title: Enhanced response of human circulating erythroid progenitor cells to hGH and to IGF-I in children with insufficient growth hormone secretion.
abstract: The response of hematopoietic progenitors to the growth promoting effects of hGH and IGF-I has been documented. In this study, the effects of recombinant hGH and IGF-I on the growth of circulating erythroid burst forming cells (BFU-E) from growth-IGF-I retarded children with insufficient growth hormone secretion (IGHS) were evaluated and compared with values obtained from either children with short stature and normal growth hormone levels (SNGH) or normal donors. Both recombinant hGH and IGF-I had significantly greater stimulatory effects on the growth of BFU-E from the IGHS compared with the SNGH and with the normally growing children. At its optimal concentration of 200 micrograms/L, recombinant hGH had a stimulatory effect on the growth of BFU-E from 11 IGHS children yielding a mean +/- SD value of 2.0 +/- 0.3-fold above the unstimulated controls compared with 1.45 +/- 0.16-fold and 1.36 +/- 0.04-fold stimulation of BFU-E from six SNGH and five normal donors, respectively. Similarly, IGF-I, at its optimal concentration of 0.065 nmol/L (0.5 ng/mL), stimulated IGHS-derived BFU-E growth 1.67 +/- 0.25-fold above unstimulated controls, compared with 1.28 +/- 0.17-fold and 1.3 +/- 0.1-fold stimulation of BFU-E from SNGH and from normal donors, respectively. The hGH- and IGF-I-induced stimulatory effects could be neutralized by their respective specific MAb.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Institute for Pediatric Research, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Barak
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zadik
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Karov
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone