Compensatory renal growth: role of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I

Nephrology, Dialysis, Transplantation : Official Publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
A M el NahasA H Bassett

Abstract

Recent experimental evidence suggests that insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) may be involved in compensatory renal growth (CRG). This study was designed to determine the relative contribution of IGF-I and growth hormone (GH) to the CRG that takes place in rats following uninephrectomy (UNx). We also studied the respective role of GH and IGF-I in the stimulation of CRG induced by a high protein diet (HPD). CRG was studied 7 days after UNx in Wistar rats and in a new mutant strain of dwarf rats, selectively deficient in GH. Prior to UNx, rats of both strains were pre-fed (14 days) either a medium-protein diet (MPD, casein 18%) or a HPD (54%). On MPD, CRG was comparable in Wistar (17.6 +/- 3.1%, M +/- SD) and dwarf (14.4 +/- 4.8%) rats. The HPD enhanced CRG in the Wistars (27 +/- 3.9%, P less than 0.005) but not in the dwarfs (14.9 +/- 2%). CRG in both experimental groups involved renal hypertrophy and hyperplasia. Control (baseline) serum, liver and kidney IGF-I were significantly less in dwarf rats. However, following UNx, on a MPD, kidney IGF-I increased significantly in both Wistar and dwarf rats: Wistar, pre-UNx, 310 +/- 46 ng/g tissue; post-UNx, 405 +/- 54 ng/g, P less than 0.005; dwarfs, pre-UNx, 205 +/- 35 ng/g; post-UN...Continue Reading

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