Function of the GH/IGF-1 Axis in Healthy Middle-Aged Male Runners
作者:
Maria R. Ambrosio,
Alberto Valentini,
Giorgio Trasforini,
Franco Minuto,
Ezio Ghigo,
Silvano Cella,
Angelo Margutti,
Raffaele Pansini,
Ettore C. degli Uberti,
期刊:
Neuroendocrinology
(Karger Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 63,
issue 6
页码: 498-503
ISSN:0028-3835
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1159/000127078
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Growth hormone;Insulin-like growth factors;Growth hormone-releasing hormone;Aging;Clinical neuroendocrinology
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
In an attempt to examine the effect of prolonged physical activity on the function of the GH/IGF-1 axis during the aging process in man, we have evaluated basal and GHRH (GHRH-29: 1 µg/kg i.v. as a bolus) stimulated GH secretion as well as basal plasma IGF-1 levels in a group of 25 healthy runners (50-60 years, mean age 55.5 ± 0.6) and 24 age-matched relatively sedentary normal controls (mean age 55.8 ± 0.7). The runners had a minimum distance in kilometers of 26 km/week for at least 15 years, and competed in distances ranging from 16 km to the marathon. In runners, GHRH induced an increase of GH which was significantly higher (p < 0.001) than that observed in the age-matched controls. Baseline IGF-1 levels were significantly higher (p < 0.001) in trained runners (171 ± 8.4 µg/l) compared to the controls (91.1 ± 5.5 µg/l). These data show that in middle-age prolonged physical activity increases the function of the GH/IGF-1 axis. To clarify the possible mechanisms underlying the GH/IGF-1 secretory pattern in the runners, the GH responses to both single and combined administration of GHRH and arginine (ARG: 30 g infused over 30 min), a GH secretagogue likely acting via inhibition of hypothalamic somatostatin release, were investigated in 6 runners (mean age 55 ± 1.9 years) and 6 controls (mean age 55 ± 0.9 years). ARG clearly increased the GH response to GHRH in the controls, whereas it was unable to further potentiate the GH-releasing effect of GHRH in runners, thus suggesting that the increased GH responsiveness to GHRH might be due to an exercise-related decrease in endogenous hypothalamic somatostatinergic
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