Affiliation:
1. Instituto de Bioquı́mica (Centro Mixto Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientı́ficas-Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Facultad de Farmacia, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Abstract
Changes in the renal synthesis and concentration of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and their serum-binding proteins (IGFBPs) reported in insulin-deficient diabetes mellitus may be implicated in the alterations of the kidney function and morphology accompanying this disease. Most research on this subject has been carried out in adult animals, as well as in peripubertal rats, when the regulation of the IGF system is fully dependent on serum growth hormone (GH). However, relevant differences in the regulatory pathways of IGFs between adult and neonatal periods have been described. To examine the response of the IGF/IGFBP system of neonatal kidney to diabetes, renal IGF-I and -II and IGFBP-1, -2, and -3 concentration and mRNA expression were determined in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat neonates. Diabetic neonates exhibited a kidney weight-to-body weight ratio higher than that of control rats, together with decreased IGF-I and increased IGF-II renal concentration. Because kidney mRNA expression of both IGFs decreased, the elevated renal IGF-II might result from increased uptake from circulation. Insulin treatment recovered the altered IGFs to control values, indicating the insulin-dependent regulation of IGFs in the neonatal kidney. Elevated levels of the IGFBP-1 and -2 in the kidney of diabetic neonates did not result from changes in their kidney mRNA transcript expression, suggesting also a possible uptake from circulation.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
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