Inhibition of pulsatile growth hormone (GH) secretion and somatic growth in immature rats with a synthetic GH-releasing factor antagonist

Endocrinology
M D LumpkinA Haramati

Abstract

We previously reported that systemic administration of the recently described GRF peptide antagonist (N-Ac-Tyr1,D-Arg2)GRF-(1-29)-NH2 to adult male rats would suppress the pulsatile release of GH. In the present study, we have sought to determine whether this same antagonist would be efficacious in immature male rats to block spontaneous GH secretion and, as a result, retard several parameters of somatic growth. Indwelling Silastic catheters were placed into the jugular veins of immature male rats (120-140 g) at 29 days of age. After a recovery period of 48 h, beginning at 1000 h, 100-400 micrograms/kg GRF antagonist or its vehicle (controls) were injected iv immediately after withdrawing an initial blood sample from conscious undisturbed animals. Subsequent samples were obtained every 20 min until 1520 h. Red blood cells were resuspended in a restorative volume of saline and reinjected after each blood sample. Results showed that both doses of antagonist prevented the two major periods of episodic GH release observed in controls. For example, mean plasma GH (+/- SEM; nanograms per ml) at 1120 h was 9.0 +/- 2.7 in antagonist-treated rats and 37.1 +/- 5.1 in controls (P less than 0.05). Mean plasma GH (+/- SEM) at 1340 h was 10....Continue Reading

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