Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II and insulin, but not IGF-I, are mitogenic for fetal rat adrenal cells in vitro

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J. P. van Dijk
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A. K. Tanswell
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J. R. G. Challis
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1677/joe.0.1190509
Volume/Issue:
Volume 119: Issue 3
Article Type:
Research Article
Page Range:
509–516
Online Publication Date:
Dec 1988
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ABSTRACT

The agents controlling growth of the fetal adrenal gland are poorly defined. The purpose of the present study was to determine the factors required to promote proliferation of adrenal cells obtained from fetal rats at 20 days of gestation and grown in monolayer cell culture under serum-free conditions. Insulin stimulated [3H] thymidine incorporation into DNA at all concentrations (0·01–10 mg/l) tested. Rat insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II in the presence of insulin promoted a dose-dependent increase in mitogenic activity, with a half-maximal concentration of approximately 1 μg/l; IGF-II had no effect in the absence of insulin. There was no significant effect of IGF-I on mitogenic activity in the presence or absence of insulin. Adrenal cell DNA synthesis was not stimulated by ACTH, several ACTH-related peptides, a variety of known growth factors, several steroids, or conditioned medium from fetal adrenal cells. We conclude that in the presence of insulin, IGF-II is a specific growth factor for the fetal rat adrenal. We also suggest that rat fetal adrenal cells, in common with other epithelial cell types under serum-free culture conditions, may respond to this progression factor without an obligatory requirement for an initial exposure to competence factors.

J. Endocr. (1988) 119, 509–516

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Print ISSN:
0022-0795
Online ISSN:
1479-6805
Page(s):
8
Article Type:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 1988
Online Publication Date:
Dec 1988