Insulin-likeGrowthFactorstypeIandIIaresmallproteinsstructurallyrelatedtoinsulinthathavebothgrowthpromotinganddifferentiationactivityonavarietyofcells(1).TheiractionismediatedthroughbindingoftheIGF-Ireceptor(IGF-IR).IGF-IRisatetramerconsistingoftwoextracellular125kDaαchainsand2transmembrane95kDaβchains(2).IGF-IRhastyrosinekinaseactivtity,whichislinkedtotheras-raf-MAPKsignalingpathway.IGF-IandIGF-IIbindIGF-IRwithaKsofapproximately1-10nM(3).TwootherreceptorshavealsobeenreportedtobindIGFs:insulinreceptorandIGF-IIR.AnumberofIGFbindingproteinspresentinplasmaareinvolvedinIGFtransportandtheyappeartoalsoregulatetheinteractionofIGFswiththeirreceptorsbycontrollingtheamountoffreeIGFsavailableforreceptorinteractions(4).IGF-IRshavebeenimplicatedinpromotingtumorgrowththroughtheiranti-apoptoticaction.FurThermore,IGF-IRmayassociatewithcollagen-bindingintegrinstoregulatecelladhesion(5).ThesepropertiesmakethemonitoringofIGF-IRoncellsurfacesanimportantexerciseinunderstandingmalignantcelltransformationandtumorprogression.
MAB391isamonoclonaldirectedtotheextracellulardomainoftheIGF-IR.ThismonoclonalhasalsobeenshowntoneutralizeIGFactivityonthehumanMCFbreastepithelialtumorcellline.
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