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Different Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Species in Human Placenta and Decidua^*

Minerva Institute for Medical Research Kauniainen, Finland
Department I of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland

Address correspondence and requests for reprints to: Fredrika Pekonen, Minerva, Asematie 13, 02700 Kaunainen, Finland.

Previous studies demonstrated that human decidua secretes a 34K insulin-like growth factor binding protein (34K IGF-BP) earlier designated placental protein 12, whereas placenta contains IGF receptors and IGF mRNA. We studied binding of [¹²⁵I]IGF-I to paired placental and decidual tissues using competitive binding, gel filtration, RIA, and cross-linking techniques, and compared the binding characteristics of these two tissues which are located in close proximity in vivo. The effect of decidual cytosols on [¹²⁵I]IGF-I binding to placental membranes also was studied. Consistent with previous data the dominating binding species in placental membranes were IGF receptors. In contrast, the binding of [¹²⁵I]IGF-I to decidual membranes was mainly due to binding species with mol wts of 34K and 39K. The 34K IGF-BP was more readily detected in decidual cytosols than in decidual membranes and little was detected in placental cytosols. Purified 34K IGF-BP as well as decidual cytosols inhibited [¹²⁵I]IGF-I binding to placental receptors. The inhibitory effect of decidual cytosol on IGF receptor binding was linearly correlated to the decidual content of 34K IGF-BP. The results suggest that the decidual 34K IGF-BP might act as a local modulator of the IGF action at the interface between the decidua and the placenta.

^* This work was supported by grants from the Cancer Society of Finland, Finska Läkaresällskapet and Nordiska Insulinfonden.

Received March 1, 1988.

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