Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-5 is cleaved by physiological concentrations of thrombin

Endocrinology
B ZhengD R Clemmons

Abstract

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein-5 (IGFBP-5) is cleaved by a serine protease that is secreted by fibroblasts and porcine smooth muscle cells (pSMC) in culture. To investigate whether other serine proteases could cleave this substrate at physiologically relevant concentrations, we determined the proteolytic effects of thrombin on IGFBP-5. Human alpha-thrombin (0.0008 NIH U/ml) cleaved IGFBP-5 into 24-, 23-, and 20-kDa non-IGF-I-binding fragments. Cleavage occurred at a physiologically relevant thrombin concentration. The effect was specific for IGFBP-5, as other forms of IGFBPs, e.g. IGFBP-1, IGFBP-2, and IGFBP-4 were not cleaved by thrombin. Although IGFBP-3 was cleaved by thrombin, this effect required a 50-fold greater thrombin concentration. [35S]Methionine labeling followed by immunoprecipitation confirmed that IGFBP-5 that was constitutively synthesized by pSMC cultures was also degraded by thrombin into 24-, 23-, and 20-kDa fragments. The binding of IGF-I to IGFBP-5 partially inhibited IGFBP-5 degradation by thrombin, and an IGF analog that does not bind to IGFBP-5 had no effect. Thrombin did not account for the serine protease activity that had been shown previously to be present in pSMC-conditioned mediu...Continue Reading

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