ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To study the correlation of maternal and cord blood insulin like growth factor (IGF)-I and -II and IGF binding protein (IGFBP)-1 levels with birth weight and maternal anthropometric indices. DESIGN: Longitudinal prospective study. SETTING: Academic Institutions and a Tertiary Care Maternity Hospital. PARTICIPANTS: Women with uncomplicated singleton pregnancy (N = 35) and their newborns. MEASUREMENTS: Maternal weight, height, symphysiofundal height and serum levels of IGF-I, IGF-II, IGFBP-1 were measured thrice during the antenatal period, within 24 h of delivery and at 6 weeks and 6 months postpartum. Newborn anthropometric indices were recorded at birth, and at 6 weeks and 6 months of age. Cord blood levels of IGF-1, IGF-II, IGFBP-1, paternal height and weight, and placental weight measured. RESULTS: Maternal and cord blood IGF-I levels were lower than values reported for Caucasians. All newborns showed adequate growth at birth, and up to 6 months of age. Cord blood IGF-1 positively correlated with chest circumference (r = 0.4532, P = 0.0262), IGFBP-1, negatively with birth weight (r = -0.4024, P = 0.0461) and IGF-II had no effect. Cord blood IGF-I positively correlated with maternal levels at 28 +/- 2 (r = 0.4571, P = 0.0247) and 36 +/- 2 (r = 0.4291, P = 0.0364) weeks of amenorrhoea, whereas IGF-II and IGFBP-1 did not correlate with maternal values. Maternal IGF-I, IGF-II and IGFBP-1 did not correlate with newborn or maternal anthropometric indices. Placental weight correlated significantly with birth weight (r = 0.5299, P = 0.0348) and head circumference (r = 0.5031, P = 0.0470). CONCLUSIONS: Cord blood IGFBP-1 and placental weight appear to be determinants of birth weight variation even among appropriately grown for gestational age newborns.
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Adult , Anthropometry , Birth Weight , Female , Fetal Blood , Health Status , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1/analysis , Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/analysis , Insulin-Like Growth Factor II/analysis , Maternal Welfare , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Outcome , Prospective StudiesABSTRACT
The structure of insulin-like growth factor (IGF), especially IGF-I, and its receptor is similar to that of insulin. Therefore, the changes of IGFs and IGF-binding proteins may be related to glucose homeostasis in children with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Sixty-three fasting blood samples of 21 children with IDDM attending 3 consecutive diabetic clinics were studied. The HbA1c progressively decreased from the 1st to the 3rd visit. IGF-I levels, both total and free forms, were not significantly different from that of control. IGFBP-3 levels in 3 visits (3406+/-305, 3376+/-252, and 2406+/-247 ng/mL) were significantly lower than that of control (5020+/-415 ng/mL) with the p value of 0.007, 0.002, and < 0.001 respectively. IGFBP-1 levels in the 1st and 2nd visits (102.1+/-12.9 and 114.1+/-14.5 ng/mL) were significantly higher than that of control (60.1+/-15.2 ng/mL) with the p value of 0.03 and 0.01 respectively, but not in the 3rd visit. IGF-I level had a positive correlation with IGFBP-3 (R=0.56, p=0.01) and free IGF-I (R=0.53, p=0.01). Free IGF-I had a negative correlation with IGFBP-1 (R=-0.64, p=0.01). IGF-II at the 15 visit had a negative correlation with HbA1c (R=-0.49, p=0.047). The authors found no correlations between IGF-I, IGFBP-3, free IGF-I, IGFBP-1 and HbA1c in the study. The patients' height SDS followed the genetic height potential. It was, therefore, postulated that a near normal free IGF-I level in diabetic children resulted from a balance of interaction between IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-3 to total IGF-I in order to keep the normal metabolic status as much as possible.
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Adolescent , Biomarkers/blood , Blood Glucose/metabolism , Case-Control Studies , Child , Child, Preschool , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Female , Humans , Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1/analysis , Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3/analysis , Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins/blood , Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/analysis , Insulin-Like Growth Factor II/analysis , Linear Models , Male , Probability , Prognosis , Sensitivity and Specificity , Somatomedins/analysisABSTRACT
Se establecieron los contenidos totales de IGF-I en algunos tejidos de rata adulta normal (hígado, riñón, corazón, pulmón, timo, bazo y músculo esquelético) por medio de radioinmunoanálisis (RIA) específico. La efectividad de la extracción ácido-etanólica (AE), corrientemente empleada para eliminar la interferencia de las proteínas de unión del IGF-1 (IGFBPs) en el análisis del factor en suero, se evaluó para las muestras de tejidos y se comparó con la extracción AE seguida de crioprecipitación (AEC). Los resultados mostraron que la extracción AE no permite remover completamente las IGFBPs y que con el paso adicional de crioprecipitación se libera aproximadamente 20 por ciento más de IGF-1 de los tejidos. Finalmente, por medio de RIA se estableció la distribución tisular de este factor de crecimiento en rata. El método aquí descrito puede aplicarse en estudios de regulación metabólica o nutricional del IGF-1