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Differential effect of fasting on IGF-BPs in serum of young and adult rats and its implication to impaired skin GAG content

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During fasting or aging of animals there is a decreased content of skin glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). It has been found that the skin of adult rats contains about 60% of GAGs found in the skin of young animals. Fasting of both groups of animals (young and adult) resulted in decrease of GAG content. However, GAG content in the skin of fasted young rats decreased by 30% and in fasted adult rats by 15% only, compared to fed animals, respectively. The mechanism for the phenomena is not known. We considered insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) as a potential candidate involved in regulation of GAG biosynthesis in both experimental models of animals. Adult rat sera were found to contain about 75% of IGF-I recovered from young rat sera. Fasting of both groups of animals resulted in dramatic decrease in serum IGF-I levels to about 50% of initial values. Since IGF-I activity and IGF-I serum half-life depends on the level of specific IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) we determined (i) relationship between main groups of IGFBPs, namely high molecular weight binding proteins (HMWBPs) and low molecular weight binding proteins (LMWBPs) and (ii) the amounts of IGF-I bound to respective proteins in the sera of all experimental animals. Control young rat serum was found to contain about 90% of HMWBPs and about 10% of LMWBPs as determined by ligand binding assay. In contrast, control adult rat serum contained about 60% of HMWBPs and about 40% of LMWBPs. Fasting of both groups of animals resulted in significant increase in serum levels of LMWBPs. Control young rat serum was found to contain about 8% IGF-I bound to LMWBPs while serum of control adult rats contained 18% IGF-I bound to these proteins. In sera of fasted young animals however, about 75% of the bound IGF-I was recovered from LMWBPs (about 60% of total serum IGF-I) while in sera of fasted adult animals only about 56% of the bound IGF-I was recovered from LMWBPs (about 50% of total serum IGF-I). Evidence was provided that during fasting of both groups of animals there is a significant decrease in serum BP-3 and dramatic increase in serum BP-1 concentrations, compared to respective controls. However, the concentration of BP-1 in serum of fasted young rats was increased by about 60 fold while in serum of fasted adult rats only by about 10 fold, compared to respective control animals. Negative correlation between skin GAG content and LMWBPs derived IGF-I during fasting of young (r = - 0.943, p < 0.001) and adult ( r = - 0.571, p < 0.01) rats was found.

The data presented suggest that the effects of aging and fasting on decreased skin GAG content may be due to induction of LMWBPs that are known to (i) inhibit IGF-I dependent function and (ii) increase clearance of IGF-I from circulation. However, the effects of fasting are distinct in respect to young and adult rats suggesting that mechanisms involved in regulation of IGF-I bioactivity during aging are more complex that during fasting.

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Cechowska-Pasko, M., Pałka, J. Differential effect of fasting on IGF-BPs in serum of young and adult rats and its implication to impaired skin GAG content. Mol Cell Biochem 205, 45–52 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007076809488

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