N-terminal truncated forms of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in the peritoneal fluid of women without laparoscopic evidence of endometriosis

M Koutsilieris, Michael Koutsilieris, Koutsilieris M, A Akoum, Akoum A, Ali Akoum, C Lazure, Claude Lazure, Lazure C, G Frenette, Gilles Frenette, Frenette G, André Lemay, A Lemay, Lemay A, Le groupe d’investigation en gynécologie
Fertility and Sterility · 1995 · vol. 63(2) , pp. 314–321 · doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57362-2 · PMID:7531162 · W2496907402
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This study investigated the presence and characteristics of N-terminal truncated forms of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 within the peritoneal fluid of women who did not exhibit laparoscopic evidence of endometriosis.

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ObjectiveTo characterize and purify peritoneal mitogens able to stimulate the proliferation of human endometrial cells in vitro.DesignPeritoneal fluids (PFs) from 50 patients were collected at laparoscopy and pooled (270 mL) for purification of mitogenic activity.SettingUniversity infertility clinic and endocrinology of reproduction and molecular endocrinology laboratories.PatientsFifty subjects presenting for tubal ligation, pelvic pain, mass, or infertility but otherwise having no evidence of endometriosis inflammation, infection, or tumor.InterventionsNone.Main outcome measuresAssessment of mitogenic activity by 3H-thymidine incorporation into mouse embryo fibroblasts and into primary cultures of isolated epithelial and stromal cells of human endometrium.ResultsThe PF mitogens were purified successively on carboxymethyl-sepharose and heparin-sepharose columns followed by fractionation on cartridges of C18 silica and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Four distinct bands were eluted from Sep-Pak, (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) with molecular weights of 17 to 18, 20, 25, and 29 to 30 kd. The eluted fractions of Sep-Pak exerted preferential mitogenic activity on epithelial-derived human endometrial cells at an equimolar ratio with epidermal growth factor. Microsequencing of the 17 to 18, 20, 25, and 29 to 30 kd bands showed a homologous sequence with N-terminal amino acid sequences of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3).ConclusionThese data indicate that the PF of normal women without evidence of endometriosis contains N-terminal truncated forms of IGFBP-3 that mediate an apparent preferential mitogenic action on epithelial-derived endometrial cells. Therefore, they could play a role in the ectopic growth of endometrial cells.

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Ascitic Fluid Carrier Proteins Endometrium Amino Acid Sequence Animals Ascitic Fluid Ascitic Fluid Carrier Proteins Carrier Proteins Carrier Proteins Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid DNA DNA Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometrium Endometrium Epithelium Epithelium Female

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