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Novel Promoter Polymorphism in Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein-3: Correlation with Serum Levels and Interaction with Known Regulators¹

Department of Pediatrics, Université de Montréal (C.D., F.W., J.P.); and Departments of Medicine and Oncology (M.P., F.R.) and Genome Center (B.G., T.H.), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3T 1E2; and Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School (J.M., M.S.), Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Michael Pollak, Lady Davis Research Institute of McGill University and Jewish General Hospital, 3999 chemin de la Cote Sainte Catherine, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3T 1E2. E-mail: md49{at}musica.mcgill.ca

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) is a major determinant of circulating levels of the IGFs and is clinically useful for the evaluation of GH deficiency and for predicting the response to GH treatment. Recent studies provide evidence that the circulating level of IGFBP-3 is inversely related to the risk of several common cancers, and that antiproliferative agents such as antiestrogens and retinoids act in part by up-regulating IGFBP-3 gene (IGFBP3) expression. Although approximately 50% of the substantial interindividual variability in circulating IGFBP-3 levels is known to have a genetic basis, the specific loci involved are unknown.

Direct sequencing of genomic DNA specimens from a multiethnic population identified several single nucleotide polymorphisms in the promoter region of IGFBP3. For the most common single nucleotide polymorphism (nucleotide -202) found to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, genotype was highly correlated to circulating level of IGFBP-3 in 478 men from the Physicians’ Health Study. In vitro, we documented significantly higher promoter activity of the A allele at the -202 locus compared with the C allele, consistent with the relationship observed between genotype and circulating IGFBP-3 (AA > AC > CC).

A positive correlation was observed between circulating retinol levels and circulating IGFBP-3 levels; subset analysis by genotype showed that this relationship was only present among individuals carrying an A allele at -202 (AA > AC > CC). Tall individuals or individuals with a body mass index of 27 or greater had levels of circulating IGFBP-3 that were significantly higher when they possessed at least one A allele (AA > AC > CC).

The IGFBP3 promoter region deserves investigation as a locus where polymorphic variation occurs frequently and may influence GH responsiveness, somatic growth, and possibly cancer risk.

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