Effect of bovine growth hormone on growth, organ weights, tissue composition and adipose tissue metabolism in young castrated male goats

1998 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Škarda
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Bovine Growth Hormone ◽  
Tissue Composition ◽  
Organ Weights ◽  
Adipose Tissue Metabolism ◽  
Tissue Metabolism

FURTHER EVIDENCE FOR A FAT MOBILIZING EFFECT OF ANDROGENS

1964 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zvi Laron ◽  
Avivah Kowadlo-Silbergeld
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Testosterone Propionate ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Bovine Growth Hormone ◽  
Fat Tissue ◽  
Adipose Tissue Metabolism ◽  
Subcutaneous Fat Tissue

ABSTRACT Groups of starved female rats were treated with either testosterone propionate, 19-norandrostenolone phenylpropionate (Nandrolone, Durabolin) or bovine growth hormone (BGH). The effect of these hormones on the concentration of the plasma unesterified fatty acids (UFA) was then studied in blood withdrawn from the heart daily. As controls groups of rats were treated with either oil or saline, i. e. the vehicles for the above named hormones. It was found that both testosterone and Nandrolone caused a marked increase in plasma UFA concentrations, similar to the effects obtained by growth hormone. Accepting UFA as an index of the metabolic activity of adipose tissue, it is concluded that testosterone and its less androgenic derivative Nandrolone possess fat mobilizing properties. In view of the fact that during puberty in boys the subcutaneous fat tissue decreases as compared with girls and that eunuchs have a tendency to obesity, it is suggested that androgens play an active physiological role in adipose tissue metabolism.

scholarly journals Divergent regulation of adipose tissue metabolism by calorie restriction and inhibition of growth hormone signaling

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 646-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seongjoon Park ◽  
Toshimitsu Komatsu ◽  
Hiroko Hayashi ◽  
Lucas Siqueira Trindade ◽  
Haruyoshi Yamaza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Calorie Restriction ◽  
Hormone Signaling ◽  
Adipose Tissue Metabolism ◽  
Tissue Metabolism ◽  
Inhibition Of Growth
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