Abstract
Aim of the present study was to verify the maximal secretory capacity of somatotrope cells in patients with pathological hyperprolactinemia (HPRL) comparing it with that in normal age-matched women (NW). To this goal in 12 HPRL normal weight patients (age 28.6 +/- 2.6 yr, BMI 23.1 +/- 1.1 kg/m2) and 8 NW (27.2 +/- 0.8 yr, 22.8 +/- 0.8 kg/m2) we studied the GH response to GHRH (1 microgram/kg i.v.), GHRH plus arginine (ARG, 0.5 g/kg i.v.), an amino acid probably acting at the hypothalamic level inhibiting somatostatin release, and Hexarelin (HEX, 2 micrograms/kg i.v.), a synthetic hexapeptide belonging to GHRP family, which acts concomitantly at the pituitary and the hypothalamic level. IGF-I levels in HPRL were similar to those in NW (179.2 +/- 16.5 micrograms/l and 218.5 +/- 30.8 micrograms/l). In NW the GH response to GHRH (AUC: 1299.5 +/- 186.9 micrograms 90 min/l) was lower (p < 0.02) than those to GHRH + ARG (5252.7 +/- 846.3 micrograms 90 min/l) and HEX 3216.6 +/- 462.3 micrograms 90 min/l) which, in turn, were similar. In HPRL the GH response to GHRH (894.7 +/- 242.4 micrograms 90 min/l) was lower (p < 0.03) than that to HEX (1586.5 +/- 251.3 micrograms 90 min/l) and both were lower (p < 0.03) than that to GHRH + ARG (44...Continue Reading
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