The mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway tonically inhibits both basal and IGF-1-stimulated IGF-binding protein-5 production in mammary epithelial cells

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Abstract

The IGF system plays a key role in mammary gland growth and development. Our lab previously reported that IGF-I primarily regulates IGF-binding protein (BP)-3 in bovine mammary epithelial cells (MEC) and IGFBP-5 in mammary fibroblasts (MF). Presently, we examined the signaling pathways used by IGF-I to elicit this distinct, cell-type specific regulation. The phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase pathway was required for IGF-I to increase IGFBP-3 and -5 in MF and IGFBP-3 in MEC. Surprisingly, inhibiting the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in MEC increased IGFBP-5 mRNA levels 2- to 4-fold under basal conditions and 8- to 12-fold in cells treated with IGF-I within 4 h. Similar patterns of IGFBP-3 and -5 regulation were observed in murine MEC. Cells treated with IGF-I in the presence of MAPK inhibitors secreted more IGFBP-5 protein into conditioned media relative to cells treated with IGF-I alone; however, IGFBP-5 protein was not detected in conditioned media of cells treated with only a MAPK inhibitor. The IGFBP-5 mRNA response to MAPK inhibitors was specific for MEC, as blocking MAPK activity decreased the ability of IGF-I to induce IGFBP-5 in MF. In addition, no other IGFBP was increased in either cell type when MAPK activity was inhibited. These increases in IGFBP-5 expression in response to inhibition of the MAPK pathway corresponded with the induction of apoptosis. In conclusion, we report the novel observation that the MAPK/ extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) pathway specifically represses IGFBP-5 expression in MEC. The corresponding changes in apoptosis and IGFBP-5 expression support a role for this specific IGFBP in mammary gland involution. © 2007 Society for Endocrinology.

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Fleming, J. M., Brandimarto, J. A., & Cohick, W. S. (2007). The mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway tonically inhibits both basal and IGF-1-stimulated IGF-binding protein-5 production in mammary epithelial cells. Journal of Endocrinology, 194(2), 349–359. https://doi.org/10.1677/JOE-06-0121

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