Abstract
Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) enhances the proliferation and hypertrophy of growth plate chondrocytes leading to increased growth plate width thus promoting bone elongation. Differing quantities of the multiple IGF-I transcripts within the growth plate suggest differential regulation of IGF-I. To assess this, the relative stabilities of the 1Ea, 1Eb, and 2Ea IGF-I mRNA classes in 2-6 week old rat growth plates were evaluated. The mean estimated half-life of class lEa was 3.7 ± 0.05 h, while classes 1Eb and 2Ea decayed gradually over the course of the experiment. Estimated half-lives for each IGF-I mRNA species were unchanged at all ages examined. Incubation with Act D enhanced the transcription of class 1Ea, 1Eb, and 2Ea mRNAs to varying degrees. This implies that the differential stability of alternative IGF-I mRNA classes may be an inherent regulatory component that is not influenced by an animal's developmental state, and the differential abundance of alternative IGF-I mRNA species in the growth plate throughout development is due to transcriptional differences.
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