Serum IGF-I levels and IGF-I gene splicing in muscle of healthy young males receiving rhGH

Michael Aperghis, Cristiana P. Velloso, Mahjabeen Hameed, Theresa Brothwood, Lloyd Bradley, Pierre M. G. Bouloux, Stephen D. R. Harridge, Geoffrey Goldspink

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Abstract

Objective: Elevated growth hormone (GH) levels lead to increased circulating insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), but the effects oil localised muscle IGF-I splice variant expression is not known. The effects of rhGH administration. with or without an acute bout Of high resistance exercise, were measured oil serum IGF-I and oil the mRNA levels of IGF-I splice variants in the vastus lateralis muscle of healthy young men. Design: The Study was a randomised double blind trial with a crossover design. Seven subjects were randomly assigned to a group receiving daily injections of rhGH (0.075 IU kg(-1) day(-1)) or placebo for a two week period. Following a one month washout. the groups were reversed. Results: Administration of rhGH increased circulating IGF-I from 31.8 +/- 3.2 to 109 +/- 5.4 nmol/L (p <0.05). There was no effect of the exercise bout. RNA was extracted from muscle biopsies obtained from exercised and non-exercised legs 2.5 h after the cessation of the exercise. Transcript expression was measured using Real-time QPCR. There was no effect of either exercise or rhGH administration oil IGF-I 5' (Class 1 or Class 2) or 3' (IGF-IEa, or MGF) transcripts. Conclusion: Although rhGH administration has all effect oil liver IGF-I expression, as shown by increase ill circulating IGF-I. muscle IGF-I expression is unaffected ill Young healthy Subjects with normal GH profile. The findings contrast with those of a Previous Study in which GH deficient elderly men showed higher Muscle IGF-I 3' splice variant levels following rhGH administration with and without resistance training. Unlike in the liver, muscle Class 1 and 2 IGF-1 expression do not change significantly following administration of rhGH. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)61 - 67
Number of pages7
JournalGROWTH HORMONE AND IGF RESEARCH
Volume19
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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