EFFECTS OF GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE ON THE SECRETION OF ISLET HORMONES AND ON GLUCOSE-HOMEOSTASIS IN LEAN AND GENETICALLY OBESE-DIABETIC (OB/OB) MICE AND NORMAL RATS
EFFECTS OF GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE ON THE SECRETION OF ISLET HORMONES AND ON GLUCOSE-HOMEOSTASIS IN LEAN AND GENETICALLY OBESE-DIABETIC (OB/OB) MICE AND NORMAL RATS
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DOI:
10.1677/joe.0.1230019
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发表时间:
1989-10-01
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4
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BUCHANAN, KD
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作者:
BAILEY, CJ;WILKES, LC;BUCHANAN, KD
The effect of synthetic human growth hormone-releasing hormone(1-40) (hGHRH-40) on the function of the endocrine pancreas and on glucose homeostasis in lean and genetically obese-diabetic (ob/ob) mice and normal rats has been examined. The addition of 1 .mu.mol hGHRH-40/l to incubated islets from normal lean mice increased insulin release by 90 and 37% at 5.6 and 16.7 mmol glucose/l respectively. Lower concentrations of hGHRH-40 did not affect insulin release. hGHRH-40 (1 .mu.mol/l) increased pancreatic polypeptide release by 50% at 5.6 mmol glucose/l. A range of concentrations of hGHRH-40 (1 nmol/l-1 .mu.mol/l) reduced glucagon release by 42-73% at 5.6 mmol glucose/l, and by 38-70% at 16.7 mmol glucose/l. Somatostatin release was increased (eightfold) by 1 .mu.mol hGHRH-40/l at 5.6 mmol glucose/l, but at 1 nmol hGHRH-40/l somatostatin release was reduced (by > 50%). At 16.7 mmol glucose/litre 0.01-1 .mu.mol hGHRH-40/l increased somatostatin release (three- to fourfold), but 1 nmol hGHRH-40/l produced a reduction of 50%. In vivo, administration of hGHRH-40 (50 .mu.g/kg body weight i.p.) to fasted lean and ob/ob mice did not alter basal plasma concentrations of glucose and insulin, or the glucose and insulin response to a concomitant i.p. glucose challenge. Intravenous injection of hGHRH-40 (20 .mu.g/kg body weight) to anaesthetized rats increased plasma concentrations of insulin in the hepatic portal vein. A lower dose of hGHRH-40 (0.2 .mu.g/kg) was ineffective, and neither dose of hGHRH-40 altered plasma glucose. The results indicate that hGHRH-40 exerts dose-dependent effects on the secretion of islet hormones, but this does not appear to be sufficient to produce measurable effects on plasma glucose homeostasis.