Resection upregulates the IGF-I system of parenterally fed rats with jejunocolic anastomosis

Melanie B. Gillingham, Karen R. Kritsch, Sangita G. Murali, Pauline Kay Lund, Denise M. Ney

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Abstract

Rats maintained with parenteral nutrition following 60% jejunoileal resection plus cecectomy exhibit minimal adaptive growth in the residual jejunum but a dramatic adaptive growth in the residual colon. Coinfusion of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) with parenteral nutrition induces jejunal growth but has minimal effects in the colon. Our objective was to study the role of the endogenous IGF-I system in the differential responses of jejunum and colon to resection and/or IGF-I during parenteral nutrition. We measured concentrations of immunoreactive IGF-I in plasma, jejunum, and colon, IGF-I receptor binding, and levels of IGF receptor, IGF-I, IGF binding protein (IGFBP)-3 and IGFBP-5 mRNA in residual jejunum and colon 7 days after resection and/or IGF-I treatment. IGF-I receptor number was increased (74-99%) in jejunum and colon due to resection; IGF-I mRNA was increased 5-fold in jejunum and 15-fold in colon due to resection. Resection increased circulating IGFBPs but did not alter plasma IGF-I concentration. Resection induced colonic growth in association with significantly greater colonic IGFBP-5 mRNA and significantly lower colonic immunoreactive IGF-I. IGF-I treatment had no significant effect on IGF-I mRNA or IGF-I receptor number. Concentrations of plasma and jejunal immunoreactive IGF-I were significantly increased in rats given IGF-I in association with jejunal growth. IGF-I treatment significantly increased IGFBP-5 mRNA in the jejunum, which also correlated with jejunal growth. Thus resection upregulated IGF-I receptor number and IGF-I mRNA in residual jejunum and colon, but differential adaptation of these segments correlated with differential regulation of IGFBP-5 mRNA.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)G1158-G1168
JournalAmerican Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
Volume281
Issue number5 44-5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Binding proteins-3 and -5
  • Insulin-like growth factor
  • Intestinal adaptation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology
  • Hepatology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Physiology (medical)

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