INTRAVENOUS GROWTH HORMONE GROWTH RESPONSES TO PATTERNED INFUSIONS IN HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED RATS
INTRAVENOUS GROWTH HORMONE GROWTH RESPONSES TO PATTERNED INFUSIONS IN HYPOPHYSECTOMIZED RATS
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DOI:
10.1677/joe.0.1040053
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
ROBINSON I C A F
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作者:
CLARK R G;JANSSON J-O;ROBINSON I C A F
Young hypophysectomized rats were maintained with chronic indwelling i.v. cannulae attached via swivels to a multichannel pumping system programmed to deliver GH [growth hormone] in a continuous or pulsatile pattern for several days. Continuous i.v. infusions of human GH for 5 days produced dose-dependent increases in body wt and tail length, without increasing food intake. A comparison of GH infusions by the s.c. or i.v. route showed that the direct i.v. route was 3-fold more effective. Pulsatile i.v. infusions of human or bovine GH at 2 doses (12 or 36 mU/day, eight pulses/day, 5 min duration, every 3 h) produced greater increases in body weight than continuous i.v. infusions of GH at the same daily dose. Continuous infusions of bovine GH produced a lower growth rate in the 2nd of 2 consecutive 5 day treatment periods; the responses to pulsatile GH did not diminish with time. Both body wt gain and long-bone growth were affected by the frequency of GH pulses; 9 pulses/day were more effective than 3 pulses/day which in turn produced larger growth responses than 1 pulse/day. Keeping GH pulse frequency constant and varying pulse duration (4, 16 or 64 min) did not affect growth rates. Long-term pulsatile i.v. infusions of GH mimic the endogenous secretory pattern, and are most effective when given at the physiologically appropriate pulse frequency.