In mouse preadipocyte Ob1771 cells, transcription of the insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) gene was stimulated by growth hormone (GH), and IGF-I protein combined with GH in medium was required for their differentiation to adipocytes. During induction of the differentiation, the intracellular expression of each class of IGF-I mRNA was analyzed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. When the cells were cultured in the presence of GH, the class 1del. IGF-I mRNA was a major molecular species among IGF-I mRNAs. In the presence of both GH and IGF-I, the splicing pattern of IGF-I mRNA changed from class 1del. to class 1. Moreover, as detected by Western blotting, the IGF-I protein was present in cells and in the medium only when the cells were cultured in the presence of both GH and IGF-I. We found that IGF-I secreted from Ob1771 cells could act in an autocrine/paracrine fashion and induce the differentiation of other Ob1771 cells. It was demonstrated that the translation efficiency of class 1 mRNA was higher than that of class 1del. mRNA in vitro. These results suggested that stimulation with exogenous IGF-I in the presence of GH was required for the production of class 1 IGF-I mRNA and that the production of the IGF-I protein was activated by increasing the translation efficiency through shifting the splicing pattern of IGF-I mRNA from class 1del. to class 1. Exogenous IGF-I triggered the differentiation by initiating the synthesis of endogenous IGF-I.

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