title: Enhanced body growth in uremic rats treated with IGF-I and growth hormone in combination.
abstract: The efficacy of seven days treatment with IGF-I (1.7 mg/kg/day), growth hormone (GH) (2 mg/kg/day), IGF-I+GH (1.7 mg/kg/day + 2 mg/kg/day) or vehicle, in promoting growth was investigated in female Sprague-Dawley rats with 5/6 nephrectomies (N = 8 per group). Treatment commenced after chronic renal failure had been present for seven weeks. Significant increases in body weight gain were found in all groups versus control, with IGF-I+GH causing the greatest response, and increased body weight gains correlating with increased nitrogen retention. GH treatment alone significantly stimulated food intake. IGF-I+GH resulted in close to additive increases in food conversion efficiency (18.8%, 21.5% and 39.6% increases with IGF-I, GH and IGF-I+GH, respectively, over control levels) and longitudinal bone growth (39%, 37% and 67% increases with IGF-I, GH and IGF-I+GH, respectively, vs. control). Serum insulin and cholesterol levels significantly decreased with IGF-I and IGF-I+GH treatment. Creatinine clearance did not change, suggesting there were no effects of treatment on kidney function. Although IGF-I at the doses used did not result in a greater anabolic response than GH, IGF-I+GH caused significantly enhanced growth while reducing serum insulin and cholesterol levels.
authors.affiliation: Cooperative Research Centre for Tissue Growth and Repair, Child Health Research Institute, North Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hazel
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Jureidini
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone; D002784:Cholesterol; D003404:Creatinine