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Endotoxin injection increases growth hormone and somatostatin secretion in sheep.

Abstract：

:Endotoxin has been shown to stimulate GH secretion in human and sheep. However, changes in hypothalamic neurohormones involved in the GH regulation by endotoxin have never been studied in vivo. In sheep it is possible to collect hypophysial portal blood (HPB) and quantify GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) and somatostatin (SRIH) secretion under physiological conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an acute i.v. endotoxin administration on the secretion of these peptides in sheep. Endotoxin induced a sustained increase of GH (x6.2 +/- 1.3) in intact rams. This stimulation was delayed and less marked when compared with the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Surprisingly, the GH increase was associated with an important rise of jugular (x10.6 +/- 2.4) and portal (x7.9 +/- 3) SRIH levels, without a significant GHRH increase. To determine if the portal SRIH increase was a consequence of an increased short feedback of GH, we studied GH response to endotoxin after a previous GHRH injection to deplete the pituitary pools of GH. In that case, despite the absence of increase of GH after endotoxin treatment, SRIH levels was markedly increased. For the first time we have observed an experimental situation in sheep with a simultaneous and closed amplitude increase in jugular and portal SRIH. The source of jugular SRIH is likely the gastrointestinal tract and the increased jugular SRIH release in systemic circulation might be in part responsible for the increase of hypophysial portal SRIH. Ultimately our results show that endotoxin induced a complex reaction at multiple levels with a specific increase in both portal and peripheral SRIH levels. The surprising association of a lack of change in GHRH release and an increased secretion of SRIH with the increase of GH suggests that the effect of endotoxin on GH axis is mainly a pituitary one. The selective blockade of somatostatin should be useful for a better knowledge of the role of SRIH stimulation in the physiopathology of septic shock.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Briard N,Guillaume V,Frachebois C,Rico-Gomez M,Sauze N,Oliver C,Dutour A

doi

10.1210/endo.139.6.6072

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-06-01 00:00:00

pages

2662-9

issue

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

139

pub_type

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Endotoxin injection increases growth hormone and somatostatin secretion in sheep.