title: Growth hormone response to hypoglycemia under gamma-hydroxybutyrate narco-analgesia in the rat.
abstract: Plasma immuno-reactive growth-hormone (RIA-GH) concentrations were investigated under in vivo continuous blood glucose (BG) monitoring after administration of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) as well as during spontaneous or insulin-induced hypoglycemia. During the narco-analgesia by GHB a marked secretory episode is consistently observed. This secretion peak is not accurately time related with GHB administration and seems to fade off in aging animals. Strictly controlled hypoglycemia elicits a consistent and specific GH release. In contrast deep hypoglycemic levels resulting in a state of metabolic stress inhibit GH secretion. Our results suggest that previous data on the GH regulation pattern during hypoglycemia may depend upon the anesthetic used and/or nonspecific stress responses following deep hypoglycemia. The above mentioned experimental conditions indicate that GH metabolic regulation is not fundamentally different in rodents and primates.
mesh_terms: D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin; D008297:Male; D010507:Periodicity; D051381:Rats; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000613:Aminobutyrates; D007328:Insulin; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D013006:Growth Hormone