... high-af®nity binding proteins (IGFBPs) with 10 -fold higher af®nity than their binding to IGF receptors IGFBPs thereby in¯uence the availability of IGF to bind to IGF receptors [12 ] Over the past 14 years, ... analogue binding to highanity recombinant IGF1 R Binding of IGF- II (A), des- (1 6) -IGF- II (B) and Arg6 -IGF- II (C) to rhIGF1R measured by BIAcore analysis using concentrations of 25, 50, 10 0, 200 and ... af®nity binding of IGF- I, IGF- II and their analogues to rhIGF1R was measured by BIAcore analysis (Figs and 2), and relative binding af®nities were determined (Table 1) Arg3 -IGF- I, des- (1 3) -IGF- I,...