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Hypophysectomy of adult rats results in a loss of body growth which can be reversed by treatment with GH. The increased growth caused by administration of GH is accompanied by an increase in food consumption. The effects of GH and interactions with nutrition were investigated by treating hypophysectomized rats with GH and either providing unrestricted food or preventing the increased food consumption by pair-feeding with the same intake as that of the hypophysectomized animals.

Over the 7-day experimental period, the GH-treated animals grew significantly when food was available ad libitum but did not gain body weight when an increase in food intake was prevented. However, there was a significant interaction between GH and nutrition on body composition; GH significantly decreased body fat and increased the protein: fat ratio only in the animals with the restricted intake. Gastrocnemius muscle weight was increased by GH regardless of food intake, but heart weight did not increase and liver weight was actually decreased by GH teatment when food intake was restricted. Serum concentrations of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) were increased by GH in the rats with food available ad libitum but not in the pair-fed rats. However, the liver concentration of IGF-I and its mRNA were increased by GH although the increase in IGF-I mRNA was modulated by the restricted food intake. The decreased weight of the liver in the pair-fed GH-treated rats, despite the increase in IGF-I mRNA, suggests that IGF-I does not influence liver growth. In the gastrocnemius muscle, however, GH increased IGF-I mRNA concentration similarly in both rats with food available ad libitum and in pair-fed rats. Decreased nutrition therefore modulated the action of GH but emphasized its nutrient partitioning effect, thus increasing the anabolic drive towards skeletal muscle growth; this appeared to be mediated by the local production of IGF-I within the muscle.

Journal of Endocrinology (1993) 139, 117–126

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