Growth hormone stimulates transcription of the gene encoding the acid-labile subunit (ALS) of the circulating insulin-like growth factor-binding protein complex and ALS promoter activity in rat liver

Molecular Endocrinology
G T OoiY R Boisclair

Abstract

The growth-promoting activity of GH, the principal hormonal determinant of body size, is mediated by insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I). Most of the IGF-I in plasma circulates in a 150-kDa complex that contains IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and an acid-labile subunit (ALS). The 150-kDa complex serves as a reservoir of IGF-I and determines its bioavailability to the tissues. Formation of the 150-kDa complex depends upon the synthesis of ALS, which is synthesized primarily in liver and is regulated by GH. The present study demonstrates that GH stimulates ALS gene transcription in rat liver and ALS promoter activity in a rat hepatoma cell line. ALS messenger RNA (mRNA) and ALS nuclear transcripts were decreased to similar extents in the livers of GH-deficient hypophysectomized rats. GH increased hepatic ALS mRNA within 3-4 h to about 65% of the levels seen in sham-operated control rats. To confirm that GH stimulated ALS gene transcription, we transiently transfected an ALS promoter-luciferase reporter gene construct into H4-II-E rat hepatoma cells and primary rat hepatocytes. Recombinant human GH (hGH) stimulated promoter activity about 3-fold. In contrast, basal promoter activity was lower, and GH stimulation was absent when ...Continue Reading

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