title: 5-Hydroxytryptaminergic receptor-stimulated growth hormone secretion occurs independently of changes in peripheral somatostatin concentration.
abstract: Effects of activation or blockade of 5-hydroxytryptaminergic receptors on concentrations of growth hormone and somatostatin in serum were studied in Holstein steers (mean +/- SEM: 159 +/- 8 days of age; 160 +/- 9 kg of body wt). A pelleted diet was available ad libitum between 1000 and 1200 hr each day. Blood was sampled from a cannula in a jugular vein. Peak concentration of growth hormone in serum within 1 hr before feeding (12.8 +/- 3.8 ng/ml) was greater than peak concentration within 1 hr after removal of feed (3.3 +/- 1.0 ng/ml). In contrast, concentration of somatostatin in plasma did not change from 1 hr before feeding through 1 hr after removal of feed (47.3 to 43.0 +/- 4.5 pg/ml). Relative to saline-injected controls, activation of 5-hydroxytryptaminergic receptors with quipazine (0.5, 0.1, and 0.2 mg/kg body wt, iv) increased the area under growth hormone response curves 5.5- to 25-fold before and after feeding. In another experiment, injection of 0.1 mg of quipazine/kg body wt at 1300 hr increased the concentration of growth hormone in serum 7.8-fold compared with controls, but had no effect on concentration of somatostatin in plasma. Relative to water-injected controls, blockade of 5-hydroxytryptaminergic receptors with cyproheptadine (0.2 mg/kg body wt, sc) decreased the area under growth hormone response curves for at least 110 min before feeding (71%) and after removal of feed (69%). The data support the hypothesis that 5-hydroxytryptaminergic receptors are involved in stimulation of pulsatile growth hormone secretion in meal-fed cattle. Lack of a change in concentration of somatostatin in plasma with respect to time of meal-feeding or after injection of the 5-hydroxytryptaminergic-receptor agonist quipazine suggests that 5-hydroxytryptaminergic receptor-stimulated growth hormone secretion is likely mediated within the central nervous system, rather than by meal-induced changes in peripheral secretion of somatostatin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1225, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Gaynor
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Lookingland
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Tucker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003533:Cyproheptadine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004435:Eating; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D011814:Quipazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D003533:Cyproheptadine; D012701:Serotonin; D011814:Quipazine; D013004:Somatostatin; D013006:Growth Hormone