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Expression of growth hormone, growth hormone releasing hormone, and somatostatin genes is unperturbed in the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1686555     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The effects of streptozotocin diabetes on the level of growth hormone, growth hormone releasing hormone, and somatostatin mRNA was measured in control rats, in diabetic rats maintained on insulin, and in diabetic rats in which insulin had been withheld for 3 days. Total cytoplasmic RNA samples were prepared from the pituitary and hypothalamic tissues of each animal and analyzed by dot blot or Northern blot hybridization. No significant difference was observed between control and insulin-treated groups with regard to body weight or plasma glucose concentration. The insulin withdrawal group had significantly higher plasma glucose concentrations and lower body weights, confirming diabetic status. There was no significant difference in the level of growth hormone, growth hormone releasing hormone, and somatostatin mRNA among any of the three groups however. We conclude that alterations in the regulation of circulating growth hormone in the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat, removed from insulin treatment for 3 days, did not occur at the transcriptional or RNA processing level. This conclusion extends to hypothalamic growth hormone releasing hormone, and somatostatin gene expression as well. Regulatory changes in growth hormone level previously noted during insulin withdrawal in the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat could be the result of post-transcriptional processes operating at the level of hormone synthesis or release.
Authors:
J G Lee; R C Bird; E H Oliver; J L Sartin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire     Volume:  69     ISSN:  0829-8211     ISO Abbreviation:  Biochem. Cell Biol.     Publication Date:  1991 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-04-06     Completed Date:  1992-04-06     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8606068     Medline TA:  Biochem Cell Biol     Country:  CANADA    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  428-32     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL 36849.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Blood Glucose / analysis
Blotting, Northern
Body Weight
Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / drug therapy,  genetics*
Gene Expression Regulation / drug effects,  genetics
Growth Hormone / genetics*
Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / genetics*
Hypothalamus / drug effects,  metabolism
Insulin / pharmacology
Male
RNA, Messenger / analysis,  genetics
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Somatostatin / genetics*
Streptozocin / pharmacology
Transcription, Genetic / drug effects,  genetics*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Blood Glucose; 0/RNA, Messenger; 11061-68-0/Insulin; 18883-66-4/Streptozocin; 51110-01-1/Somatostatin; 9002-72-6/Growth Hormone; 9034-39-3/Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone

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