title: Growth hormone response induced by synthetic human growth hormone-releasing factor (1-44) in healthy dogs.
abstract: The growth hormone (GH) secretory response to varying doses (1, 5 and 25 micrograms/kg) of intravenous (i.v.) human GH releasing factor (GRF) (1-44) was measured in four, 16-month-old female dogs and compared to the GH response to placebo (vehicle solubilizing GRF) and standard clonidine test (10 micrograms/kg i.v.). The three doses of GRF had no apparent clinical side effects and were capable of eliciting a rapid increase in the mean plasma GH level. The rise in plasma GH occurred within 5 minutes with a peak response at 15-30 minutes. However inter-subject variability of the GH response was large in terms of magnitude and time course. By analysis of the areas under the response curves it was shown that GRF 1-44 was as effective in stimulating GH release as clonidine and that a dose of 1 microgram/kg GRF 1-44 could be a good choice for use as a standard test dose in the dog.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abribat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Regnier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morre
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D013006:Growth Hormone; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone