factor II. Unlike Wilms tumors, however, the CMN expressed neither the N-myc oncogene nor the putative Wilms tumor suppressor gene, WT1. Using a panel of probes spanning 11p13 and 11p15, no LOH was detected in the CMN, nor was there evidence of deletion or rearrangements of WT1. CONCLUSIONS Although Wilms tumor and CMN both arise from the developing kidney, molecular characterization suggests that different factors are involved in the pathogenesis of these two tumors.
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- G E Tomlinson
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9063
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Rothman PA, Chao VA, Taylor MR, Kuhn RW, Jaffe RB, Taylor RN. Extraplacental human fetal tissues express mRNA transcripts encoding the human chorionic gonadotropin-beta subunit protein. Mol Reprod Dev 1992; 33:1-6. [PMID: 1510839 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080330102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The glycoprotein hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is synthesized in large quantities by the developing placenta, reaching peak concentrations in maternal blood during the late first trimester and early midtrimester of pregnancy. In general it is believed that the alpha-subunit of this dimeric hormone is expressed in pituitary gonadotropes, thyrotropes, and trophoblasts, while the beta-subunit is expressed exclusively by trophoblasts. Studies from our laboratory and other laboratories have shown that some midtrimester human fetal tissues, in addition to the placenta, can synthesize proteins that appear to be very similar to the beta-subunit of hCG. To define precisely the nature of this putative hCG-beta-subunit in extraplacental fetal tissues, we have examined the mRNA from a variety of human fetal and adult tissues using nucleic acid hybridization and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods. Our results demonstrate that midtrimester fetal kidney and adrenal tissues contain hCG-beta mRNA transcripts at concentrations comparable to that of placenta, while fetal lung, brain, muscle, and adult adrenal contain only trace to undetectable levels of hCG-beta mRNA. By restriction endonuclease mapping of PCR fragments from fetal tissue cDNAs, we show that the hCG-beta transcript expressed in midtrimester human fetal organs is a bone fide copy of hCG-beta gene No. 5 of the beta-subunit gene family located on chromosome 19.
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- P A Rothman
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0132
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Trojan J, Blossey BK, Johnson TR, Rudin SD, Tykocinski M, Ilan J, Ilan J. Loss of tumorigenicity of rat glioblastoma directed by episome-based antisense cDNA transcription of insulin-like growth factor I. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:4874-8. [PMID: 1594587 PMCID: PMC49190 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.11.4874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Malignant glioma is the most common brain tumor. The molecular basis of glioma tumorigenicity has not been defined. Cultured glioma cells accumulate high levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) transcripts. We asked whether IGF-I expression is coupled to tumorigenicity, using a combined in vivo/in vitro system employing antisense RNA for IGF-I. An antisense IGF-I expression construct in an expression vector that incorporates Epstein-Barr virus replicative signals and the ZnSO4-inducible metallothionein I transcriptional promoter was assembled. Stable glioma transfectants were derived from C6 glioma cells, which constitutively express IGF-I. B-104 neuroblastoma cells, derived originally from the same tumor but not expressing IGF-I, were also transfected as controls. In the absence of ZnSO4, the C6 transfectants expressed high levels of IGF-I mRNA and protein as detected by in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry, respectively. Addition of ZnSO4 in the culture medium resulted in high levels of antisense transcript accumulation and dramatically decreased levels of endogenous IGF-I mRNA and IGF-I protein. Subcutaneous injection of either nontransfected C6 parental cells or C6 cells transfected with vector without IGF-I sequences into rats resulted in large tumors after 2 weeks, as did transfected and nontransfected B-104 cells. However, the rats injected with transfected C6 cells yielded no tumors after 40 weeks of observation. Two weeks after injection of the transfected C6 cells a small cyst was apparent in six rats. Histologic sections revealed a few glioma cells infiltrated by a large number of mononuclear cells. No infiltration of mononuclear cells was apparent in the glioma tumors resulting from injection of parental (nontransfected) cells, suggesting that the parental cells, but not the antisense IGF-I transfectants, escape the host immune response.
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- J Trojan
- Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106
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Uhlrich S, Tiollier J, Chirouze V, Tardy M, Tayot JL. Biochemical and biological characterization of a crude growth factor extract (EAP) from human term-placental tissue. Placenta 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0143-4004(05)80306-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Boehm KD, Daimon M, Gorodeski IG, Sheean LA, Utian WH, Ilan J. Expression of the insulin-like and platelet-derived growth factor genes in human uterine tissues. Mol Reprod Dev 1990; 27:93-101. [PMID: 1979007 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080270203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The human uterus repeatedly exhibits cyclic biochemical and cytological changes during the reproductive period of life. These changes are the result of a well-characterized endocrine network involving the hypothalamus, pituitary, and ovary. The exact nature of the mechanism(s) by which the sex steroids act on the uterus remains to be elucidated. Possible local mediators of hormonal action on the uterus include polypeptide growth factors. Using the method of RNA transfer blot hybridization, we have analyzed tissue samples from the cycling human endometrium and tissue samples of human myometrium and myometrial benign tumor (leiomyoma) for the presence of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF) RNA. All the uterine tissues examined possessed RNA for PDGF-B chain and IGF-I and -II. Two transcripts were observed for PDGF-B chain, four were observed for IGF-I, and eight were observed for IGF-II. Overall, the relative abundance of PDGF-B chain RNA was consistent in all of the uterine tissues examined. In contrast, IGF RNA relative abundance varied. IGF-I RNA was highest in late proliferative stage endometrium, and IGF-II RNA was highest in early proliferative stage endometrium. Both IGF-I and IGF-II RNAs were greater in amount of leiomyoma than in myometrium. The increased IGF-I RNA in late proliferative-stage human endometrium correlates with the known elevation of estradiol secretion by the ovary and the increased concentration of uterine estradiol receptors during this stage of the menstrual cycle.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- K D Boehm
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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Martinoli MG, Pelletier G. Ontogenesis and Sexual Dimorphism of Rat Growth Hormone Messenger Ribonucleic Acid as Studied by in situ Hybridization. J Neuroendocrinol 1990; 2:613-9. [PMID: 19215396 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1990.tb00455.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Abstract We have investigated the ontogeny of growth hormone (GH) mRNA in the developing rat foetus and also from birth to adulthood. Using quantitative in situ hybridization, we studied the variations in the levels of GH mRNA during foetal and postnatal life in the pituitary of both male and female rats. A cDNA probe to GH mRNA was used to detect GH transcripts on fixed pituitary sections at different stages of development. Few labelled cells were observed in the lateral wings of the anterior pituitary from the 17th to 19th day of gestation in both sexes. The amounts of GH mRNA significantly increased in both male and female rats from neonatal to adult life, reaching the highest levels after puberty. A clear sexual dimorphism was observed at the 20th day of foetal life, GH mRNA levels being higher in male than in female rats. After birth, no significant differences of GH mRNA levels could be observed between male and female rats until 30 days of age (prepubertal period) when male rats exhibited GH mRNA levels higher than females. This sexual difference in GH mRNA levels remained constant throughout adult life. Moreover, gonadectomy performed at neonatal, prepubertal and adult periods in both male and female rats did not modify GH mRNA levels in either sex. These results indicate that an early synthesis of GH mRNA occurs in foetal pituitary and that the sexual dimorphism of GH mRNA observed from 30 days of age is not related to sex steroids.
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- M G Martinoli
- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, CHUL Research Center, 2705 Laurier Boulevard, Quebec G1V 4G2, Canada
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Petraglia F, Calzà L, Garuti GC, Giardino L, De Ramundo BM, Angioni S. New aspects of placental endocrinology. J Endocrinol Invest 1990; 13:353-71. [PMID: 1973427 DOI: 10.1007/bf03349579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- F Petraglia
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Modena, School of Medicine, Italy
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Whitehead RH, Novak U, Thomas RJ, Lukeis RE, Walker FE, Jones J. A new gastric carcinoma cell line (LIM1839) derived from a young Caucasian male. Int J Cancer 1989; 44:1100-3. [PMID: 2606577 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910440627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We describe a new and unique gastric carcinoma cell line (LIM1839) derived from a young Caucasian male with rapidly progressing disease. The cell line grows with a pleomorphic morphology and has been in continuous culture for more than 3 years. The cells cannot be cloned in semi-solid agar or grown in nude mice despite numerous attempts. The karyotype of the cultured cells is highly abnormal with a large number of structural and numerical changes. Some chromosomes are dicentric and this feature has persisted in this culture. The cells express one of the small-intestinal dipeptidases, aminopeptidase N, but do not express dipeptidyl peptidase IV or the disaccharidases, sucrase isomaltase or maltase glucoamylase. The cells express high levels of EGF receptors and of messenger RNA for insulin-like growth factor II.
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- R H Whitehead
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne Tumour Biology Branch, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
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Hall K, Johansson BL, Póvoa G, Thalme B. Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) I, II and IGF binding protein in diabetic adolescents treated with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion. J Intern Med 1989; 225:273-8. [PMID: 2542427 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1989.tb00078.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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IGF-I and IGF-II as well as the low molecular type of IGF binding protein (IGFPB) were determined in serum from 11 adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) during a cross-over study with conventional and continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CIT and CSII) therapy. At the onset of the study the mean IGF-I level, 127 +/- 15 ng ml-1, was significantly decreased (P less than 0.001) in comparison with age-matched controls, whereas the mean IGF-II level, 1024 +/- 48 ng ml-1, was increased. A significant correlation (r = 0.70, P less than 0.05) was found between IGF-II and HbA1c levels. The mean morning level of IGFBP, 75 +/- 17 ng ml-1, at the onset of the study, was increased threefold above that in age-matched controls (P less than 0.01). There was a significant correlation between IGFBP and blood glucose values (r = 0.66, P less than 0.05). During CSII therapy a significant decrease (P less than 0.05) of the IGFBP levels was seen in subjects with a decrease in glucose levels, whereas no change was observed in IGF levels. The findings of elevated IGF-II and IGFBP levels and correlations between IGFBP and blood glucose concentration as well as IGF-II and HbA1c levels in adolescents with IDDM indicate that both IGF-II and IGFBP reflect a deranged metabolism caused by inadequate insulin administration.
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- K Hall
- Department of Endocrinology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Boehm KD, Kelley MF, Ilan J, Ilan J. The interleukin 2 gene is expressed in the syncytiotrophoblast of the human placenta. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1989; 86:656-60. [PMID: 2463636 PMCID: PMC286532 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.2.656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The lymphokine interleukin 2 is an important immune system regulatory glycopolypeptide. It is produced by antigen- or mitogen-stimulated T lymphocytes and is required for the proliferation or clonal expansion of activated T lymphocytes. In this report, it is demonstrated by RNA transfer blot hybridization that the poly(A)+ RNA population of the human placenta contains a 0.85-kilobase RNA transcript that specifically hybridizes to a human interleukin 2 cDNA probe. By using hybridization histochemistry in situ, it is further shown that interleukin 2 RNA transcripts are localized, primarily, to the syncytial (syncytiotrophoblast) layer of the human placenta. Possible roles for syncytiotrophoblast-produced interleukin 2 are suggested and discussed.
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- K D Boehm
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve, University School of Medicine, OH
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Shen SJ, Daimon M, Wang CY, Jansen M, Ilan J. Isolation of an insulin-like growth factor II cDNA with a unique 5' untranslated region from human placenta. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:1947-51. [PMID: 2450353 PMCID: PMC279898 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.6.1947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Human insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) cDNA from a placental library was isolated and sequenced. The 5' untranslated region (5'-UTR) sequence of this cDNA differs completely from that of adult human liver and has considerable base sequence identity to the same region of an IGF-II cDNA of a rat liver cell line, BRL-3A. Human placental poly(A)+ RNA was probed with either the 5'-UTR of the isolated human placental IGF-II cDNA or the 5'-UTR of the IGF-II cDNA obtained from adult human liver. No transcripts were detected by using the 5'-UTR of the adult liver IGF-II as the probe. In contrast, three transcripts of 6.0, 3.2, and 2.2 kilobases were detected by using the 5'-UTR of the placental IGF-II cDNA as the probe or the probe from the coding sequence. A fourth IGF-II transcript of 4.9 kilobases presumably containing a 5'-UTR consisting of a base sequence dissimilar to that of either IGF-II 5'-UTR was apparent. Therefore, IGF-II transcripts detected may be products of alternative splicing as their 5'-UTR sequence is contained within the human IGF-II gene or they may be a consequence of alternative promoter utilization in placenta.
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- S J Shen
- Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106
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