Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the ontogenetic changes in vitro in both the responsiveness of anterior pituitary tissue to growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and the critical role of GHRH in the long-term regulation of pulsatile GH secretion during perinatal porcine life. A superfusion system was used to apply three consecutive 10-min pulses of GHRH (the first of 1 nM and the other two of 10 nM) for 3 consecutive days in pituitary glands isolated from fetal (95- and 110-day) and neonatal (12-day) male pigs. In fetuses, total GHRH-induced GH release decreased progressively over the 3 days. However, in neonates, GH did not decrease until day 3, but remained higher than in fetuses. When each GH pulse was assessed individually, fetuses showed a similar pattern. GH secretion induced by the first GHRH pulse on days 1 and 2 was lower than that induced by the second and third pulses. By day 3, GH release lowered dramatically after all pulses. In contrast, in neonates no differences were observed among the GH levels induced by the three GHRH pulses at any day, although day 3 showed lower GH rates. In conclusion, during perinatal development, a desensitizing effect to long-term repetitive GHRH pulses was observed in both fetuses and neonates, but this effect was delayed in neonates. Thus, the capacity of somatotrope cells to maintain GH response to GHRH seems to be developmentally regulated during perinatal stages. Furthermore, the frequency of GHRH pulses, rather than the concentrations, might be a key factor to elicit desensitization.
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