Chronic pulsatile infusion of growth hormone to growth-restricted fetal sheep increases circulating fetal insulin-like growth factor-I levels but not fetal growth

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Bauer, MK [1 ]
Breier, BB [1 ]
Bloomfield, FH [1 ]
Jensen, EC [1 ]
Gluckman, PD [1 ]
Harding, JE [1 ]
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[1] Univ Auckland, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Liggins Inst, Auckland, New Zealand
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10.1677/joe.0.1770083
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R5 [内科学];
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Intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR,) is a major cause of perinatal mortality and morbidity. Postnatally, growth hormone (GH) increases growth, increases circulating insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I levels, and alters metabolism. Our aim was to determine if GH infusion to IUGR fetal sheep would alter fetal growth and metabolism, and thus provide a potential intra-uterine treatment for the IUGR fetus. We studied three groups of fetuses: control, IUGR+ vehicle and IUGR+GH (n=5 all groups). IUGR was induced by repeated embolisation of the placental vascular bed between 110 and 116 days of gestation (term=145 days). GH (3-5 mg/kg/day) or vehicle was infused in a pulsatile manner from 117 to 127 days of gestation. Embolisation reduced fetal growth rate by 25% (P<0(.)01) and reduced the weight of the fetal liver (20%), kidney (23%) and thymus (31%; all P<0(.)05). GH treatment further reduced the weight of the fetal kidneys (32%) and small intestine (35%; both P<0(.)04), but restored the relative weight of the fetal thymus and liver (P<0(.)05). Embolisation decreased fetal plasma IGF-I concentrations (48%, P<0(.)001) and increased IGF binding protein 1 (IGFBP-1) concentrations (737%, P<0(.)002). GH treatment restored fetal plasma IGF-I concentrations to control levels, while levels in IUGR+vehicle fetuses stayed low (P<0(.)05 vs control). IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-2 concentrations were about sevenfold lower in amniotic fluid than in fetal plasma, but amniotic and plasma concentrations were closely correlated (r=0(.)75, P<0(.)0001 and r=0(.)55 P<0(.)0001 respectively). Embolisation transiently decreased fetal blood oxygen content (40%, P<0(.)002), and increased blood lactate cohcentrations (213%, P<0(.)04). Both returned to pre-embolisation levels after embolisation stopped, but blood glucose concentrations declined steadily in IUGR+vehicle fetuses. GH treatment maintained fetal blood glucose concentrations at control levels. Our study shows that GH infusion to the IUGR fetal sheep restores fetal IGF-I levels but does not improve fetal growth, and further reduces the fetal kidney and intestine weights. Thus, fetal GH therapy does not seem a promising treatment stratagem for the IUGR fetus.
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