Interaction of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 2 with α2-Macroglobulin in the Circulation
- 10 February 2013
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in The Protein Journal
- Vol. 32 (2) , 138-142
Abstract
Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) play active role in mitogenic and metabolic processes. In the peripheral circulation, they are mostly bound to specific IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs). Proteolysis of IGFBPs releases free, active IGFs. IGFBP-2 is the second most abundant of the six binding proteins and its concentration increases in catabolic states. The possible interaction between IGFBP-2 and other proteins in the circulation was investigated in this study. Our results showed that IGFBP-2 associates with α2-macroglobulin (α2M), a protease inhibitor. Formation of IGFBP-2/α2M complexes most likely contributes to the regulation of IGFBP-2 proteolysis and, thus, the activity of IGFs.Keywords
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