Insulin-like growth factor 2

IGF2
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 3KR3, 1IGL, 2L29, 2V5P, 3E4Z
Identifiers
Aliases	IGF2, C11orf43, GRDF, IGF-II, PP9974, insulin like growth factor 2, SRS3
External IDs	OMIM: 147470; MGI: 96434; HomoloGene: 510; GeneCards: IGF2; OMA:IGF2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11p15.5 Start 2,129,112 bp[1] End 2,158,391 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse)[2] Band 7 F5|7 87.99 cM Start 142,204,503 bp[2] End 142,220,553 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in placenta sural nerve stromal cell of endometrium right lobe of liver apex of heart left uterine tube muscle of thigh right uterine tube canal of the cervix left ventricle Top expressed in extraembryonic membrane yolk sac genital tubercle placenta tail of embryo neural tube dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell intra-embryonic coelom rhombencephalon mesencephalon More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function insulin receptor binding hormone activity protein binding growth factor activity insulin-like growth factor receptor binding integrin binding protein serine/threonine kinase activator activity receptor ligand activity Cellular component extracellular region platelet alpha granule lumen extracellular space Biological process regulation of gene expression by genetic imprinting skeletal system development insulin receptor signaling pathway positive regulation of protein kinase B signaling regulation of transcription, DNA-templated ossification platelet degranulation multicellular organism development glucose metabolic process positive regulation of mitotic nuclear division positive regulation of cell division positive regulation of MAPK cascade positive regulation of activated T cell proliferation positive regulation of protein serine/threonine kinase activity carbohydrate metabolic process regulation of signaling receptor activity negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II osteoblast differentiation in utero embryonic development embryonic placenta development positive regulation of protein phosphorylation positive regulation of cell population proliferation animal organ morphogenesis exocrine pancreas development regulation of histone modification insulin receptor signaling pathway via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase positive regulation of multicellular organism growth positive regulation of catalytic activity positive regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II positive regulation of insulin receptor signaling pathway positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation striated muscle cell differentiation regulation of muscle cell differentiation embryonic placenta morphogenesis positive regulation of glycogen (starch) synthase activity Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 3481 16002 Ensembl ENSG00000167244 ENSMUSG00000048583 UniProt P01344 P09535 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001291862 NM_000612 NM_001007139 NM_001127598 NM_001291861 NM_001122736 NM_001122737 NM_010514 NM_001315488 NM_001315489 RefSeq (protein) NP_000603 NP_001007140 NP_001121070 NP_001278790 NP_001278791 NP_001116208 NP_001116209 NP_001302417 NP_001302418 NP_034644 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 2.13 – 2.16 Mb Chr 7: 142.2 – 142.22 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Insulin-like growth factor II E-peptide (somatomedians-A )
Identifiers
Symbol	IGF2_C
Pfam	PF08365
InterPro	IPR013576
Available protein structures: Pfam   structures / ECOD   PDB RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj PDBsum structure summary

Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF-2) is one of three protein hormones that share structural similarity to insulin. The MeSH definition reads: "A well-characterized neutral peptide believed to be secreted by the liver and to circulate in the blood. It has growth-regulating, insulin-like and mitogenic activities. The growth factor has a major, but not absolute, dependence on somatotropin. It is believed to be a major fetal growth factor in contrast to insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), which is a major growth factor in adults."^[5]

Gene structure

In humans, the IGF2 gene is located on chromosome 11p15.5, a region which contains numerous imprinted genes. In mice this homologous region is found at distal chromosome 7. In both organisms, IGF2 is imprinted, with expression resulting favourably from the paternally inherited allele. However, in some human brain regions a loss of imprinting occurs resulting in both IGF2 and H19 being transcribed from both parental alleles.^[6]

The protein CTCF is involved in repressing expression of the gene, by binding to the H19 imprinting control region (ICR) along with Differentially-methylated Region-1 (DMR1) and Matrix Attachment Region −3 (MAR3). These three DNA sequences bind to CTCF in a way that limits downstream enhancer access to the IGF2 region. The mechanism in which CTCF binds to these regions is currently unknown, but could include either a direct DNA-CTCF interaction or it could possibly be mediated by other proteins. In mammals (mice, humans, pigs), only the allele for insulin-like growth factor-2 (IGF2) inherited from one's father is active; that inherited from the mother is not—a phenomenon called imprinting. The mechanism: the mother's allele has an insulator between the IGF2 promoter and enhancer. So does the father's allele, but in his case, the insulator has been methylated. CTCF can no longer bind to the insulator, and so the enhancer is now free to turn on the father's IGF2 promoter.^[7]

The canonical isoform of IGF-2 preproprotein (180 amino acids) includes a signal peptide (amino acids 1-24) and a propeptide (amino acids 92-180). Proteolytic processing removes the signal peptide and the propeptide to generate the mature hormone (amino acids 25-91).^[8]

Function

The major role of IGF-2 is as a growth promoting hormone during gestation.

IGF-2 exerts its effects by binding to the IGF-1 receptor and to the short isoform of the insulin receptor (IR-A or exon 11-).^[9] IGF-2 may also bind to the IGF-2 receptor (also called the cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor), which acts as a signalling antagonist; that is, to prevent IGF-2 responses.

In the process of folliculogenesis, IGF-2 is created by thecal cells to act in an autocrine manner on the theca cells themselves, and in a paracrine manner on granulosa cells in the ovary.^{[citation needed]} IGF-2 promotes granulosa cell proliferation during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle, acting alongside follicle stimulating hormone (FSH).^[10] After ovulation has occurred, IGF-2 promotes progesterone secretion during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, together with luteinizing hormone (LH). Thus, IGF-2 acts as a co-hormone together with both FSH and LH.^[11]

A study at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine found that IGF-2 may be linked to memory and reproduction.^[12] A study at the European Neuroscience Institute-Goettingen (Germany) found that fear extinction-induced IGF-2/IGFBP7 signalling promotes the survival of 17- to 19-day-old newborn hippocampal neurons. This suggests that therapeutic strategies that enhance IGF-2 signalling and adult neurogenesis might be suitable to treat diseases linked to excessive fear memory such as PTSD.^[13]

Preptin

Preptin, a 34-aa peptide hormone produced by the pancreas, kidneys, breast tissues, and salivary glands, is derived from proteolytic cleavage of IGF-2 proprotein. The sequence of preptin (amino acids 93-126 of canonical IGF-2 preproprotein) is flanked by an N-terminal arginine (Arg) cleavage site and a C-terminal putative dibasic (Arg-Arg) cleavage motif.^[14] Preptin is present in islet beta-cells, undergoes glucose-mediated co-secretion with insulin, and acts as a physiological amplifier of glucose-mediated insulin secretion. It has an anabolic impact on bone growth and exhibits osteogenic properties, increasing osteoblast mitogenic activity through phosphoactivation of MAPK1 and MAPK3. This activity resides within the first 16 amino acids of preptin.^[15] Genetic ablation of the preptin-coding region of Igf2 in female mice impairs pancreatic function.^[16]

Clinical relevance

IGF-2 is sometimes produced in excess in islet cell tumors and non-islet hypoglycemic cell tumors, causing hypoglycemia. Doege-Potter syndrome is a paraneoplastic syndrome^[17] in which hypoglycemia is associated with the presence of one or more non-islet fibrous tumors in the pleural cavity. Loss of imprinting of IGF-2 is a common feature in tumors seen in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. As IGF-2 promotes development of fetal pancreatic beta cells, it is believed to be related to some forms of diabetes mellitus. Preeclampsia induces a decrease in methylation level at IGF-2 demethylated region, and this might be among the mechanisms behind the association between intrauterine exposure to preeclampsia and high risk for metabolic diseases in the later life of the infants.^[18] In animals it has been shown that toxins such as PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) affects IGF II expression.^[19]

Interactions

Insulin-like growth factor 2 has been shown to interact with IGFBP3^{[20][21][22][23]} and transferrin.^[20]

See also

• Insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor
• Insulin-like growth factor II IRES

References

1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000167244 – Ensembl, May 2017
2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000048583 – Ensembl, May 2017
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6. Pham NV, Nguyen MT, Hu JF, Vu TH, Hoffman AR (Nov 1998). "Dissociation of IGF2 and H19 imprinting in human brain". Brain Research. 810 (1–2): 1–8. doi:10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00783-5. PMID 9813220. S2CID 39228039.
7. Russell PJ (2009). iGenetics: A Molecular Approach (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Education. p. 533. ISBN 978-0-321-61022-5.
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9. Frasca F, Pandini G, Scalia P, Sciacca L, Mineo R, Costantino A, Goldfine ID, Belfiore A, Vigneri R (1999). "Insulin receptor isoform A, a newly recognized, high-affinity insulin-like growth factor II receptor in fetal and cancer cells". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19 (5): 3278–88. doi:10.1128/MCB.19.5.3278. PMC 84122. PMID 10207053.
10. Neidhart, M (2016). DNA Methylation and Complex Human Disease (1st ed.). San Diego: Academic Press. p. 222. ISBN 9780124201941.
11. Neidhart, M (2016). DNA Methylation and Complex Human Disease (1st ed.). San Diego: Academic Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0124201941.
12. Chen DY, Stern SA, Garcia-Osta A, Saunier-Rebori B, Pollonini G, Bambah-Mukku D, Blitzer RD, Alberini CM (Jan 2011). "A critical role for IGF-II in memory consolidation and enhancement". Nature. 469 (7331): 491–7. Bibcode:2011Natur.469..491C. doi:10.1038/nature09667. PMC 3908455. PMID 21270887.
13. Agis-Balboa RC, Arcos-Diaz D, Wittnam J, Govindarajan N, Blom K, Burkhardt S, Haladyniak U, Agbemenyah HY, Zovoilis A, Salinas-Riester G, Opitz L, Sananbenesi F, Fischer A (Oct 2011). "A hippocampal insulin-growth factor 2 pathway regulates the extinction of fear memories". The EMBO Journal. 30 (19): 4071–83. doi:10.1038/emboj.2011.293. PMC 3209781. PMID 21873981.
14. Buchanan CM, Phillips AR, Cooper GJ (1 Dec 2001). "Preptin derived from proinsulin-like growth factor II (proIGF-II) is secreted from pancreatic islet beta-cells and enhances insulin secretion". Biochem. J. 360 (Pt 2): 431–439. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3600431. PMC 1222244. PMID 11716772. S2CID 39228039.
15. Amso Z, Kowalczyk R, Watson M, Park YF, Callon KE, Musson DS, Cornish J, Brimble M (21 Oct 2016). "Structure activity relationship study on the peptide hormone preptin, a novel bone-anabolic agent for the treatment of osteoporosis". Org Biomol Chem. 14 (39): 9225–9238. doi:10.1039/c6ob01455k. PMID 27488745.
16. Buckels EJ, Hsu H-L, Buchanan CM, Matthews BG (1 Dec 2022). "Genetic ablation of the preptin-coding portion of Igf2 impairs pancreatic function in female mice". Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 323 (6): E467–E479. doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00401.2021. PMID 36459047. S2CID 252458335.
17. Balduyck B, Lauwers P, Govaert K, Hendriks J, De Maeseneer M, Van Schil P (Jul 2006). "Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with associated hypoglycemia: Doege-Potter syndrome: a case report". Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 1 (6): 588–90. doi:10.1097/01243894-200607000-00016. PMID 17409923.
18. He J, Zhang A, Fang M, Fang R, Ge J, Jiang Y, Zhang H, Han C, Ye X, Yu D, Huang H, Liu Y, Dong M (12 July 2013). "Methylation levels at IGF2 and GNAS DMRs in infants born to preeclamptic pregnancies". BMC Genomics. 14: 472. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-14-472. PMC 3723441. PMID 23844573.
19. Höglund O, Sjölund C, Shokrai A, Bäcklin BM, Backhaus A, Wikström K, Granerus M, Engström W (June 1993). "The effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on growth factor expression and biological reproduction in the mink (Mustela vison)". Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 28 (3): 215–216. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0531.1993.tb00129.x.
20. Storch S, Kübler B, Höning S, Ackmann M, Zapf J, Blum W, Braulke T (Dec 2001). "Transferrin binds insulin-like growth factors and affects binding properties of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3". FEBS Letters. 509 (3): 395–8. Bibcode:2001FEBSL.509..395S. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03204-5. PMID 11749962. S2CID 22895295.
21. Buckway CK, Wilson EM, Ahlsén M, Bang P, Oh Y, Rosenfeld RG (Oct 2001). "Mutation of three critical amino acids of the N-terminal domain of IGF-binding protein-3 essential for high affinity IGF binding". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 86 (10): 4943–50. doi:10.1210/jcem.86.10.7936. PMID 11600567.
22. Twigg SM, Baxter RC (Mar 1998). "Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein 5 forms an alternative ternary complex with IGFs and the acid-labile subunit". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273 (11): 6074–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.11.6074. PMID 9497324.
23. Firth SM, Ganeshprasad U, Baxter RC (Jan 1998). "Structural determinants of ligand and cell surface binding of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273 (5): 2631–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.5.2631. PMID 9446566.

Further reading

• O'Dell SD, Day IN (Jul 1998). "Insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II)". The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 30 (7): 767–71. doi:10.1016/S1357-2725(98)00048-X. PMID 9722981.
• Butler AA, Yakar S, Gewolb IH, Karas M, Okubo Y, LeRoith D (Sep 1998). "Insulin-like growth factor-I receptor signal transduction: at the interface between physiology and cell biology". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B. 121 (1): 19–26. doi:10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10106-2. PMID 9972281.
• Kalli KR, Conover CA (May 2003). "The insulin-like growth factor/insulin system in epithelial ovarian cancer". Frontiers in Bioscience. 8 (4): d714–22. doi:10.2741/1034. PMID 12700030.
• Wood AW, Duan C, Bern HA (2005). Insulin-Like Growth Factor Signaling in Fish. International Review of Cytology. Vol. 243. pp. 215–85. doi:10.1016/S0074-7696(05)43004-1. ISBN 9780123646477. PMID 15797461.
• Fowden AL, Sibley C, Reik W, Constancia M (2006). "Imprinted genes, placental development and fetal growth". Hormone Research. 65 Suppl 3 (3): 50–8. doi:10.1159/000091506. PMID 16612114. S2CID 1030630.

External links

• Insulin-Like+Growth+Factor+II at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)