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Distinct actions of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) on placental development and fetal growth: lessons from mice and guinea pigs
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posted on 2008-03-01, 00:00 authored by C T Roberts, Julie OwensJulie Owens, A N Sferruzzi-PerriPlacental insufficiency is thought to be a key factor in many cases of intrauterine growth restriction which complicates about 6% of pregnancies in western countries. Understanding the molecular control of placental and fetal growth is essential to identifying diagnostic and therapeutic targets to improve pregnancy success. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF-II gene ablation or maternal food restriction reduce tissue and circulating IGF abundance in the fetus, placenta and mother and are associated with both placental and fetal growth restriction. Conversely, in vivo treatment of the pregnant guinea pig with IGF-I or IGF-II from early to mid pregnancy increases fetal weight and enhances placental transport near term. IGF-II, and an IGF2R specific analogue, enhanced placental structural differentiation, whereas IGF-I altered maternal body composition. These outcomes demonstrate endocrine roles within the mother for both IGFs, as well as autocrine/paracrine effects of IGF-II in enhancing placentation and pregnancy success. Therefore, factors that alter placental expression of IGF-II, or maternal circulating IGF-I or IGF-II in early pregnancy may affect placental exchange function late in gestation when the demands of the fetus escalate. IGF-II within the fetus may also signal its nutrient demands to the placenta to improve its function to suit. Therefore each IGF of endocrine and local origin has important, but distinct, roles in placental development and function.
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PlacentaVolume
29Issue
SupplementPagination
S42 - S47Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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0143-4004Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2007, Published by IFPA and Elsevier Ltd.Usage metrics
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AnimalsFemaleFetal DevelopmentGuinea PigsHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor IInsulin-Like Growth Factor IIMicePlacentaPregnancyReceptor, IGF Type 1Receptor, IGF Type 2Science & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineDevelopmental BiologyObstetrics & GynecologyReproductive BiologyIGF-IIGF-IIIGF2Rtrophoblast invasionplacental transportfetal growthMATERNAL FOOD RESTRICTIONFACTOR-IITROPHOBLAST MIGRATION6-PHOSPHATE RECEPTORPERINATAL LETHALITYBINDING-PROTEINSMURINE PLACENTAFACTOR (IGF)-IMOUSE
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