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  • Title: Inhibition of stilbene estrogen-induced cell proliferation of renal epithelial cells through the modulation of insulin-like growth factor-I receptor expression.
    Author: Chen CW, Oberley TD, Roy D.
    Journal: Cancer Lett; 1996 Jul 19; 105(1):51-9. PubMed ID: 8689633.
    Abstract:
    In the present study, we have investigated the effects of stilbene estrogen, diethylstilbestrol (DES), on the proliferative activity and expression of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) receptor in Syrian hamster renal epithelial cells. DES exposure to renal epithelial cells caused both dose- and time-dependent increases in proliferative activity. We also tested the effects of antiestrogen ICI 182780 and insulin-like growth factor-I receptor (IGF-IR) antibody on cell proliferation. Cotreatment of cells with ICI 182780 (250 nM) and DES resulted in a 50% decrease in cell growth compared to DES alone. Treatment of cells with an anti-IGF-IR antibody (alpha IR3, 1 microgram/ml) also significantly reversed the growth-stimulatory effects of DES. A nuclear binding assay revealed that an enhanced level (approximately 2-fold) of [125I]IGF-I binding to nuclear protein occurred in DES treated renal epithelial cell nuclei compared to controls. IGF-I receptor gene expression analyzed by Northern blotting revealed that DES treatment increased the level of IGF-IR mRNA by 2-fold compared to controls. We also tested the effect of ICI compound on the induction of IGF-I receptor gene. The cotreatment of ICI 182780 strongly inhibited DES-induced IGF-I receptor gene expression (50-60% inhibition). Stimulation of the proliferative activity of renal epithelial cells by stilbene estrogen, its prevention by IGF-I receptor antibody, and inhibition of DES-induced proliferative activity and the expression of IGF-I receptors by ICI 182780 suggest the possibility that the stimulatory effect of DES on the proliferative activity of renal epithelial cells may be mediated through the up-regulation of IGF-I receptors.
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