Proliferation and differentiation of a human colon cancer cell line (CaCo2) is associated with significant changes in the expression and secretion of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) IGF-II and IGF binding protein-4: role of IGF-II

Endocrinology
P SinghP C Schroy

Abstract

The extent to which the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system contributes to the initiation and progression of colon cancer remains poorly defined. We recently reported that a majority of human colon cancers express and secrete the potent mitogen IGF-II and at least two inhibitory binding proteins, IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-4. In the present study we measured the expression and secretion of IGF-II, IGFBP-2, and IGFBP-4 in relation to growth and differentiation of CaCo2 human colon cancer cells, which undergo spontaneous enterocytic differentiation in culture. Under the conditions of the present study, CaCo2 cells demonstrated an initial rapid phase of growth between Day 2 through days 7-9 of culture, followed by a significant retardation in the growth between days 9-13. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, a marker of enterocytic differentiation, progressively increased between Days 7-13 in culture, temporally correlating with post-confluent phase of negligible growth. These changes in growth and differentiation were accompanied by > 80% decline in the relative concentration of IGF-II messenger RNA (mRNA) between Days 2-13. In contrast, the relative mRNA concentrations of inhibitory binding proteins (IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-4) increased ra...Continue Reading

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