Molecular Endocrinology, Vol 6, 1227-1234, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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Activation of insulin-like growth factor II expression during skeletal muscle regeneration in the rat: correlation with myotube formation

A Levinovitz, E Jennische, A Oldfors, D Edwall and G Norstedt
Center for Biotechnology, Karolinska Institute, NOVUM, Huddinge, Sweden.

Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are important stimulators of proliferation and differentiation of cultured myoblasts. It has previously been shown that IGF-I is induced during muscle regeneration in rodents, however, little is known about the expression of IGF-II. Therefore, two in vivo models were used to analyze IGF-II mRNA expression during skeletal muscle regeneration in the rat: injection of the snake venom notexin and induction of ischemia. During the regeneration process the levels of both IGF-I and IGF-II mRNA were transiently induced, as analyzed by solution hybridization. Both IGF-I- like immunoreactivity and IGF-II-like immunoreactivity were found to be present during muscle regeneration. In a time course study, induction of IGF-II was preceded by IGF-I, both at the mRNA and protein levels. Using alpha- and beta-actin as markers for different stages of skeletal muscle differentiation, together with the immunohistochemistry data, it is concluded that the expression of IGF-I and IGF-II occurs at different differentiation stages, and that IGF-II appears concomitant to the formation of myotubes. These results suggest that each IGF has a distinct role during the differentiation of muscle cells.

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