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Effect of restriction of placental growth on expression of IGFs in fetal sheep: relationship to fetal growth, circulating IGFs and binding proteins

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posted on 2024-06-05, 02:02 authored by KL Kind, Julie OwensJulie Owens, JS Robinson, KJ Quinn, PA Grant, PE Walton, RS Gilmour, PC Owens
To determine whether tissue production of the IGFs is altered when fetal growth is retarded, IGF-I and -II mRNAs were measured in tissues of fetal sheep subjected to placental restriction and the relationships between IGF gene expression, circulating IGF protein and fetal growth were examined. The majority of potential placental attachment sites were surgically removed from the uterus of 12 non-pregnant ewes to restrict placental size in a subsequent pregnancy. Blood and tissues were collected at 121 days of gestation (term = 150) in 12 fetuses with restricted placental size and eight normal fetuses. IGF-I and IGF-II mRNA was detected by solution hybridization/ribonuclease protection assay in placenta and all fetal tissues studied. IGF-I mRNA was most abundant in skeletal muscle and liver and IGF-II mRNA was highest in kidney and lung. Restriction of placental size reduced fetal weight by 17% and reduced the pO2 (18%) and glucose concentration (23%) of fetal blood. Placental restriction also reduced IGF-I mRNA in fetal muscle (P < 0.002), lung (P < 0.05) and kidney (P < 0.01) but had no significant effect on IGF-II mRNA in any tissue. IGF-I mRNA in fetal liver, kidney and skeletal muscle correlated positively with the concentration of IGF-I protein in fetal blood (P < 0.01). There was no relationship between the concentration of IGF-II protein in fetal blood and IGF-II mRNA in any fetal tissue examined. The concentration of IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in fetal arterial blood plasma measured by RIA correlated positively with fetal weight and with plasma IGF-I.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

History

Journal

Journal of endocrinology

Volume

146

Pagination

23-34

Location

Bradley Stok, Eng.

ISSN

0022-0795

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

1995, Journal of Endocrinology Ltd

Issue

1

Publisher

Bioscientifica