GROWTH-HORMONE DOES NOT INHIBIT ITS OWN SECRETION DURING PROLONGED HYPOGLYCEMIA IN MAN

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BARBETTI, F
CRESCENTI, C
NEGRI, M
LEONETTI, F
GROSSI, A
TAMBURRANO, G
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[1] UNIV ROME LA SAPIENZA, CATTEDRA ENDOCRINOL 1, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
[2] UNIV ROME LA SAPIENZA, IST CLIN MED 2, I-00185 ROME, ITALY
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10.1210/jcem-70-5-1371
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In man, continuous infusion of GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) does not sustain GH secretion, unlike prolonged hypoglycemia. To further evaluate this difference in the stimulation of GH release we measured GH concentrations for 3 h during prolonged insulin-induced hypoglycemia and GHRH-(1–29)NH2 (100 μg/h) infusion in normal individuals. We also assessed the GH response to combined and separate administration of insulin and GHRH. Plasma GH levels increased during prolonged hypoglycemia and remained elevated for the third hour (22–24 μg/L). GH concentrations increased during GHRH infusion, peaked at 60 min (23.5 μg/L), and rapidly declined. Thus, our findings confirmed that prolonged hypoglycemia, unlike GHRH infusion, sustained elevated GH levels and that these high levels did not appear to influence GH secretion from the pituitary. Changes in FFA did not account for the sustained GH secretion. FFA levels initially declined during insulin infusion, but after 3 h of hypoglycemia they returned to near-basal values (basal, 0.1 ± 0.02 g/L; 180 min, 0.09 ± 0.02). The maximal GH concentration attained during the combined insulin and GHRH test was significantly higher than that with the insulin tolerance test or GHRH test (insulin plus GHRH, 71.9 ± 13.5; insulin tolerance test, 34.2 ± 2.9; P < 0.025; GHRH test, 27.9 ± 3.2; P < 0.02), indicating an additive effect on GH secretion. These data suggest that insulin-induced hypoglycemia stimulates GH secretion through a mechanism partly independent of GHRH. The release from somatostatin inhibition and stimulation through other neuropeptides (e.g. galanin) is suggested as possible causes of hypoglycemia-induced GH secretion. © 1990 by The Endocrine Society.
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