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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 264: E986-E992, 1993;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 264, Issue 6 E986-E992, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Stimulation of food intake and weight gain in mature female rats by bovine prolactin and bovine growth hormone

J. C. Byatt, N. R. Staten, W. J. Salsgiver, J. G. Kostelc and R. J. Collier
Animal Sciences Division, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri 63198.

Recombinant bovine prolactin (rbPRL) or bovine growth hormone (rbGH) was administered to mature female rats (10/treatment group) by daily subcutaneous injection for 10 days. Doses ranged from 7 to 5,000 micrograms/day (0.03-24 mg/kg body wt). Both rbPRL and rbGH increased body weight gain and food intake, but these parameters were increased at lower doses of rbPRL (7-63 micrograms/day) than rbGH (> 190 micrograms/day). Weight gain and food intake were maximally stimulated by 190 micrograms/day rbPRL, whereas maximal increased weight gain was obtained with the highest dose of rbGH (5,000 micrograms/day). Total carcass protein was increased by both hormones; however, protein as a percentage of body weight was unchanged. Similarly, neither rbPRL nor rbGH changed the percentage of carcass moisture. Percentage of body fat was increased by rbPRL but was decreased by rbGH. Weight of the gastrointestinal tract and kidneys was increased by both hormones, but increases were in proportion to body weight gain. These data confirm that ungulate prolactin is a hyperphagic agent in the female rat. In addition, they suggest that, while prolactin stimulates growth in mature female rats, this growth is probably not via a somatogenic mechanism.


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