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ARGININE POTENTIATES THE GHRH- BUT NOT THE PYRIDOSTIGMINE-INDUCED GH SECRETION IN NORMAL SHORT CHILDREN. FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR A SOMATOSTATIN SUPPRESSING EFFECT OF ARGININE
Authors:EZIO GHIGO  JAELE BELLONE  ENRICO MAZZA  ELISEO IMPERIALE  MASSIMO PROCOPIO  FRANCESCA VALENTE  ROBERTO LALA  CARLO DE  SANCTIS FRANCO CAMANNI
Affiliation:Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Turin, Italy.
Abstract:To investigate the mechanism underlying the GH-releasing effect of arginine (ARG), we studied the interactions of ARG (0.5 g/kg infused i.v. over 30 min) with GHRH (1 microgram/kg i.v.) and with pyridostigmine (PD, 60 mg orally) on GH secretion in 15 children and adolescents with familial short stature (5.1-15.4 years). In a group of eight subjects ARG induced a GH increase not statistically different to that observed after GHRH (peak, mean +/- SEM: 38.0 +/- 10.4 vs 64.0 +/- 14.4 mU/l). The combined administration of ARG and GHRH led to GH levels (101 +/- 15.2 mU/l) higher than those observed after GHRH (P less than 0.025) or ARG alone (P less than 0.001) and overlapping with those recorded after combined PD and GHRH administration (111 +/- 22.4 mU/l). In the other seven subjects, ARG and PD administration induced a similar GH response either when administered alone (25.2 +/- 13.6 and 27.8 +/- 4.0 mU/l, respectively) or in combination (33.8 +/- 5.4 mU/l). In conclusion, our results show that in children ARG administration potentiates GHRH- but not PD-induced GH increase. These findings agree with the hypothesis that the GH-releasing effect of both ARG and PD is mediated via the same mechanism, namely, by suppression of endogeneous somatostatin release. Combined administration of either ARG or PD with GHRH has a similar striking GH-releasing effect which is clearly higher than that of GHRH alone.
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