title: Effect of GnRH administration on blood polyamines and LH levels in normal and obese children.
abstract: Blood polyamines (spermidine and spermine) and LH levels have been studied after acute GnRH injection both in obese and normal weight children. In both groups LH values significantly increased after stimulation but reached higher peaks in normal children than in obese ones (P less than 0.05). On the contrary, polyamine levels increased significantly only in the normal weight children. LH peaked at 30 min and polyamines at 60 min after GnRH injection. On the basis of the proposed role of polyamines in hormone action and of our results, we suggest that polyamines may play a pivotal role in hormone responsiveness of hypothalamic-hypophyseal axis.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernasconi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orlandini
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reali
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guarneri
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Soldi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bacciottini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood*; D010906:Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011073:Polyamines / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D010906:Pituitary Hormone-Releasing Hormones; D011073:Polyamines; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone