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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
Human GH (hGH) has been shown to stimulate hepatic low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor expression in man in vivo. To further characterize this effect in vitro, we determined the expression of LDL receptors in cultured human hepatoma (HepG2) cells exposed to hGH. After incubation with hGH, stimulation of LDL receptors appeared at a concentration of 0.25 nM hGH. The presence of hGH receptors on HepG2 cells could be demonstrated by immunocytochemistry using a hGH receptor-specific monoclonal antibody. Binding studies, using 125I-labeled hGH, revealed high affinity binding with the appropriate somatogenic specificity. The LDL receptor induction was specific for hGH, as both bovine GH and recombinant human PRL were without effect. The LDL receptor stimulation occurred in parallel with increased levels of LDL receptor messenger RNA. Inclusion of dexamethasone and thyroid hormone in the incubation medium enhanced the LDL receptor stimulation by hGH. Although incubation with insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) stimulated LDL receptor expression, the hGH-induced stimulation was unaltered after preincubation of cells with a monoclonal mouse anti-IGF-I antibody, suggesting that the release of IGF-I is not involved in LDL receptor stimulation by hGH. We conclude that hGH specifically induces the LDL receptor in cultured HepG2 cells at both the protein and the messenger RNA level, and that the induction is independent of IGF-I release.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
136
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3767-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Growth hormone specifically stimulates the expression of low density lipoprotein receptors in human hepatoma cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't