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  • Title: Characterization of a specific insulin-like growth factor-I/somatomedin-C receptor on high density, primary monolayer cultures of bovine articular chondrocytes: regulation of receptor concentration by somatomedin, insulin and growth hormone.
    Author: Watanabe N, Rosenfeld RG, Hintz RL, Dollar LA, Smith RL.
    Journal: J Endocrinol; 1985 Nov; 107(2):275-83. PubMed ID: 2999282.
    Abstract:
    In order to obtain a phenotypically stable cell population of chondrocytes, high density primary monolayer cultures of bovine articular chondrocytes were established. Using these cultures, a specific insulin-like growth factor-I/somatomedin-C (IGF-I/SM-C) receptor was demonstrated and characterized. At 15 degrees C steady-state binding was attained by 5 h, and averaged 25% per 2.2 X 10(6) cells. Fifty per cent displacement of 125I-labelled IGF-I/SM-C by unlabelled IGF-I/SM-C occurred at concentrations of only 2.3 ng/ml, whereas IGF-II and porcine insulin were approximately 15- and 1000-fold less potent respectively. Scatchard analysis gave a linear plot, with a calculated association constant of 2.26 X 10(9) l/mol and a receptor number of 15 400 sites per cell. Preincubation of chondrocyte monolayers with either IGF-I SM-C or porcine insulin at 37 degrees C for 20 h resulted in reduction of 125I-labelled IGF-I/SM-C binding in a dose-dependent manner, although higher concentrations were required with insulin. More than 40% down-regulation of the receptor occurred with IGF-I/SM-C at concentrations of 10 nmol/l and nearly 70% reduction at 50 nmol/l. Interestingly, after preincubation with either human (h) or bovine (b) GH, 40% down-regulation of 125I-labelled IGF-I/SM-C binding was observed at concentrations of 10 mumol/l. Local production of IGF-I/SM-C by chondrocytes in response to GH stimulation may have occurred, but, because only 120 pmol IGF-I/SM-C and less than 30 pmol IGF-I/SM-C per litre were recovered from serum-free conditioned media preincubated with bGH and hGH respectively, this was not established.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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