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Effects of 14-day infusions of growth hormone and/or insulin-like growth factor I on the obesity of growing Zucker rats.

Abstract：

:The response of fat tissue to GH or insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) differs between humans with hypopituitarism and those with exogenous obesity; the effects of combined GH and IGF-I administration have not been compared in these two situations. In GH-deficient dwarf rats (who have a primary GH deficiency), the excessive fat deposition induced by a high fat diet is completely reversed by combined infusion of GH and IGF-I. Whether the same phenomenon would be observed in genetically obese Zucker rats (in whom, as in obese humans, the decrease in GH secretion is secondary to the obese state) remained to be determined. Growing (6-week-old) female obese Zucker rats received a continuous sc infusion of vehicle, recombinant human GH, recombinant human IGF-I, or GH plus IGF-I for 14 days (3 mg/kg x day for both GH and IGF-I). Combined GH and IGF-I stimulated body weight gain and in naso-anal length to the same extent as IGF-I alone, whereas GH alone was less potent. Because all treatments stimulated weight linear growth proportionately, the progression of obesity was similar in treated and control animals. However, GH plus IGF-I (but not either agent alone) induced a 25% decrease in the relative weight of inguinal fat. GH and IGF-I exerted distinct effects on the relative weights of liver, kidney, and spleen and on the circulating levels of IGF-I and IGF-binding protein-3. Circulating glucose and insulin levels did not change in any group. In summary, GH plus IGF-I infusions decrease the relative weight of inguinal fat in Zucker rats as in obese GH-deficient dwarf rats; however, this effect is of more modest magnitude despite the use of a 2- to 3-fold higher dose and is limited to the inguinal site. Thus, GH plus IGF-I infusions did not influence the obesity index in Zucker rats. Inasmuch as Zucker rats are a better model of childhood-onset obesity than dwarf rats fed a high fat diet, the present results do not appear promising for extrapolation to clinical studies in children. The mechanisms by which the primary vs. secondary nature of the decreased GH secretion influences the effect of GH plus IGF-I on obesity remain to be determined.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Dubuis JM,Deal C,Tsagaroulis P,Clark RG,Van Vliet G

doi

10.1210/endo.137.7.8770900

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-07-01 00:00:00

pages

2799-806

issue

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

137

pub_type

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Effects of 14-day infusions of growth hormone and/or insulin-like growth factor I on the obesity of growing Zucker rats.