Elsevier

Developmental Biology

Volume 232, Issue 2, 15 April 2001, Pages 414-423
Developmental Biology

Regular Article
IGF-I Synergizes with FGF-2 to Stimulate Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Entry into the Cell Cycle

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Abstract

Secreted peptide growth factors are critical extracellular signals that interact to promote the proliferation, differentiation, and survival of progenitor cells in developing tissues. IGF-I signaling through the IGF type I receptor provides a mitogenic signal for numerous cell types, including stem and progenitor cells. We have utilized the O-2A oligodendrocyte progenitor to study the mechanism of IGF-I mitogenic actions since these progenitors respond to IGF-I in vitro, and gene targeting studies in mice have demonstrated that IGF-I is essential for normal oligodendrocyte development in vivo. The goal of this study was to elucidate the mechanism by which IGF-I promotes the proliferation of oligodendrocyte progenitors in the context of other mitogens critical for their proliferation. Results presented here show that IGF-I significantly amplified the actions of FGF-2 and PDGF to promote DNA synthesis in O-2A progenitors. Investigation of cell cycle kinetics revealed that IGF-I had no significant effect on the rate of cell cycle progression. Instead, IGF-I promoted increased recruitment of O-2A progenitors into the S phase of the cell cycle. These studies support a role for IGF-I as a cell cycle progression factor for progenitor cells.

Keywords

O-2A progenitor
IGF-I
FGF-2
PDGF
cell cycle
oligodendrocyte
progression factor

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