Regulation of the insulin-like growth factors and their binding proteins by glucocorticoid and growth hormone in nonislet cell tumor hypoglycemia

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
R BaxterW Braund

Abstract

Hypoglycemia in patients with nonislet cell tumors is often secondary to overexpression of tumor insulin-like growth factor (IGF) II. In these patients the formation of serum complexes between IGFs, IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), and the acid-labile subunit (ALS) is impaired. An 87-yr-old woman with nonislet cell tumor hypoglycemia resulting from a localized fibrous tumor of the pleura was treated for 97 days with graded doses of prednisolone (30, 10, and 5 mg/day) followed by GH (1, 4, 8, 4, and 2 U/day). Both prednisolone and GH alleviated the hypoglycemia, concomitantly with increases in IGF-I, IGFBP-3, and ALS levels. Pretreatment serum IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-6 levels were greatly elevated, but as glucose normalized with treatment, only IGFBP-2 decreased, showing an inverse correlation with glucose (r = 0.716). IGFBP-1 gave a variable pattern not clearly related to blood glucose. Both treatments caused a redistribution of serum IGFBP-3 from binary- to ternary-complexed forms. However, only prednisolone improved the ability of IGFBP-3 to bind ALS in vitro. Prednisolone also suppressed IGF-II, the effect being confined to pro-IGF-II forms. Compared with normal IGF-II, pro-IGF-II inhibited ALS binding to IGFBP-3 in vitro. Althoug...Continue Reading

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