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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI108808

Anabolic actions of reduced and S-carbamidomethylated human growth hormone and its plasmin digest in man.

S B Heymsfield, R A Bethel, E C Hall, J B Mills, M H Moseley, J L Kostyo, and D Rudman

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Published September 1, 1977 - More info

Published in Volume 60, Issue 3 on September 1, 1977
J Clin Invest. 1977;60(3):563–570. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI108808.
© 1977 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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Abstract

Six children aged 12-15 yr, deficient in endogenous growth hormone, were each treated, after a 7-day control period, for 7 days with 0.0168, 0.052, and 0.168 U/kg body wt3/4 human growth (hGH) (doses A, B, and C, respectively) in separate metabolic balance studies. Doses B and C caused a dose-related retention of N, P, K, Na, and Cl in ratios of 1/0.069/4.5/7.5/5.6. These ratios indicate increments in masses of protoplasm/extracellular fluid (ECF)/bone in ratios of 1/2.0/ less than 0.001. Three of the children were also treated with doses A, B, and C of reduced and carbamidomethylated hGH (RCAM-hGH). Doses B and C caused 1.2-2.8 times as much retention of N, P, and K, and 0.3-0.5 times as much retention of Na and Cl, as did the corresponding doses of hGH. The plasmin digest of RCAM-hGH gave results generally similar to RCAM-hGH. For RCAM-hGH and its plasmin digest, N, P, K, Na, and Cl were retained in ratios of about 1/0.14/5.4/2.2/2.1, indicating increments of protoplasm/ECF/bone of about 1/0.8/0.05. These findings indicate that reduction and carbamidomethylation alter the anabolic actions of hGH in man in both quantitative and qualitative manner. RCAM-hGH is more potent in stimulating enlargement of protoplasm and bone, and less potent in stimulating expansion of ECF, than is the native hormone. The profile of anabolic actions of RCAM-hGH in man does not appear to be further altered by digestion with plasmin.

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