Methods were established for the serum-free primary culture of rat and sheep hepatocytes. These were used to study the IGF-1 production by the cells. IGF-1 in media was separated by acid gel filtration or HPLC prior to RIA. IGF-1 production by both rat and sheep hepatocytes were time-dependent over 30 hours of culture. Production rates by rat cells in modified Eagle's medium, sheep cells modified Eagle's medium and Waymouth's medium were 13.1, 4.4 and 6.4 pmol/mg cell DNA/10 hours respectively. IGF-1 production by rat cells was very sensitive to altering concentrations of amino acids, glucose and both in the medium. IGF-1 production by sheep cells was also controlled by nutrients in modified Eagle's medium, but was not as sensitive as in rat cells. Growth hormone (GH), unlike insulin and T<sub>3</sub>, had no effect on hepatic IGF-1 production in rat cells. In contrast, omitting GH from the medium for sheep cells decreased IGF-1 production by 20-60% in sheep cells. Insulin also controlled hepatic IGF-1 production in sheep. The results show the species difference in the hepatice IGF-1 production and control between rats and sheep. Data in this thesis are thought to provide the first published evidence of a direct nutritional control over IGF-1 production in rat hepatocytes and to give the first direct evidence that sheep hepatocytes produce IGF-1 and this is directly controlled by GH.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:314610 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Luo, Qiu Jiang |
| Publisher | University of Aberdeen |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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