TY - JOUR
T1 - Conditional knockout of mouse insulin-like growth factor-1 gene using the Cre/loxP system (44500)
AU - Liu, Jun Li
AU - Yakar, Shoshana
AU - LeRoith, Derek
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is an essential growth factor for normal intrauterine development and postnatal growth. Mice with a complete deficiency of IGF-1 (IGF-1-null mice), created by homologous recombination, were found to exhibit postnatal lethality, growth retardation, infertility, and profound defects in the development of major organ systems. Furthermore, IGF-1-null mice were resistant to growth hormone (GH) treatment in peri-pubertal somatic growth. Using the Cre/loxP-induced conditional knockout system, we generated a mouse that lacks IGF-1 specifically in the liver, the primary site of IGF-1 production. Interestingly, although circulating and serum levels of IGF-1 were decreased by ≈ 75% in these mice, they exhibited no defect in growth or development. When administered exogenously, GH stimulated IGF-1 production in several extra-hepatic tissues as well as body growth. The "Somatomedin hypothesis" originally proposed that circulating IGF-1 acting in various tissues mediate the effects of GH. These striking in vivo results, obtained using homologous recombination technology, call for a major modification of the Somatomedin hypothesis. These gene targeting studies confirm that IGF-1 is essential for GH-stimulated postnatal body growth. However, liver-derived (endocrine) IGF-1 is not essential for normal postnatal growth, though it does exert a negative feedback on GH secretion. Instead, local production of IGF-1, acting in a paracrine/autocrine fashion, appears to mediate GH-induced somatic growth. This review will discuss the effects of tissue-soecific IGF-1 aene deficiency created by the Cre/loxP system versus the conventional IGF-1 knockout.
AB - Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is an essential growth factor for normal intrauterine development and postnatal growth. Mice with a complete deficiency of IGF-1 (IGF-1-null mice), created by homologous recombination, were found to exhibit postnatal lethality, growth retardation, infertility, and profound defects in the development of major organ systems. Furthermore, IGF-1-null mice were resistant to growth hormone (GH) treatment in peri-pubertal somatic growth. Using the Cre/loxP-induced conditional knockout system, we generated a mouse that lacks IGF-1 specifically in the liver, the primary site of IGF-1 production. Interestingly, although circulating and serum levels of IGF-1 were decreased by ≈ 75% in these mice, they exhibited no defect in growth or development. When administered exogenously, GH stimulated IGF-1 production in several extra-hepatic tissues as well as body growth. The "Somatomedin hypothesis" originally proposed that circulating IGF-1 acting in various tissues mediate the effects of GH. These striking in vivo results, obtained using homologous recombination technology, call for a major modification of the Somatomedin hypothesis. These gene targeting studies confirm that IGF-1 is essential for GH-stimulated postnatal body growth. However, liver-derived (endocrine) IGF-1 is not essential for normal postnatal growth, though it does exert a negative feedback on GH secretion. Instead, local production of IGF-1, acting in a paracrine/autocrine fashion, appears to mediate GH-induced somatic growth. This review will discuss the effects of tissue-soecific IGF-1 aene deficiency created by the Cre/loxP system versus the conventional IGF-1 knockout.
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1525-1373.2000.22349.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1525-1373.2000.22349.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 10721003
AN - SCOPUS:0034082772
SN - 0037-9727
VL - 223
SP - 344
EP - 351
JO - Experimental Biology and Medicine
JF - Experimental Biology and Medicine
IS - 4
ER -