Effect of growth hormone administration and treadmill exercise on serum and skeletal IGF-I in rats.
Growth factors may be mediators of local and systemic factors that enhance bone formation. This study examined the effect of treadmill exercise and ovine growth hormone administration on levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in serum (ng/ml), long bone, and vertebrae and on bone formation rate. Forty female rats were divided into four groups: control; exercise (17 m/min, 1 h/day); growth hormone (0.05 mg.100 g-1.day-1); growth hormone plus exercise. After 9 wk of study, the serum levels of IGF-I were higher in the intervention groups than in the control group; however, the IGF-I concentration and the periosteal bone formation rate in the long bone were significantly higher only in the exercised rats. The IGF-I concentration and the cancellous bone formation rate in the vertebrae did not differ among the experimental groups. The vertebral and long bone formation rate were correlated with bone concentrations of IGF-I. Serum levels of IGF-I were also correlated with serum osteocalcin and the long bone formation but not with the vertebral bone formation. The association of bone formation with serum and bone IGF-I supports the suggestion that IGF-I is one of the growth factors that regulate bone formation, in particular as a mediator of the response of bone to exercise.
Yeh
J K
JK
Department of Medicine, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola 11501.
Aloia
J F
JF
Chen
M
M
Ling
N
N
Koo
H C
HC
Millard
W J
WJ
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001846:Bone Development; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000494:pharmacology; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018969:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II; D013006:Growth Hormone