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Caloric intake stimulates growth hormone secretion in food-deprived rats with anterolateral deafferentation of the medial basal hypothalamus or administered antiserum to somatostatin. 1995

N Suzuki, and K Okada, and H Sugihara, and S Minami, and I Wakabayashi
Department of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.

In rats, food deprivation inhibits episodic growth hormone (GH) secretion. On the basis of previous studies, we hypothesized that during a recovery from prolonged fasting, caloric intake stimulates the release of GH-releasing factor (GRF) and this process does not depend on the specific macronutrients in the meal, while protein in the meal acts to restore characteristic ultradian rhythmicity of GH secretion. To test this hypothesis, the effect of caloric intake on GH secretion was examined in fasted adult male Wistar rats devoid of somatostatin (SS) influence on GH secretion either by anterolateral deafferentation (ALC) of the medial basal hypothalamus (MBH) or administration of anti-SS goat serum (ASS). Rats were provided with an indwelling right atrial cannula and were deprived of food for 72 h. ALC was performed 2 weeks prior to the study. ASS was given i.v. 8 h and 7 h prior to refeeding, respectively. Serial blood specimens were collected every 10 min. In rats with ALC (ALC rats) or rats given ASS (ASS rats), the blood GH level revealed irregularly occurring small fluctuations, instead of the usual high bursts and low trough level. The baseline GH level and the mean GH level of fasted ALC rats or fasted ASS rats were significantly lower than those of fed ALC rats or fed ASS rats. Feeding the isocaloric mixed meal, the protein meal or the protein-deficient meal increased the GH pulse frequency, the pulse amplitude, the baseline GH level and the mean GH level in 72-h fasted ALC rats. These changes in GH secretory pattern persisted during the period of observation and were independent of the type of meal ingested. Following feeding the mixed meal, similar changes in the GH secretory pattern demonstrated in 72-h fasted ALC rats were also observed in 72-h fasted ASS rats, suggesting that the stimulation of GH secretion following caloric intake is not limited to ALC rats. Since the influence of SS on GH secretion has been largely eliminated in ALC or ASS rats, it is highly unlikely that the augmentation of GH secretion following feeding after prolonged food deprivation was the consequence of inhibition of SS secretion. Although GRF measurement was not performed, it is conceivable that the signal of caloric intake is conveyed to the MBH and acts to stimulate GRF release.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007033 Hypothalamus, Middle Middle portion of the hypothalamus containing the arcuate, dorsomedial, ventromedial nuclei, the TUBER CINEREUM and the PITUITARY GLAND. Hypothalamus, Medial,Intermediate Hypothalamic Region,Hypothalamic Region, Intermediate,Hypothalamic Regions, Intermediate,Intermediate Hypothalamic Regions,Medial Hypothalamus,Middle Hypothalamus,Region, Intermediate Hypothalamic,Regions, Intermediate Hypothalamic
D007116 Immunization, Passive Transfer of immunity from immunized to non-immune host by administration of serum antibodies, or transplantation of lymphocytes (ADOPTIVE TRANSFER). Convalescent Plasma Therapy,Immunoglobulin Therapy,Immunotherapy, Passive,Normal Serum Globulin Therapy,Passive Antibody Transfer,Passive Transfer of Immunity,Serotherapy,Passive Immunotherapy,Therapy, Immunoglobulin,Antibody Transfer, Passive,Passive Immunization,Therapy, Convalescent Plasma,Transfer, Passive Antibody
D007150 Immunohistochemistry Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents. Immunocytochemistry,Immunogold Techniques,Immunogold-Silver Techniques,Immunohistocytochemistry,Immunolabeling Techniques,Immunogold Technics,Immunogold-Silver Technics,Immunolabeling Technics,Immunogold Silver Technics,Immunogold Silver Techniques,Immunogold Technic,Immunogold Technique,Immunogold-Silver Technic,Immunogold-Silver Technique,Immunolabeling Technic,Immunolabeling Technique,Technic, Immunogold,Technic, Immunogold-Silver,Technic, Immunolabeling,Technics, Immunogold,Technics, Immunogold-Silver,Technics, Immunolabeling,Technique, Immunogold,Technique, Immunogold-Silver,Technique, Immunolabeling,Techniques, Immunogold,Techniques, Immunogold-Silver,Techniques, Immunolabeling
D008297 Male Males
D008473 Median Eminence Raised area at the infundibular region of the HYPOTHALAMUS at the floor of the BRAIN, ventral to the THIRD VENTRICLE and adjacent to the ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS. It contains the terminals of hypothalamic neurons and the capillary network of hypophyseal portal system, thus serving as a neuroendocrine link between the brain and the PITUITARY GLAND. Eminentia Mediana,Medial Eminence,Eminence, Medial,Eminence, Median,Eminences, Medial,Eminentia Medianas,Medial Eminences,Mediana, Eminentia,Medianas, Eminentia
D010507 Periodicity The tendency of a phenomenon to recur at regular intervals; in biological systems, the recurrence of certain activities (including hormonal, cellular, neural) may be annual, seasonal, monthly, daily, or more frequently (ultradian). Cyclicity,Rhythmicity,Biological Rhythms,Bioperiodicity,Biorhythms,Biological Rhythm,Bioperiodicities,Biorhythm,Cyclicities,Periodicities,Rhythm, Biological,Rhythmicities,Rhythms, Biological
D002149 Energy Intake Total number of calories taken in daily whether ingested or by parenteral routes. Caloric Intake,Calorie Intake,Intake, Calorie,Intake, Energy
D003714 Denervation The resection or removal of the nerve to an organ or part. Laser Neurectomy,Neurectomy,Peripheral Neurectomy,Radiofrequency Neurotomy,Denervations,Laser Neurectomies,Neurectomies,Neurectomies, Laser,Neurectomies, Peripheral,Neurectomy, Laser,Neurectomy, Peripheral,Neurotomies, Radiofrequency,Neurotomy, Radiofrequency,Peripheral Neurectomies,Radiofrequency Neurotomies
D004032 Diet Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal. Diets
D005508 Food Deprivation The withholding of food in a structured experimental situation. Deprivation, Food,Deprivations, Food,Food Deprivations

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