title: In vivo and in vitro effects of growth hormone on the incorporation of [14C]leucine into protein of liver and muscle of the eel.
abstract: In vivo administration of ovine GH (2 micrograms/g body wt) increased [14C]leucine incorporation into protein of the liver, skeletal muscle, and opercular muscle of hypophysectomized eels. Addition of ovine GH into the medium (5 micrograms/ml) slightly increased [14C]leucine incorporation into protein of liver slices during 5 hr in vitro incubation, but did not affect protein synthesis from [14C]leucine in opercular muscle. In vivo pretreatment with ovine GH (2 micrograms/g body wt) 48 hr prior to tissue preparation clearly increased [14C]leucine incorporation into protein of liver slices in vitro. However, no statistically significant change was observed for in vitro incorporation of [14C]leucine into protein of opercular muscle of hypophysectomized eels which had been previously treated with ovine GH (2 micrograms/g body wt). These results indicate that ovine GH has a protein anabolic action in the liver and muscle of the eel and that compared to mammals a rather long lag period is needed to elicit such protein anabolic actions of GH in these animals.
mesh_terms: D000811:Anguilla / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D007930:Leucine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009132:Muscles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D013006:Growth Hormone; D007930:Leucine