Effect of L-5-HTP (L-5-hydroxytryptophane) on the release of human growth hormone (HGH), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and immunoreactive insulin (IRI) was investigated in 7 normal subjects and 25 patients with endocrine disorders. A single oral dose of 200mg of L-5-HTP showed the elevation of HGH in plasma; however, no release of TSH and insulin in plasma of normal subjects. HGH response t...

We have investigated whether the slowly dissociating component of insulin and human growth hormone (hGH) binding and the homologous down-regulation of their receptors in IM-9 cultured human lymphocytes are due to distinct conformations of the receptor or, rather, to a redistribution within the cell. To do so, we used intracellular K+ depletion, which has been shown to inhibit reversibly coated-...

The intestinal epithelium is a heterogeneous cell monolayer that undergoes continuous renewal and differentiation along the crypt-villus axis. We have used transgenic mice to examine the compartmentalization of a regulated endocrine secretory protein, human growth hormone (hGH), in the four exocrine cells of the mouse intestinal epithelium (Paneth cells, intermediate cells, typical goblet cells...

The metabolic response to human growth hormone (HGH) was studied in five obese subjects in the fed state and during prolonged (5-6 wk) starvation. In the fed state (three subjects), HGH induced an elevation in basal serum insulin concentration, a minimal increase in blood and urine ketone levels, and a marked reduction in urinary nitrogen and potassium excretion resulting in positive nitrogen a...

IMPORTANCE Growing evidence of cell-to-cell transmission of neurodegenerative disease (ND)-associated proteins (NDAPs) (ie, tau, Aβ, and α-synuclein) suggests possible similarities to the infectious prion protein (PrPsc) in spongiform encephalopathies. There are limited data on the potential human-to-human transmission of NDAPs associated with Alzheimer disease (AD) and other non-PrPsc ND. OB...

The synthesis of human growth hormone-releasing hormone (hGH-RH), by the chemoselective serine/threonine ligations (STLs) of three unprotected peptide fragments, is reported. To allow for the multiple-fragment ligation, we chose the Msz (p-(methylsulfinyl)benzyloxycarbonyl) group, which is compatible with the preparation of peptide salicylaldehyde esters via Fmoc-SPPS and readily removed by red...

The oxidation of the methionine residues of human growth hormone (hGH) and human chorionic somatomammotropin (hCS) to methionine sulfoxide by hydrogen peroxide has been studied. The kinetics of oxidation of individual methionine residues has been measured by reverse-phase high pressure liquid chromatography tryptic peptide mapping. Met-170 is completely resistant to oxidation in both hormones. ...

New developments in endocrinology, in common with many specialised branches of medicine, have been dominated by advances in molecular genetics. Although these investigations relate to rare single gene disorders, they have resulted in major breakthroughs in many fields of endocrinology, significantly contributing to our understanding of the cellular mechanisms of hormone action. However it is no...

OBJECTIVE Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with the response to recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH) have previously been identified in growth hormone deficiency (GHD) and Turner syndrome (TS) children in the PREDICT long-term follow-up (LTFU) study (Nbib699855). Here, we describe the PREDICT validation (VAL) study (Nbib1419249), which aimed to confirm these genetic associa...