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Effects of activation or blockade of alpha 2-adrenergic receptors on serum growth hormone concentrations were studied in Holstein steers (115 +/- 4 days of age; 112 +/- 4 kg body wt). A pelleted diet was available ad libitum for 2 hr each day. Serum growth hormone concentrations were greater for 80 min immediately before feeding compared with 80 min immediately after removal of feed. Relative to saline-injected controls, activation of alpha 2-adrenergic receptors with clonidine (2 micrograms/kg body wt iv) before feeding rapidly increased serum growth hormone concentrations, but clonidine had no effect when administered after feeding. Compared with vehicle-injected controls, blockade of alpha 2-adrenergic receptors with either idazoxan (20 mg/kg body wt sc) or yohimbine (5 mg/kg body wt sc) decreased serum growth hormone concentrations before as well as after feeding. Feeding abolished the stimulatory alpha 2-adrenergic receptor-mediated increase in growth hormone secretion. Our data support the hypothesis that alpha 2-adrenergic receptor stimulation is an essential event mediating pulsatility of growth hormone secretion before feeding and is required to maintain basal concentrations after feeding.
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