TY - JOUR
T1 - Growth hormone and growth hormone-related mRNA in uremic rats
T2 - Effect of a growth hormone secretagogue
AU - Krieg, Richard J.
AU - Chan, Winnie
AU - Lin, Kwei Chi
AU - Kuemmerle, Nancy B.
AU - Veldhuis, Johannes D.
AU - Chan, James C.M.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - In experimental animals, the decreased growth during mild uremia is not accompanied by a loss in the capacity of the pituitary gland to secrete growth hormone (GH). With the development of orally administered GH "secretagogues" (GHS), it might be possible to stimulate growth during uremia without injections. This study was designed to determine the effects of the GHS, L-163,255. Uremia was induced by 5/6 nephrectomy (NX). GHS was given orally, 3 mg/kg, twice a week. Four groups of animals included: (1) sham-operated, (2) sham-operated, pair-fed, (3) uremic (NX), and (4) uremic, GHS-treated (NX+GHS). Blood sampling was conducted via intra-atrial catheters, and GH was quantitated. Pituitary GH mRNA was measured by Northern blot, and liver GH receptor and insulin-like growth factor-I mRNAs by RNAase protection. Untreated NX animals had a specific decrease in the mass of the GH pulses. A burst of GH was induced by GHS, but the pulsatile pattern of GH secretion over 6 h was not affected. An increase or a return to non-uremic levels of GH-related mRNAs occurred after GHS. Thus, GHS stimulated an acute burst of GH secretion and increased specific mRNAs encoding GH-related proteins in uremic animals.
AB - In experimental animals, the decreased growth during mild uremia is not accompanied by a loss in the capacity of the pituitary gland to secrete growth hormone (GH). With the development of orally administered GH "secretagogues" (GHS), it might be possible to stimulate growth during uremia without injections. This study was designed to determine the effects of the GHS, L-163,255. Uremia was induced by 5/6 nephrectomy (NX). GHS was given orally, 3 mg/kg, twice a week. Four groups of animals included: (1) sham-operated, (2) sham-operated, pair-fed, (3) uremic (NX), and (4) uremic, GHS-treated (NX+GHS). Blood sampling was conducted via intra-atrial catheters, and GH was quantitated. Pituitary GH mRNA was measured by Northern blot, and liver GH receptor and insulin-like growth factor-I mRNAs by RNAase protection. Untreated NX animals had a specific decrease in the mass of the GH pulses. A burst of GH was induced by GHS, but the pulsatile pattern of GH secretion over 6 h was not affected. An increase or a return to non-uremic levels of GH-related mRNAs occurred after GHS. Thus, GHS stimulated an acute burst of GH secretion and increased specific mRNAs encoding GH-related proteins in uremic animals.
KW - Growth hormone
KW - Growth hormone receptor
KW - Insulin-like growth factor
KW - Partial nephrectomy
KW - Pituitary, growth hormone secretagogue
KW - mRNA
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U2 - 10.1007/s00467-002-0893-3
DO - 10.1007/s00467-002-0893-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 12185462
AN - SCOPUS:0036956993
SN - 0931-041X
VL - 17
SP - 585
EP - 590
JO - Pediatric Nephrology
JF - Pediatric Nephrology
IS - 8
ER -