Somatomedin activity measured as sulphation factor in culture media from normal human liver and connective tissues explants. Effects of human growth hormone

1981 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Schimpff ◽  
M. Donnadieu ◽  
M. Gautier ◽  
G. Polini ◽  
A. M. Repellin

Abstract. Normal human explants from liver and from connective tissues (aponeurosis or skin) incubated in vitro released sulphation activity measurable in chick embryo cartilage. Addition of human Growth Hormone (hGH) at physiological levels (10 ng/ml) increased the sulphation activity after 6 hours incubation time. Higher doses failed to increase the sulphation activity produced by connective tissues and decreased the sulphation activity produced by the liver.

1989 ◽  
Vol 120 (6) ◽  
pp. 745-752 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Schimpff ◽  
A. M. Repellin

Abstract. Cultures of human blood peripheral lymphocytes were performed in the presence or absence of human growth hormone, and also of phytohemagglutinin and normal human serum 10%. After incubation for 48 h, the supernatants were tested for their ability to promote the uptake of [3H]thymidine into lectin-activated lymphocytes. Supernatants from lymphocyte-free control samples, treated in the same manner, were assayed under the same experimental conditions. Variance analysis of the different dose-response relationships was performed. The results of these in vitro experiments confirm that physiological levels of GH inhibit the lectin-induced lymphoproliferation and that lymphocytes secrete an 'activity' able to stimulate the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into lectin activated lymphocytes. Furthermore we show that: 1) Secretion of this lymphocyte-stimulating activity is increased by physiological levels of GH; 2) This lymphocytic secretion is not radioimmunoassayable IGF-I; 3) Using fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC), this activity appears in fractions with various molecular weights.


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.


Endocrinology ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 132 (5) ◽  
pp. 2073-2082 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Foster ◽  
M Borondy ◽  
V Padmanabhan ◽  
J Schwartz ◽  
G B Kletter ◽  
...  

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (10) ◽  
pp. 1014-1017
Author(s):  
Catherine L. Tanser ◽  
Nannie K. M. de Leeuw

The effect of human growth hormone (HGH) and human placental lactogen (HPL) on glucose consumption by erythrocytes and leucocytes in vitro was investigated. Glucose consumption was measured by determining glucose utilization during 3 h incubation at 37 °C, using the glucose oxidase method.HGH and HPL showed no effect on glucose consumption by erythrocytes, and HPL showed no effect on glucose consumption by leucocytes in vitro. Our results do not confirm previous reports of an inhibitory effect of HGH on glucose consumption by erythrocytes in vitro.


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

2021 ◽  
Vol 478 (19) ◽  
pp. 3527-3537
Author(s):  
Nicole K. Thompson ◽  
Leif T. N. LeClaire ◽  
Samantha Rodriguez Perez ◽  
Warren W. Wakarchuk

We have been developing bacterial expression systems for human mucin-type O-glycosylation on therapeutic proteins, which is initiated by the addition of α-linked GalNAc to serine or threonine residues by enzymes in the GT-27 family of glycosyltransferases. Substrate preference across different isoforms of this enzyme is influenced by isoform-specific amino acid sequences at the site of glycosylation, which we have exploited to engineer production of Core 1 glycan structures in bacteria on human therapeutic proteins. Using RP-HPLC with a novel phenyl bonded phase to resolve intact protein glycoforms, the effect of sequon mutation on O-glycosylation initiation was examined through in vitro modification of the naturally O-glycosylated human interferon α-2b, and a sequon engineered human growth hormone. As part of the development of our glycan engineering in the bacterial expression system we are surveying various orthologues of critical enzymes to ensure complete glycosylation. Here we present an in vitro enzyme kinetic profile of three related GT-27 orthologues on natural and engineered sequons in recombinant human interferon α2b and human growth hormone where we show a significant change in kinetic properties with the amino acid changes. It was found that optimizing the protein substrate amino acid sequence using Isoform Specific O-Glycosylation Prediction (ISOGlyP, http://isoglyp.utep.edu/index.php) resulted in a measurable increase in kcat/KM, thus improving glycosylation efficiency. We showed that the Drosophila orthologue showed superior activity with our human growth hormone designed sequons compared with the human enzyme.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-472
Author(s):  
J Laurence ◽  
B Grimison ◽  
A Gonenne

Growth hormone (somatotropin) is a potent anabolic protein currently being evaluated clinically in cachexia associated with malignancy and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. Growth hormone can also lead to enhancement of lectin-mediated cellular proliferation, macrophage activation, and cytokine induction, events linked to induction of latent HIV in vitro. We thus explored the ability of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) to affect viral replication in acute and chronic HIV infection, and to alter transcription at the HIV- 1 long terminal repeat (LTR). A clone of promonocytic cells, chronically infected with HIV-1 and susceptible to viral induction by a variety of cytokines and protein kinase C activators, was unperturbed by rhGH used over broad concentrations (10 to 500 ng/mL) and time intervals. This unresponsiveness paralleled the lack of effect of rhGH on HIV-associated trans-activation in both monocytic and CD4+ T-cell lines. In contrast, rhGH enhanced viral replication in acutely infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by twofold to 20-fold, albeit having no adverse effect on the antiviral efficacy of zidovudine (AZT). Augmentation of HIV growth correlated with stimulation of cellular DNA synthetic responses and an increase in tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF- alpha) secretion. These data are discussed in the context of ongoing clinical trials of rhGH in HIV-seropositive individuals with wasting syndromes.


Blood ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Laurence ◽  
B Grimison ◽  
A Gonenne

Abstract Growth hormone (somatotropin) is a potent anabolic protein currently being evaluated clinically in cachexia associated with malignancy and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. Growth hormone can also lead to enhancement of lectin-mediated cellular proliferation, macrophage activation, and cytokine induction, events linked to induction of latent HIV in vitro. We thus explored the ability of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) to affect viral replication in acute and chronic HIV infection, and to alter transcription at the HIV- 1 long terminal repeat (LTR). A clone of promonocytic cells, chronically infected with HIV-1 and susceptible to viral induction by a variety of cytokines and protein kinase C activators, was unperturbed by rhGH used over broad concentrations (10 to 500 ng/mL) and time intervals. This unresponsiveness paralleled the lack of effect of rhGH on HIV-associated trans-activation in both monocytic and CD4+ T-cell lines. In contrast, rhGH enhanced viral replication in acutely infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) by twofold to 20-fold, albeit having no adverse effect on the antiviral efficacy of zidovudine (AZT). Augmentation of HIV growth correlated with stimulation of cellular DNA synthetic responses and an increase in tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF- alpha) secretion. These data are discussed in the context of ongoing clinical trials of rhGH in HIV-seropositive individuals with wasting syndromes.


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.


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