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NANCY J. BOHANNON, ERIC S. CORP, BARBARA J. WILCOX, DIANNE P. FIGLEWICZ, DANIEL M. DORSA, DENIS G. BASKIN, Characterization of Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Receptors in the Median Eminence of the Brain and Their Modulation by Food Restriction, Endocrinology, Volume 122, Issue 5, 1 May 1988, Pages 1940–1947, https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-122-5-1940
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High affinity binding sites for 125I-labeled [Thr59]insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) were measured in rat median eminence by in vitro autoradiography with slidemounted sections of frozen rat brain. Specific binding of 0.1 nM iodo-[Thr59]IGF-I to brain slices reached maximum by 12 h at 4 C and was unchanged at 24 h. Densitometry by computer digital image analysis of autoradiographic images indicated that specific binding of iodo-[Thr59]IGF-I to the median eminence was reversible. The specificity of binding was evaluated with competition of iodo-[Thr59]IGF-I with unlabeled [Thr59]IGF-I, ratlGFII (multiplication-stimulating activity), and porcine insulin. All were recognized by the binding site, but the rank order of potency was [Thr59]IGF-I < IGF-II < insulin. Somatostatin was completely ineffective. Further, an antibody against the rat IGF-II receptor did not block binding of iodo-[Thr59]IGF-I to the median eminence. Fourteen days of food restriction (75% of food intake of controls) resulted in significant weight loss and reduction of plasma immunoreactive IGF-I in six food-restricted rats (0.9 ±0.1 U/ml) compared with values in six controls (2.6 ± 0.5 U/ml; P < 0.001). Binding of 125I-labeled [Thr59]IGF-I in the median eminence was significantly increased in the food-restricted rats, primarily due to an increase in the concentration of iodo-[ThrS9]IGF-I-binding sites in the median eminence; the affinity (Kd) of binding was unchanged. The results indicate that the median eminence has type I IGF-I receptors, which become more numerous under metabolic conditions associated with decreased caloric intake and lowered plasma IGF-I levels. (Endocrinology122: 1940–1947, 1988)