THE EFFECT OF PLASMA GLUCOSE ON THE GROWTH HORMONE RESPONSE TO HUMAN PANCREATIC GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR IN NORMAL SUBJECTS
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 20 (4), 497-501
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.1984.tb03447.x
Abstract
Pituitary responsiveness to 44 amino acid human pancreatic growth hormone releasing factor was tested under conditions of euglycaemia and hyperglycaemia in six normal subjects. A 100 μg dose of growth hormone releasing factor was given at a fasting blood glucose of 5.1 ± 0.4 mmols/1 (mean ± S.D.), and at a blood glucose level of 10.9 ± 1.5. Under conditions of hyperglycaemia, the GH response to releasing factor was significantly depressed when compared to results obtained at fasting blood glucose (n= 6, t = 3.902, P= 0.0114). This is in keeping with the hypothesis that hyperglycaemia, mediated by the hypothalamus, causes decreased pituitary sensitivity to natural growth hormone releasing hormone.Keywords
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