基因重组生长激素治疗青春期前特发性矮小疗效观察

目的探讨基因重组人生长激素（rhGH）对青春期前特发性矮小（ISS）的疗效。方法观察27例青春期前特发性矮小患儿,平均年龄（8.9±2.0）岁,身高（118.0±10.6）cm。治疗组13例,男10例,女3例,均接受基因重组人生长激素治疗,剂量（0.12±0.01）IU/kg,睡前皮下注射,疗程6个月至1年;对照组14例,男6例,女8例。结果治疗组患儿生长速率（GV）由治疗前（4.28±0.86）cm/a提高到（9.38±1.77）cm/a,P〈0.01;年龄身高标准差积分（HtSDSCA）由-2.28±0.48增至-1.72±0.62（P〈0.01）;骨龄身高标准差积分（HtS-DSBA）由-0.24±1.02增至0.27±0.99（P〈0.05）;与对照组比较,GV、HtSDS（CA）和HtSDS（BA）差异均有统计学意义（P均〈0.05）;两组△BA/△CA比较差异无统计学意义（P均〉0.05）。结论GH治疗能改善ISS儿童的GV及HtSDS（CA）、HtSDS（BA）,而骨龄（BA）加速不明显,疗效肯定。     

Circulating immunoreactive growth hormone releasing hormone concentrations and growth hormone response to growth hormone releasing hormone in short children

To study the role of peripheral immunoreactive growth hormone releasing hormone (ir-GHRH) concentrations and the GHRH test in the evaluation of growth hormone (GH) secretion in short stature, 46 children with a mean age of 9.4 years (range 1.6–16.3 years) and a mean relative height score of –3.2 SD (range –5.0–2.1 SD) were investigated. The children were divided into prepubertal (n=35) and pubertal (n=11) and the prepubertal children further into three groups based on their maximal GH responses to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia (IIH) and clonidine: (1) GH deficient subjects (maximal GH<10 g/l in both test); (2) discordant responders (maximal GH<10 g/l in one test and 10 g/l in the other); and (3) normal responders (maximal GH10 g/l in both test). Peripheral ir-GHRH concentrations were measured during the IIH test by radioimmunoassay after purification of plasma samples on Sep-pak cartridges. Among the prepubertal children 10 fell into group 1, 16 into group 2 and 9 into group 3. Children in group 1 were older, than those in group 3. There were no significant differences in relative heights and weights or absolute and relative growth velocities between the groups. Subjects in groups 1 and 2 had lower maximal GH responses to GHRH than those in group 3. There were no significant differences in the basal plasma ir-GHRH concentrations between the groups. Nine children (19.6%) had somatotrophs with a poor response to a single dose of exogenous GHRH (maximal GH<10 g/l). These subjects had increased basal plasma ir-GHRH concentrations. All of them had a decreased GH response to IIH and/or clonidine. Pubertal children had higher circulating ir-GHRH levels than the prepubertal subjects. There was an inverse correlation (r=–0.46;P<0.001) between the maximal GH response to GHRH and calendar age in the whole series. These observations suggest that: (1) a substantial proportion of short children have a heterogenous GH response to pharmacological stimuli necessitating complementary evaluation of their spontaneous GH secretion; (2) a poor response to exogenous GHRH is associated with increased ir-GHRH levels in the peripheral circulation; (3) all children with normal GH responses in pharmacological tests respond normally to GHRH and (4) the pituitary sensitivity to GHRH decreases with increasing age. Peripheral ir-GHRH concentrations do not differentiate between short children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) and those with undefined short stature. The GHRH test is of limited value in the diagnosis of GHD, since a normal GH response does not exclude GHD, although a subnormal response appears to reflect dysfunctional GH secretion.     

Preliminary validation of a prediction model for the short-term growth response to growth hormone therapy in children with idiopathic short stature

A discriminant scoring system, using multivariate analysis, has been developed for pretreatment prediction of responsiveness to a 6-month trial of growth hormone (GH) treatment in short children with subnormal growth velocity, but without GH deficiency. Inclusion criteria included a birth weight above 2.5 kg, height below the 3rd centile for chronological age, height velocity below the 25th centile for bone age, no signs of puberty, a maximal GH response to pharmacological stimulation of above 10 μg/l and treatment with GH at a dose of 12–16 IU/m²/week. Children with an increase in height velocity greater than 2.5 cm/year after therapy were considered to be responders. Pretreatment clinical data from 67 patients were employed in a discriminant analysis in order to establish the model. The scoring system developed was as follows: score = -0.4 + 0.92X₁– 0.87X₂, where X₁ is the height velocity SD score (SDS) for chronological age, and X₂ is the bone age SDS for chronological age. This model had a specificity of 96.3% and a sensitivity of 92.5% in predicting the responsiveness to GH. The model has subsequently been applied to a group of 14 patients in order to establish its validity; in this group its sensitivity was 83.3% and its specificity 100%. These preliminary data suggest that the model can be used as a guideline for selecting short, slowly growing, non-GH-deficient children who will respond to short-term GH therapy.     

Growth hormone therapy—established uses in short children

Since the first reported efficacious use of human growth hormone in 1958, numerous children have been treated with this hormone. This review discusses the five indications for use of human growth hormone in children that have been approved to date by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
Conclusion: Further, long-term studies will be needed to address the optimal use of this hormone in each of these conditions.     

Oral administration of arginine enhances the growth hormone response to growth hormone releasing hormone in short children

We have evaluated the effect of oral administration of arginine chlorhydrate on the growth hormone response to growth hormone releasing hormone in a group of nine short prepubertal children (six boys and four girls). Arginine chlorhydrate 10 g, administered orally 60 min before an iv bolus injection of growth hormone releasing hormone 1–29, 1 μg/kg, significantly enhanced the growth hormone response to the neuropeptidc, confirming the results of previous studies which used the iv route. Furthermore, our data strengthen the view that the effects of arginine chlorhydrate on growth hormone secretion are mediated by inhibition of endogenous somatostatin release.     

Oral administration of arginine enhances the growth hormone response to growth hormone releasing hormone in short children

We have evaluated the effect of oral administration of arginine chlorhydrate on the growth hormone response to growth hormone releasing hormone in a group of nine short prepubertal children (six boys and four girls). Arginine chlorhydrate 10 g, administered orally 60 min before an iv bolus injection of growth hormone releasing hormone 1–29, 1 μg/kg, significantly enhanced the growth hormone response to the neuropeptidc, confirming the results of previous studies which used the iv route. Furthermore, our data strengthen the view that the effects of arginine chlorhydrate on growth hormone secretion are mediated by inhibition of endogenous somatostatin release.     

人生长激素同型异构体比例变化与特发性矮小症的相关性

人生长激素(human growth hormone,hGH)是出生后促进生长的主要激素,生长激素在调节生长的许多方面都起作用,生长激素缺乏会引起生长激素缺乏性矮小(growth hormone deficiency,GHD),但特发性矮小症患儿(idiopathic short stature,ISS)并不存在生长激素(GH)缺乏[1],其发病机制一直是研究的热点,有研究认为hGH同型异构体(humangrowth hormone isoforms,hGHI)比例的变化可能是ISS的发病机制之一[2,3],hGH有多种同型异构体,在垂体、胎盘和外周血中均存在,各种hGHI单体型的22kDa!hGHI含量最丰富,20kDa!hGHI含量次之,它们在结构上有…     

Comparison of growth hormone releasing hormone therapy and growth hormone therapy in growth hormone deficiency

Seven children with growth hormone deficiency of hypothalamic origin responded to an i.v. bolus of growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) (1–29)-NH2 with a mean serum increase of 10.7 ng/ml growth hormone (GH) (range 2.5–29.3 ng/ml). Continuous s.c. administration of GHRH of 4–6 g/kg twice daily for at least 6 months did not improve the growth rate in five of the patients. One patient increased his growth rate from 1.9 to 3.8 cm/year and another from 3.5 to 8.2 cm/year; however, the growth rate of the latter patient then decreased to 5.4 cm/year. When treatment was changed to recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) in a dose of 2 U/m² daily, given s.c. at bedtime, the growth rate improved in all patients to a mean of 8.5 cm/year (range: 6.2 to 14.6). Presently GHRH cannot be recommended for the routine therapy of children with growth hormone deficiency since a single daily dose of rhGH produced catch-up growth which GHRH therapy did not.Abbreviations GH growth hormone - GHD growth hormone deficiency - GHRH growth hormone releasing hormone - hGH human growth hormone - rhGH recombinant human growth hormone - SM C/IGF I somatomedin C/insulin-like growth factor I On the occasion of the 85th birthday of Prof. Dr.Dr.h.c. mult. Adolf Butenandt     

Quality of life of young adults with idiopathic short stature: effect of growth hormone treatment

The aim of the study was to evaluate whether treatment with recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) affects the quality of life of young adults who were diagnosed as idiopathic short stature (ISS) during childhood, and whether their quality of life and aspects of the personality are different from normal. Experiences and expectations concerning rhGH treatment of the subjects and their parents were also investigated. Eighty-nine subjects were included into the study: 24 subjects (16M, 8F) were treated with rhGH from childhood, whereas 65 subjects (40M, 25F) were never treated. At the time of the interview all subjects had attained final height [mean (SD) -2.3 (0.9) SDS for Dutch references], and the age of the treated subjects was 20.5 (1.0)y, and 25.7 (3.5)y of the control subjects (p < 0:001). The level of education was similar, but the treated subjects had less often a partner compared to the control subjects (adjusted for age and gender, p < 0:001). The Nottingham Health Profile and Short Form 36 Health Survey showed no difference in general health state between treated and control subjects, and the healthy Dutch age-specific references (norm group). Although 74% of the subjects reported one or more negative events related to their height, and 61% would like to be taller, only 22% and 11% were willing to trade-off at Time Trade-Off and Standard Gamble, respectively. The personality of the subjects, which was measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, was not different from the norm group. The satisfaction with the rhGH treatment was high, as it had caused 12 (8) cm and 13 (7) cm gain in final height according to the subjects and parents, respectively. Based on initial predicted adult height (Bayley & Pinneau), this gain was only 3.3(5.6) cm. We concluded that although the treated subjects had a partner less often when compared to the control subjects, the quality of life of subjects with ISS at adult age is normal and appears not to be affected by rhGH therapy, The treated subjects were very satisfied with the treatment, probably by overestimation of the final height gain.     

Disproportionate growth following long-term growth hormone treatment in short children with X-linked hypophosphataemia

Abstract Three short prepubertal children with X-linked hypophosphataemia were treated with 1 IU recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH)/kg per weck sc in addition to calcitriol and phosphate supplementation over a period of 3 years. Improvement of height standard deviation score (SDS) ranged from 1.0–1.7 SD based on an increase in sitting height of 1.5–2.9 SD, whereas subischial leg length improved only slightly by 0.3–0.9 SD. In all three patients, renal phosphate threshold concentration increased slightly and transient hyperparathyroidism was noted.Conclusion Treatment of stunted children with X-linked hypophosphataemia is effective in improving growth velocity, but appears to aggravate the pre-existent disporportionate stature of such children.     

重组人生长激素对不同生长激素分泌状态青春前期矮小患儿近期疗效分析

目的探讨部分性生长激素缺乏症（pGHD）患儿在重组人生长激素（rhGH）治疗后早期追赶性生长的规律。方法回顾性分析62例青春前期不同生长激素（GH）分泌状态矮小患儿用rhGH治疗后,近期（1．5年）追赶性生长指标（生长速度和身高Z分增值）和促生长素轴实验室指标的变化。其中,完全性生长激素缺乏症（cGHD）27例;非GH缺乏性矮小（NGHD）12例;pGHD23例,按GH激发峰值7ng／ml分为pGHD-1（12例）和pGHD-2（11例）两个亚组。结果cGHD和NGHD初始追赶性生长的幅度相似,但NGHD组持续时间较短。pGHD和cGHD以同一rhGH生理替代量治疗后,促生长的应答（生长速度和AIGFBP-3SDS）pGHD-1和cGHD差异无统计学意义,但pGHD-2却低于cGHD,而与NGHD差异无统计学意义。结论GH激发试验的诊断界值选用7ng／ml有更合理的依据,诊断pGHD时尤应审慎。pGHD-2组治疗早期的生长追赶不完全可能与rhGH剂量相对不足有关。     

Three-year data from a comparative study with recombinant human growth hormone in the treatment of short stature in young children with intrauterine growth retardation

Growth acceleration and bone maturation were studied for 3 y in 69 children with severe short stature and a history of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), to determine the effect of treatment with recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH). The patients were enrolled in an open, multicentre trial and were randomly allocated to either the treated group (Group 1) or the control group (Group 2). The children in Group 1 were treated daily with 0.2 IU/kg/body weight (0.067 mg/kg) s.c, during 3 y and the children in Group 2 started the study with a 1-y observation period followed by a 3-y treatment period. At birth, their mean weight standard deviation score (SDS) was -2.5 and their mean length SDS -3.5. At baseline, the patients were prepubertal, non-GHdeficient, with no known dysmorphic features. Mean age was 4.5 y, bone age was 3.3 y, height SDS was -3.4, height velocity (HV) SDS was -1.6, and body mass index SDS was -1.4. After 1 y of treatment, linear HV in Group 1 increased in comparison with the pre-treatment period (from 5.7 ± 2.0 to 10.1 ± 1.7cm/y; p < 0:001)and with the firstyear of observation in Group2( p < 0:001). Increased HV was sustained during the second and third year of treatment and was significantly higher than at baseline. A similar growth pattern was seen during the 3y of GH treatment in Group 2. Mean height SDS for chronological age increased by 2.0 ± 0.7 in the two groups after 3 y of treatment. HV after 1 y of treatment was negatively correlated with growth velocity at baseline. Bone age remained retarded but increased with a mean of almost 4 y after 3y of treatment in both groups. Even at a dose that is three times the replacement dose treatment with r-hGH was well tolerated. From these results, we conclude that r-hGH treatment over 3 y can induce sustained catch-up growth in young children with severe short stature and a history of IUGR. Long-term studies are needed to assess ultimate effects on final height.     

Once versus twice daily injections of growth hormone in children with idiopathic short stature

The aim of this study was to compare the growth response of 22 short pre-pubertal children without growth hormone deficiency, treated with a single daily growth hormone injection (group A), to the growth response of 27 similar children, treated with the same daily dose divided into 2 subcutaneous injections per day (group B), for 1 y, in a randomized study. GH treatment significantly promoted growth parameters, height standard deviation score and height velocity standard deviation score in both groups. Serum insulin-like growth factor I was also increased. There were no significant differences in growth response, serum IGF-I levels, or the advance in bone age between the two study groups after 1 y of GH therapy. We conclude that twice daily s.c. growth hormone injections provide no advantages over once daily injection of the same dose in promoting the linear growth of short children without growth hormone deficiency.     

重组人生长激素治疗不同生长激素分泌状态青春前期矮身材患儿近期疗预测模型的建立和验证

目的 建立重组人生长激素(rhGH)治疗生长激素不同分泌状态青春前期矮身材患儿近期(1年)疗效的预测模型,并进行初步验证.方法回顾性分析62例生长激素不同分泌状态的青春前期矮身材患儿[模型组,分为全模型组(模型组全部病例)和生长激素缺乏症模型组(模型组中生长激素缺乏症的病例)]经rhGH治疗1年后的追赶性生长指标:生长速度(HV)和身高Z分增值(ΔHtSDS).根据单因素相关分析的结果,通过多元回归的方法,分别建立对HV和ΔHtSDS的2个预测方程(Model-GHD和Model-total).前瞻性分析另14例(验证组),将资料代入前述方程进行验证.结果单因素相关分析显示,与HV和ΔHtSDS显著(负)相关的是同一组影响因素.所得4个预测方程,R2在0.244～0.519,P值均＜0.05.HV的2个预测方程和对生长激素缺乏症患儿1ΔHtSDS的预测方程(实测值和预测值呈显著正相关,r在0.753～0.996;配对t检验示两者差异无统计学意义).结论预测模型建立成功,有助于预测不同生长激素分泌状态青春期矮身材患儿的生长激素的近期疗效.     

Prediction of the growth response in children with various growth disorders treated with growth hormone: analyses of data from the Kabi Pharmacia International Growth Study

Analyses to predict the growth response to recombinant human growth hormone (GH) in prepubertal children during the first year of treatment were performed on data from 472 patients with idiopathic GH deficiency (IGHD), 202 children with Turner's syndrome, 327 children with idiopathic short stature (ISS) and 135 children with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). In IGHD, 56% of the variability of the response could be predicted from a model based on six variables. These variables could be ranked in order of importance as follows: target height SDS minus height SDS, chronological age, frequency of GH injections, dose of GH, weight-for-height index, and birth weight SDS. When the model for IGHD was applied to Turner's syndrome, ISS and IUGR, there was a high degree of similarity between the predicted and achieved growth response in ISS and IUGR. However, an uneven distribution within the plot of Studentized residuals in ISS and IUGR suggested heterogeneity within these populations. Prediction of growth in Turner's syndrome was greatly exaggerated by the model for IGHD, suggesting a different pathogenesis as the basis of the growth disorder. Specific prediction models were therefore developed for Turner's syndrome, ISS and IUGR. In all three disorders, the dose of GH was found to be the most important predictor, suggesting that, in contrast to IGHD, first-year growth is governed less by the difference between height and the presumed genetically determined target height. Again, in contrast to IGHD, this suggests that catch-up phenomena are not involved. As the predictability of the variation in growth response in Turner's syndrome, ISS and IUGR did not exceed 32% (for ISS), the search for new predictors should continue in these disorders.     

生长激素在儿科应用进展

自1985年重组人生长激素开始在生长激素缺乏症中应用以来,二十多年间其应用范围扩展至先天性卵巢发育不全综合征、小于胎龄儿、特发性矮小、慢性肾功能不全等疾病,取得良好的临床效果,总体安全性良好.但仍需注意监测治疗期间及其后可能出现的不良反应,注意严格选择使用生长激素治疗的适应证,选择治疗最佳时机和合理剂量,这样才能既获得较理想的疗效,又节省治疗费用.同时,长效生长激素及不同给药途径生长激素等的研制,使其应用更方便,增加了依从性.该文就其在临床上的应用进展做一综述.     

Growth hormone treatment of short children born small-for-gestational-age: the Nordic Multicentre Trial

The aims of this study were to evaluate the efficacy and safety of different doses of growth hormone (GH) treatment in prepubertal short children born small-for-gestational-age (SGA). Forty-eight children born SGA from Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway were randomly allocated to three groups: a control group of 12 children received no treatment for 2 y, one group was treated with GH at 0.1 IU/kg/d (n = 16), and one group was treated with GH at 0.2 IU/kg/d (n = 20). In total 42 children completed 2 y of follow-up, and 24 children from the treated groups completed 3 y of treatment. Their mean (SD) age at the start of the study was 4.69 (1.61) y and their mean (SD) height was -3.16 (0.70) standard deviation scores (SDS). The children remained prepubertal during the course of the study. No catch-up growth was observed in the untreated group, but a clear dose-dependent growth response was found in the treated children. After the third year of treatment, the group receiving the higher dose of GH, achieved their target height. The major determinants of the growth response were the dose of GH used, the age at the start of treatment (the younger the child, the better the growth response) and the family-corrected individual height deficit (the higher the deficit, the better the growth response). Concentration of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-binding protein-3 increased during treatment. An increase in insulin levels was found without negative effects on fasting glucose levels or glycosylated haemoglobin levels. GH treatment was well tolerated. In conclusion, short prepubertal children born SGA show a dose-dependent growth response to GH therapy, and their target height SDS can be achieved within 3 y of treatment given GH at 0.2 IU/kg/d. However, the long-term benefit of different regimens of GH treatment in children born SGA remains to be established.     

特发性矮小患儿生长激素受体基因Ex3多态性与重组人生长激素疗效分析

目的：观察生长激素受体（GHR）基因Ex3多态性与重组人生长激素（rhGH）治疗青春期前特发性矮小（ISS）疗效间的相关性。方法：青春期前ISS患儿30例,均采用rhGH［0.116±0.02 IU/(kg/d)］治疗;其外周血白细胞中抽提基因组DNA,采用多重PCR扩增GHR基因Ex3区域。对不同基因型患儿治疗后生长速率（GV）、年龄对应身高标准差积分（HtSDSCA）及骨龄对应身高标准差积分（HtSDSBA）、预测终身高进行比较。结果：rhGH治疗半年后d3/d3基因型组GV较fl/fl基因型组明显增加［（6.3±1.6）cm/年 vs （3.4±0.5）cm/年,P<0.05］。结论：ISS患儿GHR Ex3基因型与rhGH促生长疗效存在一定关联,d3/d3等位基因型患儿用rhGH治疗后生长速率明显优于fl/fl等位基因型。［中国当代儿科杂志,2010,12（9）：730-733］     

Short- and long-term (final height) data in children with normal variant short stature treated with growth hormone

Seventeen children with normal variant short stature and a predicted height below −2 SDS were treated with growth hormone (GH) six times a week for a period of 5 years. Patients were randomly selected to receive three different doses of GH, group 1 (n=6) 3␣IU/m² per day, group 2 (n=6) 4.5 IU/m² per day and group 3 (n=5) 3 IU/m² per day in the 1st year and 4.5␣IU/m² per day thereafter. There was a significant increase in height after 1 and 2 years for all patients and for all subgroups. However, this increase was not dependent on GH dose. The decrease in height velocity during the 2nd year was not prevented by the increase of GH dose in group 3. The change of predicted height after 2 years was +0.75 SDS (according to Tanner Whitehouse). Fourteen children have been treated for 4␣years and 8 children for 5 years without a further change in height prediction. Nine patients have reached final height which was 2.4 cm (+0.41 SDS) above pretreatment height prediction. Final height was nearly identical to predicted height after 1 year of therapy. Conclusion An increment in height prediction was observed during the first 2 years of GH treatment and maintained thereafter. However, there was only a minor increase in final height over predicted height which does not justify the general use of GH in children with normal variant short stature. Received: 19 December 1996 / Accepted: 21 February 1997