scholarly journals In Vitro and in Vivo Characterization of MOD-4023, a Long-Acting Carboxy-Terminal Peptide (CTP)-Modified Human Growth Hormone

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 631-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oren Hershkovitz ◽  
Ahuva Bar-Ilan ◽  
Rachel Guy ◽  
Yana Felikman ◽  
Laura Moschcovich ◽  
...  
1984 ◽  
Vol 247 (5) ◽  
pp. E639-E644
Author(s):  
C. M. Cameron ◽  
J. L. Kostyo ◽  
J. A. Rillema ◽  
S. E. Gennick

The biological activity profile of reduced and S-carboxymethylated human growth hormone (RCM-hGH) was determined to establish its suitability for study of the diabetogenic property of hGH. RCM-hGH was found to have greatly attenuated in vivo growth-promoting activity in the 9-day weight-gain test in hypophysectomized rats (approximately 1%) and to have a similar low order of in vitro activity in stimulating amino acid incorporation into the protein of the isolated rat diaphragm. RCM-hGH also only had approximately 1% of the in vitro insulin-like activity of the native hormone on isolated adipose tissue from hypophysectomized rats. In contrast, RCM-hGH retained substantial in vivo diabetogenic activity in the ob/ob mouse, appearing to have approximately 50% of the activity of the native hormone. RCM-hGH was also found to retain significant, although attenuated (25%), in vitro lactogenic activity when tested for the ability to stimulate amino acid incorporation into a casein-rich protein fraction in mouse mammary gland explants. Because RCM-hGH exhibits a high degree of diabetogenic activity, although lacking significant anabolic or insulin-like activities, it will be useful as a "monovalent" probe for the study of the molecular mechanism of the diabetogenic action of GH.


2004 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena M. Leitner ◽  
Davide Guggi ◽  
Alexander H. Krauland ◽  
Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

1987 ◽  
Vol 253 (5) ◽  
pp. E508-E514
Author(s):  
J. Weiss ◽  
M. J. Cronin ◽  
M. O. Thorner

Growth hormone (GH) is secreted as pulses in vivo. To understand the signals governing this periodicity, we have established a perifusion-based model of pulsatile GH release. Male rat anterior pituitaries were dispersed and perifused with pulses of human growth hormone-releasing factor-(1--40) (GHRF), with or without a continuous or discontinuous somatostatin tonus. An experiment was composed of a 1-h base-line collection followed by four 3-h cycles; each contained single or paired 10-min infusion(s) of 3 nM GHRF. In testing the impact of somatostatin, the protocol was identical except that 0.3 nM somatostatin was added 30 min into the base-line period and then was either continued throughout the study or withdrawn during the periods of GHRF infusion. GH base lines with somatostatin were lower than vehicle base lines (P less than 0.05). GHRF pulses generated consistent peaks of GH release between 200 and 300 ng. min-1. (10(7) cells)-1, and these peaks were not altered by continuous somatostatin. In contrast, withdrawal of somatostatin during GHRF administration elicited markedly higher GH peaks (P less than 0.05) and more total GH release (P less than 0.05). This response could not be accounted for by the additive effects of GHRF and somatostatin withdrawal.


1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 1069-1075
Author(s):  
O. J. Lucis ◽  
E. H. Venning

Porcine, monkey, and human growth hormone have no effect on the in vitro secretion of aldosterone by the rat adrenal gland. When monkey growth hormone is injected into hypophysectomized rats, the adrenals of these animals secrete, under in vitro conditions, increased amounts of aldosterone with no change in the secretion rate of corticosterone. The plasma of these rats contains a substance which appears to stimulate the secretion of aldosterone in the adrenals of normal rats.


2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khorshed S.M Alam ◽  
Takahiko Fujikawa ◽  
Hideo Yoshizato ◽  
Minoru Tanaka ◽  
Kunio Nakashima

Blood ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 954-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
CJ Wiedermann ◽  
N Reinisch ◽  
H Braunsteiner

Monocyte infiltration occurs early in the course of inflammation and is a prerequisite for optimal repair of tissue damage. In this study, human recombinant growth hormone was shown to be a potent chemoattractant for human monocytes, inducing migration at picomolar concentrations of recombinant human growth hormone. Chemotaxis of monocytes was measured in vitro by a modified Boyden chamber assay using nitrocellulose micropore filters and measuring microscopically the migration depth of the leading front of monocytes. Somatostatin, which inhibits the release of growth hormone, and its long-acting analogue, octreotide, also stimulated chemotaxis of monocytes; however, the effective peptide concentration was in the micromolar range. When tested for chemotaxis in combination or in experiments using pretreatment with somatostatin and washing of treated cells, somatostatin significantly antagonized the chemotactic responses of monocytes to growth hormone. The inhibitory effect on growth hormone- stimulated chemotaxis was dose dependent and occurred at concentrations severalfold lower than the chemotactically active concentration of somatostatin. Combinations of growth hormone with interferon or substance P also deactivated the chemotactic responses. These observations suggest that human growth hormone may have a regulatory role in monocyte chemotaxis.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (85) ◽  
pp. 54178-54187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lian Lu ◽  
Xiaoqing Su ◽  
Yantai Wang ◽  
Yi Luo ◽  
Jun Yang ◽  
...  

Exendin-4 (Ex-4), one of the important glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists, has proven to be an effective antidiabetic agent for type 2 diabetes (T2D).


1960 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 1069-1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. J. Lucis ◽  
E. H. Venning

Porcine, monkey, and human growth hormone have no effect on the in vitro secretion of aldosterone by the rat adrenal gland. When monkey growth hormone is injected into hypophysectomized rats, the adrenals of these animals secrete, under in vitro conditions, increased amounts of aldosterone with no change in the secretion rate of corticosterone. The plasma of these rats contains a substance which appears to stimulate the secretion of aldosterone in the adrenals of normal rats.


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