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Growth hormone therapy initiated before starvation ameliorates the catabolic state and enhances the protein-sparing effect of total parenteral nutrition.
British Journal of Surgery 1993 June
The effect of 7 days of subcutaneously administered bovine growth hormone (bGH) (0.2 mg kg-1 day-1; n = 4) or an equivalent volume of 0.15 mol l-1 saline (n = 3) on protein metabolism was assessed in lambs. The catabolic response to 48 h of starvation and subsequent hypocaloric total parenteral nutrition (TPN) was measured using primed constant intravenous infusions of [15N]urea and [14C]leucine. Following 48 h of starvation and 7 h of TPN, bGH-treated animals had a significantly decreased rate of net protein catabolism compared with controls (mean(s.e.m.) 2.4(0.2) versus 3.2(0.3) g kg-1 day-1, P < 0.01). The mean(s.e.m.) rate of whole-body protein catabolism was also significantly decreased in bGH-treated animals at 10.9(0.3) g kg-1 day-1 compared with 12.9(0.7) g kg-1 day-1 in saline-treated controls (P < 0.05). In addition, the rates of net and whole-body protein catabolism decreased significantly (P < 0.05) during the period of hypocaloric parenteral feeding to mean(s.e.m.) values of 2.3(0.2) and 8.6(0.6) g kg-1 day-1 respectively in bGH-treated animals. By contrast, in saline-treated controls net and whole-body protein catabolism continued to increase during hypocaloric parenteral feeding. There was a significant decrease (P < 0.05) in the rate of [14C]leucine uptake in tissues of the gastrointestinal tract, heart and diaphragm in bGH-treated animals compared with controls. These results demonstrate that daily administration of growth hormone decreases the catabolic response to a metabolic stress, resulting in the conservation of protein in the heart, diaphragm, gastrointestinal tract and musculoskeletal system by a primary anticatabolic action. In addition, growth hormone therapy initiated before induction of the catabolic state enhances the protein-sparing effects of TPN. Further study is justified to determine whether growth hormone therapy initiated before elective or urgent surgery in the nutritionally depleted patient may have a role in reducing the severity of the postoperative catabolic state, particularly in the patient in whom a complicated course is anticipated.
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