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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
Administration of human pancreatic GH-releasing factor 1-40 (hpGRF-40) at doses of 1, 10, 20, 100, and 500 ng/100 g BW sc induced in 10-day-old rats a clear-cut rise in plasma GH 15-min post-injection, although the effect was not dose-related and peak GH levels were already present after the lowest GRF dose. In 25-day-old rats, hpGRF induced only a slight rise in plasma GH at the dose of 500 ng/100 g BW sc, whereas it was completely ineffective at the lower doses. In 5-day-old rats, hpGRF (20 ng/100 g BW sc twice daily), administered for 5 days, induced a marked rise in pituitary GH content and plasma GH levels determined 14 h after the last hpGRF injection. In these rats, at the end of treatment, a challenge hpGRF dose (20 ng/100 g BW) induced a rise in plasma GH significantly higher than in infant rats receiving only the challenge hpGRF dose. These data show that: 1) pituitary responsiveness to hpGRF is strikingly higher in infant than in post-weaning rats; 2) in infant rats, subacute administration of hpGRF stimulates GH synthesis and release.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
574-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Human pancreatic growth hormone (GH)-releasing hormone stimulates GH synthesis and release in infant rats. An in vivo study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't