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. 1990 Mar 1;266(2):513–520. doi: 10.1042/bj2660513

Effects of a single cleavage in insulin-like growth factors I and II on binding to receptors, carrier proteins and antibodies.

J Jansen 1, S C van Buul-Offers 1, C M Hoogerbrugge 1, J L Van Den Brande 1
PMCID: PMC1131162  PMID: 2156497

Abstract

Two somatomedin-like peptides were extracted from Cohn fraction IV of human plasma and brought to homogeneity: one focused at pH 7.8 and the other at pH less than 5.6. Each consisted of two peptide chains interlinked by disulphide bonds. The basic peptide was identical to insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and had a single cleavage in the C-domain before Arg37 [IGF-I(Arg36cl)]. The acid peptide showed identity with IGF-II, with a cleavage in the B-domain before Arg30 [IGF-II(Ser29cl)]. The effects of these cleavages on the characteristics of binding to type I and type II receptor sites, to binding proteins and to antibodies was studied. Binding of IGF-I(Arg36cl) to antibodies directed against the B-domain or against the AD-domain of IGF-I was the same as IGF-I binding. Thus the cleavage does not influence these antigenic sites. In contrast, binding of IGF-I(Arg36cl) to the type I receptor on human and bovine placental cell membranes was markedly decreased compared with IGF-I binding. Binding to the insulin receptor on human placental cell membranes was slightly diminished, whereas the interaction with specific type II receptors on bovine placental cell membranes was unaffected. There was only a minor influence of the cleavage on the region involved in binding to binding proteins. The cleavage in IGF-II(Ser29cl) diminished binding to antibodies directed against the C-domain of IGF-II, compared with binding of IGF-II itself. Binding to receptors (type I and type II) was changed less profoundly. With 125I-labelled IGF-II(Ser29cl), less insulin was needed in order to obtain 50% displacement of the tracer compared with displacement of 125I-labelled IGF-II. The cleaved form of IGF-II probably has a greater affinity towards the common receptor population than does native IGF-II. Binding to binding proteins was not affected by the cleavage in IGF-II.

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