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Mediation by the central nervous system is critical to the in vivo activity of the GH secretagogue L-692,585

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authors

  • Hickey, G. J.
  • Drisko, J.
  • Faidley, T.
  • Chang, C.
  • Anderson, L. L.
  • Nicolich, S.
  • McGuire, L.
  • Rickes, E.
  • Krupa, D.
  • Feeney, W.
  • Friscino, B.
  • Cunningham, P.
  • Frazier, E.
  • Chen, H.
  • Laroque, P.
  • Smith, Roy

publication date

  • February 1996

journal

  • Journal of Endocrinology  Journal

abstract

  • To investigate the effect of hypophyseal transection (HST) on GH secretagogue activity of the non-peptidyl GH secretagogue L-692,585 in the conscious pig, male castrated swine were randomly assigned to either a hypophyseal stalk transection group (HST; n = 3) or to a sham-operated control group (SOC; n = 3). Treatments administered were L-692,585 (100 micrograms/kg), human GH-releasing factor(1-29)NH2 (GRF; 20 micrograms/kg) or L-692,585 (100 micrograms/kg) + GRF (20 micrograms/kg) on days -7 to -3 before surgery and days +3 to +8 after surgery. To evaluate the integrity of the pituitary gland, the animals were challenged with corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH; 150 micrograms) or GnRH (150 ng/kg) both before and after surgery. Blood was collected from -60 to +180 min post treatment and assayed for GH, cortisol and LH. Before surgery, no significant difference (P > 0.05) in peak GH response (ng/ml) was present between the two groups (SOC vs HST) in response to L-692,585 (101 +/- 12 vs 71 +/- 9) or L-692,585 + GRF (171 +/- 21 vs 174 +/- 21). Only two out of three SOC vs three out of three HST pigs responded to GRF (13 +/- 2 vs 25 +/- 3) resulting in a significant difference between groups. Following surgery, significant differences were present in peak GH response (ng/ml) between SOC and HST groups following L-692,585 (79 +/- 6 vs 13.8 +/- 1.0); however, the response to L-692,585 + GRF was similar (115 +/- 8 vs 94 +/- 7). All animals responded to GRF; however, a significant difference was present between groups due to the magnitude of the responses. Whereas the cortisol responses (ng/ml) to L-692,585 in the SOC and HST groups were similar before surgery, a significant difference was present after surgery (44.4 +/- 6.4 vs 14.6 +/- 2.1). No significant difference was noted between the HST and SOC groups in response to CRH or GnRH either before or after surgery. These results indicated that L-692,585 induced an immediate GH response in the intact animal in contrast to GRF where the GH release was variable. L-692,585 also stimulated an immediate increase in cortisol levels. Transection of the hypophyseal stalk dramatically decreased but did not ablate the GH or cortisol response to L-692,585. Co-administration of L-692,585 + GRF induced an immediate GH response of similar magnitude in the intact and HST animal. We conclude that L-692,585 has a direct but limited action at the level of the pituitary and that an intact hypophyseal stalk is required for a maximal GH and cortisol response. L-692,585 acts with GRF at the level of the pituitary to induce a maximal GH response. These findings suggest that L-692,585 stimulates GH secretion by acting in combination with GRF and interrupting the inhibitory tone of somatostatin on the somatotroph.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Benzazepines
  • Central Nervous System
  • Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
  • Growth Hormone
  • Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
  • Hydrocortisone
  • Hypothalamus
  • Luteinizing Hormone
  • Male
  • Orchiectomy
  • Swine
  • Tetrazoles
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0022-0795

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1677/joe.0.1480371

PubMed ID

  • 8699151
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start page

  • 371

end page

  • 380

volume

  • 148

issue

  • 2

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