PMID: 2110238Mar 1, 1990Paper

Long-term reductions in GH, insulin-like growth factor-I and body weight gain in rats treated neonatally with antibodies to rat GH

The Journal of Endocrinology
M J Gardner, D J Flint

Abstract

Treatment of neonatal rats on days 2-5 with antibodies against rat GH (rGH) markedly reduced body weight gain and serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I for 6-8 weeks in both females and males, after which weight gain normalized without evidence of catch-up growth. There were no significant effects on serum prolactin, tri-iodothyronine or corticosterone. Testis and ovarian weights were reduced, although only in proportion to body size. In females, but not males, the treated rats, though lighter, had increased fat deposition in the parametrial depot. Pituitary weight was considerably reduced over 100 days later, as was the pituitary content of GH, but not prolactin. The response to GH-releasing factor of both male and female rats was also greatly reduced at this time. Taken together with the fact that these rGH antibodies can bind directly to somatotrophs, we propose that the long-term effects of the antibodies are induced by specific somatotroph destruction.

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