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Constitutive insulin-like growth factor-II expression interferes with the enterocyte-like differentiation of CaCo-2 cells.

In this study we have examined the role of insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) in the differentiation of the CaCo-2 human colon carcinoma cell line. We have shown previously that IGF-II is an autocrine growth factor for CaCo-2 cells. IGF-II expression is high in proliferating, undifferentiated CaCo-2 cells and markedly decreases when cells become confluent and start to differentiate. To evaluate whether differentiation of CaCo-2 cells depends on an IGF-II related pathway, we treated cells with a blocking antibody to the IGF-I receptor that mediates most IGF-II biological effects. Treatment of preconfluent CaCo-2 cells with this antibody decreased by 40% autonomous cell proliferation and induced differentiation as shown by an increase in sucrase isomaltase activity and apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) mRNA levels. To examine the significance of autocrine IGF-II production in CaCo-2 cell differentiation, we generated stable CaCo-2 cell lines that constitutively express rat IGF-II under the control of a Rous sarcoma virus promoter. Sustained expression of IGF-II resulted in: (a) increased proliferative rate; (b) high IGF-I receptor number, even after reaching confluence; (c) increased capability of anchorage-independent growth; (d) inhibition of the expression of apoA-I and SI mRNAs. Analysis of several independent IGF-II-transfected clones showed an inverse correlation between IGF-II mRNA levels and expression of the differentiation markers, the cells expressing the higher levels of the transfected IGF-II being the less differentiated ones. Our data suggest that perturbation of IGF-II-mediated cell proliferation interferes with the enterocyte-like differentiation pathway of CaCo-2 cells.[1]

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  1. Constitutive insulin-like growth factor-II expression interferes with the enterocyte-like differentiation of CaCo-2 cells. Zarrilli, R., Romano, M., Pignata, S., Casola, S., Bruni, C.B., Acquaviva, A.M. J. Biol. Chem. (1996) [Pubmed]
 
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