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Transport of IGF-I across epithelial cell monolayers

S E Bastian1, P E Walton, F J Ballard

  • 1Cooperative Research Centre for Tissue Growth and Repair, CSIRO, Human Nutrition, PO Box 10041, Adelaide BC, Australia, 5000.

The Journal of Endocrinology
|September 1, 1999
PubMed

Epithelial cells line the lumens of organs including the gastrointestinal tract, kidney tubules and respiratory airways, where they regulate the transport of electrolytes and the movement of macromolecules. The current study aimed to investigate the transport of IGF-I across epithelial cell barriers. Epithelial cell lines derived from gut (IEC-6), kidney (MDBK) and lung (Mv1Lu) were shown to possess high-affinity, functional receptors for IGF-I and formed tight junctions in monolayer culture. To investigate the transport of IGF-I, the three cell lines were grown on microporous filters in a bi-chamber system. In comparison with filters without cells, IEC-6 and Mv1Lu epithelial cell monolayers restricted the passage of (125)I-IGF-I and [(3)H]inulin, whereas the MDBK cells virtually occluded any passage of these molecules. Transport of (125)I-IGF-I across the epithelial cell monolayers was significantly less than that of [(3)H]inulin, suggesting that the binding of (125)I-IGF-I to high-affinity IGF receptors or IGF-binding proteins retarded its transport. Moreover, (125)I-IGF-I transport was not inhibited by the presence of excess unlabelled IGF-I. Our findings provide evidence for the restricted diffusion of intact, free IGF-I across gut, kidney and lung epithelial cell monolayers via a paracellular or low-affinity transcellular pathway.

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