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- Title
Characterization of insulinlike growth factor I produced by fetal rat pancreatic islets.
- Authors
Scharfmann, Raphaël; Corvol, Maité; Czernichow, Paul; Scharfmann, R; Corvol, M; Czernichow, P
- Abstract
Pancreatic islets were prepared from 22-day-old rat fetuses. After 5 days of culture in dishes allowing cell attachment, neoformed islets were kept free floating in RPMI-1640 medium (16.5 mM glucose, 1% fetal calf serum). The islets were then pulsed with [3H]leucine and [35S]methionine for 24 h. The conditioned medium was acidified with acetic acid (final pH 2.7), desalted, concentrated, and gel filtered on Bio-Gel P100 in acid conditions. The radioactive material that comigrated with immunoreactive insulinlike growth factor I (IGF-I) produced by the islets was pooled, concentrated, and further characterized by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography on a C18 Bondapak column with a linear gradient of acetonitrile (20-80%). The radioactive material that eluted as pure IGF-I (40% acetonitrile) was further studied by chromatofocusing on a Pharmacia PBE 94 column. A sharp radioactive peak containing [3H]leucine and [35S]methionine was eluted at pH 8.55. This material was immunoprecipitated with an antiserum to IGF-I. This study demonstrated that fetal islet cells synthesize molecules that are, by several criteria, equivalent to native IGF-I.
- Publication
Diabetes, 1989, Vol 38, Issue 6, p686
- ISSN
0012-1797
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.2337/diab.38.6.686