title: Acute alterations in growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor axis in humans injected with endotoxin.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to characterize the acute changes in the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system in humans after administration of endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide; LPS). Escherichia coli LPS (4 ng/kg) was injected intravenously into healthy adults, and serial blood samples were collected for the next 5 h; subjects injected with saline served as time-matched controls. LPS administration resulted in a gradual decrease in the total extractable IGF-I concentration, which was reduced by approximately 20% over the final 2 h of the experiment; levels of free IGF-I were not significantly altered. LPS also produced a marked but transient elevation in growth hormone (GH) concentration. IGF-binding protein (BP)-1 levels were elevated more than fivefold 2 h after LPS injection, and thereafter levels gradually returned toward baseline. IGFBP-2 concentration also increased after LPS injection, but the maximal increase (approximately 50% above basal) was observed during the final 2 h of the protocol. In contrast, IGFBP-3 levels did not vary over the period examined in response to LPS, and there was no apparent increase in number of BP-3 proteolytic fragments. Cortisol levels were increased early and remained two- to threefold above baseline throughout the protocol. No significant alterations in serum concentration of glucose or insulin were noted. LPS also produced an early elevation in tumor necrosis factor and a later increase in interleukin-6. These data indicate that the acute changes in the GH-IGF axis in humans in response to LPS are comparable with those observed in humans in other traumatic conditions and in animal models of endotoxemia and infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8191, USA. clang@cmp.hmc.psu.edu
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Traber
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Traber
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Frost
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gelato
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Prough
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1 / Q000097:blood*; D018971:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2 / Q000097:blood*; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 / Q000097:blood*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000187:drug effects; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D004731:Endotoxins; D007328:Insulin; D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1; D018971:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2; D018972:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I