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Both GH and IGF-I stimulate islet cell growth, inhibit cell apoptosis, and regulate insulin biosynthesis and secretion. GH receptor gene deficiency (GHR(-/-)) caused diminished pancreatic islet cell mass and serum insulin level and elevated insulin sensitivity. Because IGF-I gene expression was nearly abolished in these mice, we sought to determine whether that had caused the islet defects. To restore IGF-I level, we have generated transgenic mice that express rat IGF-I cDNA under the direction of rat insulin promoter 1 (RIP-IGF). Using RNase protection assay and immunohistochemistry, the IGF-I transgene expression was revealed specifically in pancreatic islets of the RIP-IGF mice, which exhibited normal growth and development and possess no abnormalities in glucose homeostasis, insulin production, and islet cell mass. GHR(-/-) mice exhibited 50% reduction in the ratio of islet cell mass to body weight and increased insulin sensitivity but impaired glucose tolerance. Compared with GHR(-/-) alone, IGF-I overexpression on a GHR(-/-) background caused no change in the diminished blood glucose and serum insulin levels, pancreatic insulin contents, and insulin tolerance but improved glucose tolerance and insulin secretion. Remarkably, islet-specific overexpression of IGF-I gene in GHR(-/-) mice restored islet cell mass, at least partially through cell hypertrophy. Interestingly, double-transgenic male mice demonstrated a transient rescue in growth rates vs. GHR(-/-) alone, at 2-3 months of age. Our results suggest that IGF-I deficiency is part of the underlying mechanism of diminished islet growth in GHR(-/-) mice and are consistent with the notion that IGF-I mediates GH-induced islet cell growth.

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Pancreatic Islet-Specific Expression of an Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Transgene Compensates Islet Cell Growth in Growth Hormone Receptor Gene-Deficient Mice