Abstract
BACKGROUND: Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) have been postulated as pathogenic factors in several forms of renal growth, including that induced by high-protein (HP) diets. Compensatory renal growth (CRG) following renal uninephrectomy is strictly GH dependent, while the exact role of GH as a regulating factor in HP induced renal growth has not been fully clarified.
METHODS: To elucidate a possible direct role for GH in HP-induced renal growth, we examined the effect of a newly developed specific GH-receptor (GHR) antagonist (B2036-PEG) on renal growth and renal GH/IGF-system expression in HP-fed mice.
RESULTS: Mice fed a HP diet (45% protein) for one week demonstrated renal hypertrophy and increased renal IGF-I. GH receptor antagonist (GHRA) treatment neither modified renal IGF-I nor abolished the renal hypertrophy. In contrast, however, GHRA administration did modify renal mRNA expression of many members of the GH and IGF systems.
CONCLUSIONS: The major new finding is that HP-induced renal growth in adult mice is GH independent.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Kidney International |
Vol/bind | 62 |
Udgave nummer | 4 |
Sider (fra-til) | 1187-95 |
Antal sider | 9 |
ISSN | 0085-2538 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - okt. 2002 |
Udgivet eksternt | Ja |