AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 266, Issue 5 E776-E785, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Regulation of porcine insulin-like growth factor I and growth hormone receptor mRNA expression by energy status

P. A. Weller, M. J. Dauncey, P. C. Bates, J. M. Brameld, P. J. Buttery and R. S. Gilmour
Department of Cellular Physiology, Agricultural and Food Research Council Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Regulation of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and growth hormone (GH) receptor mRNA in liver and muscle by energy status was assessed in 2-mo-old pigs by altering thermoregulatory demand and energy intake over a 5-wk period to produce a range of plasma IGF-I concentrations from 3.5 +/- 0.7 to 28.9 +/- 6.2 nmol/l. These values were related directly to growth rates (0.06 +/- 0.02 to 0.44 +/- 0.01 kg/day) and total hepatic IGF-I mRNA levels. Increased growth rates were accompanied by an increase in hepatic class 1 and class 2 IGF-I mRNA levels and an increase in the ratio of class 2 to class 1 IGF-I mRNA in liver, suggesting a distinct role for class 2 expression in the endocrine growth response. High levels of class 1 transcripts and a virtual absence of class 2 transcripts characterized all muscle tissues examined, and there was no correlation with plasma IGF-I levels. This suggests that growth promotion in response to increased energy status is regulated via endocrine hepatic IGF-I rather than via a paracrine response. The levels of GH receptor mRNA were positively correlated with overall growth rate (P < 0.005) in liver and negatively correlated (P < 0.05) in muscle, indicating distinct tissue-specific effects of energy status.

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