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The relationship between plasma concentrations of normally secreted GH and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) was investigated in pigs after weaning. Frequent blood sampling for between 12 and 24 h showed that plasma GH was pulsatile in pigs of 10, 20 and 35 kg liveweight. Pulses were brief in duration, low in amplitude and variable in frequency. Basal and average daily plasma concentrations of GH changed significantly with development, increasing by about 50% between 10 and 20 kg liveweight. Concentrations of IGF-I in plasma showed little or no evidence of diurnal periodicity and were not increased by GH pulses. Average daily concentrations of both IGF-I and IGF-II in plasma progressively increased between 10 and 35 kg liveweight, as did the total desaturated IGF-binding protein (IGFBP) activity of plasma. A strong positive correlation was observed between the total concentration of IGFs (IGF-I plus IGF-II) in the circulation and plasma IGFBP activity. The developmental rise in IGFBP activity of plasma was associated with increased labelling with ¹²⁵I-labelled human IGF-II in ligand blots of binding proteins of apparent molecular masses > 200, 50, 43 and 29 kDa. One class of binding proteins of 34·5 kDa decreased with development. This study of young growing pigs shows that normally secreted endogenous GH exerts no significant immediate control over plasma IGF-I concentrations, and that plasma levels of IGF-I and IGF-II increase with maturation in this species. The close relationship between the concentrations of IGFs and IGFBPs in plasma is consistent with recent evidence indicating that binding proteins partially regulate the levels of IGF-I and IGF-II in blood by controlling their rates of clearance from the circulation.

Journal of Endocrinology (1991) 128, 439–447

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