Nutrition, somatomedins, and the brain.
Nutrition, somatomedins, and the brain.
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营养、生长激素和大脑。
DOI:
10.1016/0026-0495(86)90100-9
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发表时间:
1986
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Phillips,LS
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Phillips,LS
Conditions of decreased nutrient supply (malnutrition) and/or decreased nutrient utilization (diabetes) are attended by impairment of growth despite an increase in circulating levels of growth hormone (GH). Growth involves the actions of somatomedins, circulating insulinlike polypeptides with anabolic effects on cartilage, fat, and muscle. In malnutrition and diabetes, mechanisms of growth impairment appear to include a decrease in GH-induced generation of somatomedins, together with an increase in somatomedin inhibitors, factors which antagonize somatomedin action. Brain mediation of these alterations involves a rise in GH secretion due to decreased negative feedback from somatomedins, perhaps accentuated by blunting of feedback via actions of somatomedin inhibitors. In combination these processes lead to shunting of metabolic fuels toward vital processes and away from growth (via decreased somatomedin action) and to protein-sparing and increase in alternate metabolic fuels (via direct GH actions on muscle and fat). Further study of involved hypothalamic and pituitary mechanisms should yield additional insights into the role of the brain in metabolic homeostasis.