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Wiley
FEBS Letters (311)
Abstract

In the circulation, most of the insulin‐like growth factors (IGFs) are bound to a ternary 150 kDa complex with IGF‐binding protein (IGFBP)‐3 and the acid labile subunit. In the current study, we identify transferrin (Tf) by mass spectrometry, and immunoprecipitation as a component of a major IGF‐binding fraction separated from human plasma. IGF ligand blotting, cross‐linkage experiments and surface plasmon resonance spectrometry have been used to demonstrate the capability of Tf to bind IGFs specifically. In combination with Tf, IGFBP‐3 showed a 5‐fold higher affinity for IGF‐II than IGFBP‐3 alone. The data suggest that Tf may play an important role in regulating IGF/IGFBP‐3 functions.

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Storch, S., Kübler, B., Höning, S., Ackmann, M., Zapf, J., Blum, W., & Braulke, T. (2001). Transferrin binds insulin‐like growth factors and affects binding properties of insulin‐like growth factor binding protein‐3. FEBS Letters, 509(3), 395–398. Portico.

Authors 7
  1. Stephan Storch (first)
  2. Bernd Kübler (additional)
  3. Stefan Höning (additional)
  4. Michael Ackmann (additional)
  5. Jürgen Zapf (additional)
  6. Werner Blum (additional)
  7. Thomas Braulke (additional)
Dates
Type When
Created 22 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 14, 2002, 11:56 a.m.)
Deposited 1 year, 11 months ago (Sept. 16, 2023, 7:17 p.m.)
Indexed 1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 3, 2024, 2:20 p.m.)
Issued 23 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 29, 2001)
Published 23 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 29, 2001)
Published Online 23 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 29, 2001)
Published Print 23 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 14, 2001)
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@article{Storch_2001, title={Transferrin binds insulin‐like growth factors and affects binding properties of insulin‐like growth factor binding protein‐3}, volume={509}, ISSN={1873-3468}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(01)03204-5}, DOI={10.1016/s0014-5793(01)03204-5}, number={3}, journal={FEBS Letters}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Storch, Stephan and Kübler, Bernd and Höning, Stefan and Ackmann, Michael and Zapf, Jürgen and Blum, Werner and Braulke, Thomas}, year={2001}, month=nov, pages={395–398} }