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  • Title: Effects of chronic renal failure and growth hormone on serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-4 (IGFBP-4) and IGFBP-5 in children: a report of the Southwest Pediatric Nephrology Study Group.
    Author: Powell DR, Durham SK, Brewer ED, Frane JW, Watkins SL, Hogg RJ, Mohan S.
    Journal: J Clin Endocrinol Metab; 1999 Feb; 84(2):596-601. PubMed ID: 10022422.
    Abstract:
    Children with chronic renal failure (CRF) have high serum levels of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1), -2, and -6. The excess IGFBP-2 and -1 may play a role in the growth failure of CRF children by sequestering IGF peptides. In contrast, IGFBP-3 levels rise with GH treatment of CRF children, suggesting a role for IGFBP-3 in their accelerated growth. The present studies used sensitive and specific antisera to characterize levels and forms of IGFBP-4 and -5 in serum from CRF children. By RIA, the mean baseline serum level of IGFBP-4 was high in CRF children compared to that in normal children, but the IGFBP-4 level in CRF serum did not correlate with height SD score; by immunoblot, high CRF levels were associated with increases in both intact and fragmented IGFBP-4. Mean RIA levels of IGFBP-5 were comparable in sera from CRF and normal children. Treating CRF children with GH for 12 months increased serum IGFBP-4 levels by 26% and IGFBP-5 levels by 49%, as determined by RIA; levels of IGFBP-5, but not IGFBP-4, correlated significantly with serum levels of IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-3, and acid-labile subunit and with growth rate in these GH-treated children. In summary, IGFBP-4 levels are high in serum of CRF children, and GH increases serum levels of IGFBP-4 and IGFBP-5 in these children. The data suggest a role for IGFBP-5 in the accelerated growth of GH-treated CRF children, perhaps as part of a ternary complex with acid-labile subunit and IGFs. Additional studies on the relationship between intact IGFBP-4 levels and growth are needed to determine what role IGFBP-4 plays in the linear growth process in vivo.
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