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Peter B. Johansen Yael Segev Daniel Landau Moshe Phillip Allan Flyvbjerg 《Experimental diabetes research》2003,4(2):73-81
The growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor
I (IGF-I) axis were studied in streptozotocin (STZ) diabetic
and nondiabetic female mice following intravenous
(IV) injection of the GH secretagogue (GHS) ipamorelin or
saline. On day 14, blood samples were obtained before and
10 minutes after the injection. Livers were removed and
frozen for determination of the mRNA expressions of the
GH receptor, GH-binding protein, and IGF-I, and hepatic
IGF-I peptide. Serum samples were analyzed for GH and
IGF-I. Following ipamorelin injection, the GH levels were
found to be 150 ± 35 μg/L and 62 ± 11 μg/L in the diabetic
compared to the nondiabetic mice (P < .05). Serum IGF-I
levels were lower in diabetic than in nondiabetic animals,
and rose after stimulation only in the nondiabetic animals.
Furthermore, hepatic GH resistance and IGF-I mRNA levels
and IGF-I peptide were increased in nondiabetic animals
in response to GH stimulation, whereas the low levels per se
of all these parameters in diabetic mice were unaffected. The study shows that STZ diabetic mice demonstrate a substantial
part of the clinical features of type 1 diabetes in humans,
including GH hypersecretion and GH resistance. Accordingly,
it is proposed that STZ diabetic mice may be a better
model of the perturbations of the GH/IGF-I axis in diabetes
than STZ diabetic rats. 相似文献
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Edward Averbukh Michael Halpert Ravit Yanko Lutza Yanko Jacob Peèr Samuel Levinger Allan Flyvbjerg Itamar Raz 《Experimental diabetes research》2000,1(1):39-47
Objective: Octreotide, a somatostatin analogue, has
been shown to prevent angiogenesis in diverse in
vitro models. We evaluated its effect on retinal neovascularization
in vivo, using a neonatal rat retinopathy
model.
Methods: We used, on alternating days, hypoxia
(10% O2) and hyperoxia (50% O2) during the first 14
days of neonatal rats, to induce retinal neovascularization.
Half of the rats were injected subcutaneously
with octreotide 0.7 μg/g BW twice daily. At
day 18 the eyes were evaluated for the presence of
epiretinal and vitreal hemorrhage, neovascularization
and epiretinal proliferation. Octreotide pharmacokinetics
and its effect on serum growth hormone
(GH) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) were
examined in 28 rats.
Results: Serum octreotide levels were 667 μg/1 two
hours after injection, 26.4 μg/1 after nine hours and
3.2 μg/1 after 14 hours. GH levels were decreased
by 40% (p = 0.002) two hours after injection but
thereafter returned to baseline. IGF-I levels were unchanged
two hours after injection and were elevated
by 26% 14 hours after injection (p = 0.02). Epiretinal
membranes were highly associated with epiretinal
hemorrhages (p < 0.001), while retinal neovascularization
was notably associated with vitreal hemorrhages (p < 0.001).
Conclusions: Twice-daily injections of octreotide
failed to produce sustained decrease in serum GH,
but produced rebound elevation of serum IGF-I.
Accordingly, no statistically significant effect of injections
on retinal pathology was noted. This finding,
however, does not contradict our assumption
that GH suppression may decrease the severity of
retinopathy. 相似文献
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Daniel Landau Yael Segev Rina Eshet Allan Flyvbjerg Moshe Phillip 《Experimental diabetes research》2000,1(1):9-18
We investigated the changes in GH-IGF-I axis in
non-obese diabetic (NOD)-mice, a model of insulin dependent
diabetes mellitus. Diabetic female NOD
mice and their age- and sex-matched controls were
sacrificed at 4, 14, 21 and 30 days (30d DM) after the
onset of glycosuria. Serum GH levels increased and
serum IGF-I levels decreased in the 30d DM group
(182 ± 32% and 45 ± 24% of age-matched controls
respectively, p < 0.05). Another group (30d DM + I)
was given SC insulin, and its serum IGF-I levels
remained decreased. Liver GH receptor (GHR) and
GH binding protein (GHBP) mRNA levels, as well
as liver membrane GH binding assays were deeply
decreased in the 30d DM group in comparison to
controls. GHR message and binding capacity remained
decreased in the 30d DM + I group. Renal
GHR mRNA was decreased at 21d DM but not at
14d DM, whereas GHBP mRNA remained unchanged
throughout the experiment. In conclusion,
increased serum GH levels are documented in NOD
diabetic mice, similarly to the changes described in
humans. The decrease in GHR levels and decreased
serum IGF-I in spite of increased circulating GH
suggest a state of GH resistance. 相似文献
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M A Cupo A L Cartwright 《Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B, Comparative biochemistry》1989,94(2):355-360
1. Chick liver cells were incubated in unsupplemented medium (control), or medium supplanted with either 1 microgram/ml pituitary derived chicken growth hormone (GH), 50 ng/ml recombinant human insulin like growth factor-I (IGF-I), or 1 microgram growth hormone/ml and 50 ng insulin like growth factor-I/ml (GH + IGF-I). 2. GH supplementation stimulated acetate incorporation into liver cell lipid. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) lipid secretion was increased quantitatively by GH. 3. Cells incubated with IGF-I incorporated more acetate into lipid and secreted more lipid as VLDL and HDL than controls. 4. A metabolic antagonism between GH and IGF-I was evident with respect to lipogenesis. 5. Neither GH nor IGF-I altered, quantitatively, cell protein synthesis or apoprotein secretion. 相似文献
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Insulin/insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) pathways are recognized as critical signaling pathways involved in the control of lifespans in lower organisms to mammals. Caloric restriction (CR) reduces plasma concentration of insulin, growth hormone (GH), and IGF-I. CR retards various age-dependent disorders such as nuerodegenerative diseases and extends lifespan in laboratory rodents. These beneficial effects of CR are partly mimicked in spontaneous or genetically engineered rodent models of reduced insulin and GH/IGF-I axis. Most of these long-living rodents show increased insulin sensitivity; however, recent study has revealed that some other rodents show normal or reduced insulin sensitivity. Thus, increased insulin sensitivity might be not prerequisite for lifespan extension in insulin/GH/IGF-I altered longevity rodent models. These results highlighted that, for lifespan extension, the intracellular signaling molecules of insulin/GH/IGF-I pathways might be more important than actual peripheral or systemic insulin action. 相似文献
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It is known that growth hormone (GH) plays an important role in growth and development.Additionally, emerging evidence suggest that it also influences hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal function. We have found that GH from different species has different effects in mice. In rodents, human GH (hGH) binds to both GH and prolactin (PRL) receptors; it has both somatotrophic and lactotrophic effects. Since PRL has a profound effect on neuroendocrine function, the results obtained from hGH treatment or from transgenic animals expressing the hGH gene reflect PRL-like effects of this hormone. However, bovine GH (bGH) is purely somatogenic and therefore the effects of bGH represent the function of the natural GH produced in rodents. Furthermore, our studies in mice and rats have shown that not all effects of GH are stimulatory and the duration of exposure of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-gonadal system to GH might influence the secretions of gonadotropins and gonadal steroids. In humans, excess productions of GH in acromegaly and GH resistance in Laron syndrome adversely affect reproduction. Similarly, it has been demonstrated that in transgenic mice expressing various GH genes, in insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) gene-knockout mice, in GH receptor gene-disrupted (GHR-KO) mice, and in Ames dwarf mice the onset of puberty and/or fertility is altered. Therefore, excess or subnormal secretion of GH can affect reproduction. We have shown that the hypothalamic-pituitary functions are affected in transgenic mice expressing the GH genes, Ames dwarf mice and in GH receptor gene knockout mice. The majority of the GH effects are mediated via IGF-I and the aforementioned effects may be due to the GH-induced IGF-I secretion or due to the absence of this peptide production. It is important to realize that the syntheses and actions of IGF binding proteins are controlled by IGF-I. Furthermore, some IGF binding proteins can inhibit IGF-I action. Therefore, the concentrations of IGF binding proteins and the ratio of these binding proteins and IGF-I within the body might play a pivotal role in modulating IGF-I effects on the neuroendocrine-gonadal system. 相似文献
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Aimaretti G Corneli G Rovere S Granata R Baldelli R Grottoli S Ghigo E 《Hormone research》2004,62(Z1):26-33
The current guidelines state that, within the appropriate clinical context, the diagnosis of adult growth hormone (GH) deficiency must be made biochemically using provocative tests. Measurement of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3) levels cannot always distinguish between healthy and GH-deficient individuals. In particular, IGFBP-3 as a marker of GH status is clearly less sensitive than IGF-I and there is general agreement that its measurement does not provide useful diagnostic information. However, the diagnostic value of measuring IGF-I levels has been revisited recently. It has been confirmed that normal IGF-I levels do not rule out severe GH deficiency (GHD) in adults, in whom the diagnosis has therefore to be based on the demonstration of severe impairment of the peak GH response to provocative tests. It has also been emphasized that very low IGF-I levels in patients with high suspicion of GHD could be considered to be definite evidence for severe GHD. This assumption particularly applies to patients with childhood-onset, severe GHD or with multiple hypopituitary deficiencies acquired in adulthood. In addition, the use of IGF-I levels to monitor the efficacy and adequacy of recombinant human GH replacement remains widely accepted. 相似文献
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Stanley C. K. Cheung Xiaohang Long Lizhong Liu Qiaoquan Liu Linlin Lan Peter C. Y. Tong Samuel S. M. Sun 《PloS one》2013,8(10)
Background
Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) is a multifunctional molecule which is closely related to cell growth, apoptosis, angiogenesis, metabolism and senescence. It combines with insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) to form a complex (IGF-I/IGFBP-3) that can treat growth hormone insensitivity syndrome (GHIS) and reduce insulin requirement in patients with diabetes. IGFBP-3 alone has been shown to have anti-proliferation effect on numerous cancer cells.Methodology/Principal Findings
We reported here an expression method to produce functional recombinant human IGFBP-3 (rhIGFBP-3) in transgenic rice grains. Protein sorting sequences, signal peptide and endoplasmic reticulum retention tetrapeptide (KDEL) were included in constructs for enhancing rhIGFBP-3 expression. Western blot analysis showed that only the constructs with signal peptide were successfully expressed in transgenic rice grains. Both rhIGFBP-3 proteins, with or without KDEL sorting sequence inhibited the growth of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells (65.76 ± 1.72% vs 45.00 ± 0.86%, p < 0.05; 50.84 ± 1.97% vs 45.00 ± 0.86%, p < 0.01 respectively) and HT-29 colon cancer cells (65.14 ±3.84% vs 18.01 ± 13.81%, p < 0.05 and 54.7 ± 9.44% vs 18.01 ± 13.81%, p < 0.05 respectively) when compared with wild type rice.Conclusion/Significance
These findings demonstrated the feasibility of producing biological active rhIGFBP-3 in rice using a transgenic approach, which will definitely encourage more research on the therapeutic use of hIGFBP-3 in future. 相似文献10.
Leung LY Kwong AK Man AK Woo NY 《Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology》2008,151(4):705-710
The present study aims to investigate potential regulatory effect of different growth-related hormones including growth hormone (GH), human insulin-like growth factor-I (hIGF-I), thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) and cortisol, on insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) mRNA expression of hepatocytes isolated from silver sea bream. By using real-time PCR, IGF-I mRNA expression profiles of hepatocytes in response to individual hormones were determined in vitro. Hepatocytes incubated with GH at concentrations of 10–1000 ng/mL showed significantly higher IGF-I expression, but the elevation was attenuated at high concentration of GH (1000 ng/mL). IGF-I expression remained unchanged in hepatocytes after incubation with hIGF-I. Hepatocytes incubated with T4 at concentration of 1000 ng/mL exhibited a significant elevation in IGF-I expression, whereas no difference in IGF-I expression was demonstrated in hepatocytes after incubation with T3. Upon incubation with cortisol (1–1000 ng/mL), IGF-I expression was significantly decreased in hepatocytes in a dose-dependent manner. Our study demonstrated that GH, T4, and cortisol had direct modulatory effects on IGF-I expression in fish hepatocytes in vitro. 相似文献
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Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) are both present in blood plasma and IGF-I has been measured in epididymal fluid and seminal plasma. This study was designed to investigate the direct effects of GH or IGF-I on the motility of mature equine spermatozoa in vitro. We compared the effects of one concentration (100 ng/ml) of recombinant bovine GH (rbGH) and recombinant human IGF-I (rhIGF-I) on motility and motion characteristics of equine spermatozoa over a 24 h period. Motility was maintained longer in spermatozoa treated with either rbGH or rhIGF-I during a 24 h period at room temperature (P < 0.05). Spermatozoa motion characteristics at time 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 12 and 24 h for both rbGH and rhlGF-I were not significantly different from the respective controls. This study has shown that GH and IGF-I are effective in promoting the in vitro longevity of spermatozoa. 相似文献
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Serum insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) is an important marker of disease activity in patients with acromegaly, and epidemiological data indicate control of circulating IGF-I in patients with acromegaly restores life expectancy to normal. Improvements in the quality of, and access to, IGF-I assays has encouraged monitoring of acromegaly with IGF-I, although circulating growth hormone (GH) and IGF-I values provide different information, so ideally both should be monitored. However, the introduction of the GH receptor antagonist pegvisomant poses new challenges. Pegvisomant binds with high affinity to GH receptors, thereby blocking the action of GH at the tissue level and rendering the hormone biologically inactive. This leaves IGF-I as the principal marker of disease activity. It is conceptually possible to induce a state of functional GH deficiency (GHD) with pegvisomant with IGF-I values within the normal range. With the goal of minimizing the risk of over-treatment and GHD, we have provided preliminary guidance on the target range for IGF-I in patients receiving pegvisomant based on the gender- and decade-based percentile ranges for IGF-I of adult patients with untreated GHD enrolled in the Pfizer International Metabolic Database (KIMS). 相似文献
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Gabriel Morrhaye Hamid Kermani Jean-Jacques Legros Frederic Baron Yves Beguin Michel Moutschen Remi Cheynier Henri J. Martens Vincent Geenen 《PloS one》2009,4(5)
Background
Despite age-related adipose involution, T cell generation in the thymus (thymopoiesis) is maintained beyond puberty in adults. In rodents, growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), and GH secretagogues reverse age-related changes in thymus cytoarchitecture and increase thymopoiesis. GH administration also enhances thymic mass and function in HIV-infected patients. Until now, thymic function has not been investigated in adult GH deficiency (AGHD). The objective of this clinical study was to evaluate thymic function in AGHD, as well as the repercussion upon thymopoiesis of GH treatment for restoration of GH/IGF-1 physiological levels.Methodology/Principal Findings
Twenty-two patients with documented AGHD were enrolled in this study. The following parameters were measured: plasma IGF-1 concentrations, signal-joint T-cell receptor excision circle (sjTREC) frequency, and sj/β TREC ratio. Analyses were performed at three time points: firstly on GH treatment at maintenance dose, secondly one month after GH withdrawal, and thirdly one month after GH resumption. After 1-month interruption of GH treatment, both plasma IGF-1 concentrations and sjTREC frequency were decreased (p<0.001). Decreases in IGF-1 and sjTREC levels were correlated (r = 0.61, p<0.01). There was also a decrease in intrathymic T cell proliferation as indicated by the reduced sj/β TREC ratio (p<0.01). One month after reintroduction of GH treatment, IGF-1 concentration and sjTREC frequency regained a level equivalent to the one before GH withdrawal. The sj/β TREC ratio also increased with GH resumption, but did not return to the level measured before GH withdrawal.Conclusions
In patients with AGHD under GH treatment, GH withdrawal decreases thymic T cell output, as well as intrathymic T cell proliferation. These parameters of thymus function are completely or partially restored one month after GH resumption. These data indicate that the functional integrity of the somatotrope GH/IGF-1 axis is important for the maintenance of a normal thymus function in human adults.Trial Registration
ClinicalTrials.gov NTC00601419 相似文献14.
Dorota Mi?ta Bo?ena Króliczewska Milan Marounek Ewa Pecka Wojciech Zawadzki Józef Nicpoń 《PloS one》2015,10(1)
The brown hare and the domestic rabbit are mid-sized herbivorous mammals and hindgut fermenters, though their digestive physiologies differ in some traits. The objective of this study was to estimate and compare the caecal microbial activity in hares and rabbits via an analysis of the following end-products of in vitro caecal fermentation: methane, total gas production, short chain fatty acids and ammonia concentration. Hare caecal methanogenesis occurred at a much lower level (0.25 mmol/kg for samples incubated without substrate and 0.22 mmol/kg for samples incubated with substrate) than that of the rabbit (15.49 and 11.73 mmol/kg, respectively) (P<0.001). The impact of the substrate’s presence on caecal methanogenesis was not significant, though its presence increased the total gas production during fermentation (P<0.001). Hare caecal microflora produced a lower short chain fatty acids concentration than did rabbit microorganisms (P<0.05). In unincubated hare samples, the short chain fatty acids concentration was 28.4 mmol/kg, whereas in unincubated rabbit samples, the short chain fatty acids concentration was 51.8 mmol/kg. The caecal fermentation pattern of the hare was characterised by higher propionate and isobutyrate molar proportions compared with those observed in rabbit caecum (P<0.01). No significant changes in the ammonia concentration in either rabbit or hare caecum were found. The results obtained indicate some differences in the activity of the microbial populations colonising the hare and rabbit caecum, particularly in regards to methanogenic Archaea. 相似文献
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Luca Fontanesi Manuela Vargiolu Emilio Scotti Rocco Latorre Maria Simonetta Faussone Pellegrini Maurizio Mazzoni Martina Asti Roberto Chiocchetti Giovanni Romeo Paolo Clavenzani Roberto De Giorgio 《PloS one》2014,9(4)
The English spotting coat color locus in rabbits, also known as Dominant white spotting locus, is determined by an incompletely dominant allele (En). Rabbits homozygous for the recessive wild-type allele (en/en) are self-colored, heterozygous En/en rabbits are normally spotted, and homozygous En/En animals are almost completely white. Compared to vital en/en and En/en rabbits, En/En animals are subvital because of a dilated (“mega”) cecum and ascending colon. In this study, we investigated the role of the KIT gene as a candidate for the English spotting locus in Checkered Giant rabbits and characterized the abnormalities affecting enteric neurons and c-kit positive interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) in the megacolon of En/En rabbits. Twenty-one litters were obtained by crossing three Checkered Giant bucks (En/en) with nine Checkered Giant (En/en) and two en/en does, producing a total of 138 F1 and backcrossed rabbits. Resequencing all coding exons and portions of non-coding regions of the KIT gene in 28 rabbits of different breeds identified 98 polymorphisms. A single nucleotide polymorphism genotyped in all F1 families showed complete cosegregation with the English spotting coat color phenotype (θ = 0.00 LOD = 75.56). KIT gene expression in cecum and colon specimens of En/En (pathological) rabbits was 5–10% of that of en/en (control) rabbits. En/En rabbits showed reduced and altered c-kit immunolabelled ICC compared to en/en controls. Morphometric data on whole mounts of the ascending colon showed a significant decrease of HuC/D (P<0.05) and substance P (P<0.01) immunoreactive neurons in En/En vs. en/en. Electron microscopy analysis showed neuronal and ICC abnormalities in En/En tissues. The En/En rabbit model shows neuro-ICC changes reminiscent of the human non-aganglionic megacolon. This rabbit model may provide a better understanding of the molecular abnormalities underlying conditions associated with non-aganglionic megacolon. 相似文献
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Sequence Variations in the Bovine Growth Hormone Gene Characterized by Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism (Sscp) Analysis and Their Association with Milk Production Traits in Holsteins 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5 下载免费PDF全文
Sequence variations in the bovine growth hormone (GH) gene were investigated by single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of seven amplified fragments covering almost the entire gene (2.7 kb). SSCPs were detected in four of these fragments and a total of six polymorphisms were found in a sample of 128 Holstein bulls. Two polymorphisms, a T->C transition in the third intron (designated GH4.1) and an A->C transversion in the fifth exon (designated GH6.2), were shown to be associated with milk production traits. GH4.1(c)/GH4.1(c) bulls had higher milk yield than GH4.1(c)/GH4.1(t) (P <= 0.005) and GH4.1(t)/GH4.1(t) (P <= 0.0022) bulls. GH4.1(c)/GH4.1(c) bulls had higher kg fat (P <= 0.0076) and protein (P <= 0.0018) than GH4.1(c)/GH4.1(t) bulls. Similar effects on milk production traits with the GH6.2 polymorphism were observed with the GH6.2(a) allele being the favorable allele. The average effects of the gene substitution for GH4.1 and GH6.2 are similar, with +/-300 kg for milk yield, +/-8 kg for fat content and +/-7 kg for protein content per lactation. The positive association of GH4.1(c) and GH6.2(a) with milk production traits may be useful for improving milk performance in dairy cattle. 相似文献
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Nass R Pezzoli SS Chapman IM Patrie J Hintz RL Hartman ML Thorner MO 《American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism》2002,283(4):E702-E710
Arginine stimulates growth hormone (GH) secretion, possibly by inhibiting hypothalamic somatostatin (SS) release. Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) inhibits GH secretion via effects at the pituitary and/or hypothalamus. We hypothesized that if the dominant action of IGF-I is to suppress GH release at the level of the pituitary, then the arginine-induced net increase in GH concentration would be unaffected by an IGF-I infusion. Eight healthy young adults (3 women, 5 men) were studied on day 2 of a 47-h fast for 12 h (35th-47th h) on four occasions. Saline (Sal) or 10 microg. kg(-1). h(-1) recombinant human IGF-I was infused intravenously for 5 h from 37 to 42 h of the 47-h fast. Arginine (Arg) (30 g iv) or Sal was infused over 30 min during the IGF-I or Sal infusion from 40 to 40.5 h of the fast. Subjects received the following combinations of treatments in random order: 1) Sal + Sal; 2) Sal + Arg; 3) IGF-I + Sal; 4) IGF-I + Arg. Peak GH concentration on the IGF-I + Arg day was ~45% of that on the Sal + Arg day. The effect of arginine on net GH release was calculated as [(Sal + Arg) - (Sal + Sal)] - [(IGF-I + Arg) - (IGF-I + Sal)]. There was no significant effect of IGF-I on net arginine-induced GH release over control conditions. These findings suggest that the negative feedback effect of IGF-I on GH secretion is primarily mediated at the pituitary level and/or at the hypothalamus through a mechanism different from the stimulatory effect of arginine. 相似文献
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Plasma growth hormone (GH), prolactin, and corticosteroid responses to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia were studied in 24 men with progressive alcoholism who had been abstinent for two to seven days. Ten normal healthy subjects (five men, five women) served as controls for comparing GH and prolactin responses, while cortisol responses were studied in a further six male controls. Blood samples were taken at intervals after an injection of soluble insulin (0·1 U/kg body weight). All patients developed adequate hypoglycaemia (blood glucose <2·2 mmol/l (<39·6 mg/100 ml)) and nine had impaired GH responses (peak concentration <10 mU/1). Prolactin concentrations fell or remained unchanged in nine patients, eight of whom also had impaired GH responses. In seven patients corticosteroid concentrations decreased from basal concentrations, and six of these patients had impaired GH responses. All three hormone responses were impaired in several patients, and significant correlations were found between the GH and prolactin responses at 45 and 60 minutes. GH response was not correlated with age, duration of drinking, duration of alcoholism, or admitted alcohol intake. GH responses were significantly lower in patients who had the most severe withdrawal symptoms. Our observations of impaired stress responses in some recently abstinent alcoholics may have important implications for the management of alcohol withdrawal syndrome. 相似文献
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Ryusaku Matsumoto Hidenori Fukuoka Genzo Iguchi Yukiko Odake Kenichi Yoshida Hironori Bando Kentaro Suda Hitoshi Nishizawa Michiko Takahashi Shozo Yamada Wataru Ogawa Yutaka Takahashi 《PloS one》2015,10(10)
Objective
Patients with acromegaly exhibit reduced life expectancy and increased prevalence of age-related diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. However, the underlying mechanism has not been fully elucidated. Telomere shortening is reportedly associated with reduced life expectancy and increased prevalence of these age-related diseases.Methods
We measured telomere length in patients with acromegaly using quantitative PCR method. The effect of GH and IGF-I on telomere length and cellular senescence was examined in human skin fibroblasts.Results
Patients with acromegaly exhibited shorter telomere length than age-, sex-, smoking-, and diabetes-matched control patients with non-functioning pituitary adenoma (0.62 ± 0.23 vs. 0.75 ± 0.35, respectively, P = 0.047). In addition, telomere length in acromegaly was negatively correlated with the disease duration (R 2 = 0.210, P = 0.003). In vitro analysis revealed that not GH but IGF-I induced telomere shortening in human skin fibroblasts. Furthermore, IGF-I-treated cells showed increased senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity and expression of p53 and p21 protein. IGF-I-treated cells reached the Hayflick limit earlier than GH- or vehicle-treated cells, indicating that IGF-I induces cellular senescence.Conclusion
Shortened telomeres in acromegaly and cellular senescence induced by IGF-I can explain, in part, the underlying mechanisms by which acromegaly exhibits an increased morbidity and mortality in association with the excess secretion of IGF-I. 相似文献20.
Most biological actions of growth hormone (GH) are mediated by the insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) that is produced after the interaction of the hormone with a specific cell surface receptor, the GH receptor (GHR). Even though the GH excess on fish metabolism is poorly known, several species have been genetically engineered for this hormone in order to improve growth for aquaculture. In some GH-transgenic fish growth has been dramatically increased, while in others high levels of transgene expression have shown inhibition of the growth response. In this study, we used for the first time different genotypes (hemizygous and homozygous) of a GH-transgenic zebrafish (Danio rerio) lineage as a model for studying the GH resistance induced by different GH transgene expression levels. The results obtained here demonstrated that homozygous fish did not grow as expected and have a lower condition factor, which implies a catabolic state. These findings are explained by a decreased IGF-I and GHR gene expression as a consequence of GH resistance. Together, our results demonstrated that homozygous GH-transgenic fish showed similar characteristics to the starvation-induced fish and could be an interesting model for studying the regulation of the GH/GHR/IGF-I axis in fish. 相似文献