PMID: 7520930Jun 1, 1994Paper

Rapid changes in plasma concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), IGF-II and IGF-binding proteins during anaesthesia in young sheep

The Journal of Endocrinology
A P LordF J Ballard

Abstract

Halothane anaesthesia in young sheep results in greatly increased plasma binding capacity for radiolabelled insulin-like growth factor (IGF), as demonstrated using size-exclusion chromatography. Most of the increased binding was at an estimated molecular mass range of 30-50 kDa, with a smaller increase evident at 130-150 kDa. These changes were not evident in control animals which had food withheld for the same period. The progressive increase in plasma radioligand binding during anaesthesia was the net result of a rise in circulating levels of a 29-31 kDa IGF-binding protein (IGFBP), as shown by ligand blotting, and declining plasma concentrations of IGF-I and IGF-II. Recovery from anaesthesia was accompanied by the restoration of plasma IGFs and the IGFBP towards pre-anaesthesia concentrations. The induced IGFBP was provisionally identified as IGFBP-1 because it bound anti-IGFBP-1 antiserum but not antibodies against IGFBP-2, IGFBP-3 or IGFBP-4. The elevation of plasma IGFBP-1 immunoreactivity was associated with reduced concentrations of glucose and insulin, the regulators of IGFBP-1 in humans and rats. These results suggest that IGF experiments that require anaesthesia but assume that the anaesthetised state is representati...Continue Reading

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