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Title: Stimulation of proteoglycans by IGF I and II in microvessel and large vessel endothelial cells

Journal Article · · Am. J. Physiol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6244608

Endothelial cells were cultured from bovine capillaries and pulmonary arteries, and the effect of insulinlike growth factor (IGF) I and II (multiplication-stimulating activity) and insulin on the synthesis of proteoglycans was determined. IGF I and II stimulated /sup 35/SO/sub 4/ incorporation into proteoglycans in a dose-dependent manner in both microvessel and pulmonary artery endothelial cells with maximum threefold increases. In pulmonary artery cells, the IGFs caused a general stimulation of all classes of glycosaminoglycan-containing proteoglycans. In microvessel endothelial cells, the IGFs appeared to preferentially increase heparan sulfate-containing proteoglycans. Insulin, at concentrations up to 10/sup -6/ M, had no effect on the synthesis of proteoglycans in either microvessel or pulmonary arterial endothelial cells. Thus, the IGFs stimulate the synthesis of proteoglycans in both microvessel and large vessel endothelial cells, a property that is not mimicked by insulin. Because vascular endothelial cells are bathed by IGFs in vivo, such IGF-mediated functions are likely to be significant in both the normal physiology of vascular endothelium and in disease states such as diabetes mellitus.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City (USA)
OSTI ID:
6244608
Journal Information:
Am. J. Physiol.; (United States), Vol. 253:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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