The impact of short-term fasting on the dynamics of 24-hour growth hormone (GH) secretion in patients with severe radiation-induced GH deficiency.
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Darzy, Ken HMurray, Robert D
Gleeson, Helena K
Pezzoli, Suzan S
Thorner, Michael O
Shalet, Stephen M
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Department of Endocrinology, Christie Hospital, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 4BX, United Kingdom. stephen.m.shalet@man.ac.uk.Issue Date
2006-03
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CONTEXT: In patients with severe radiation-induced GH deficiency, we previously demonstrated that pulsatile GH secretion and diurnal rhythm are maintained in the fed state, albeit with great attenuation of the pulse amplitude. However, it remained unclear whether stressing the hypothalamic-pituitary axis could unmask neurosecretory dysregulation that is not seen under basal conditions. In addition, the impact of fasting on GH pulsatility and diurnal variation in GH-deficient patients has not been studied in detail before. STUDY SUBJECTS AND DESIGN: Twenty-four-hour GH profiles at 20-min intervals were undertaken in the fed state and in the last 24 h of a 33-h fast in eight young adult cancer survivors (two women) with severe GH deficiency after cranial irradiation for nonpituitary brain tumors in childhood and 14 matched normal controls (three women). A sensitive chemiluminescence GH assay was used with cluster analysis. RESULTS: Fasting induced a significant (P < 0.05) rise in all amplitude-dependent measures (absolute GH peak and nadir, profile mean GH, and mean pulse amplitude and area) in both groups. Pulse frequency was nonsignificantly increased (by 10%) in normals but significantly increased (by 20%) in the patients. The average increase in the individual fasting profile mean GH concentration was 3.7-fold (range 1.5-8.3) in normals, compared with 2.7-fold (range 1-4.7) in the patients (P > 0.05). Fasting amplified amplitude-related differences between patients and controls, and thus, unlike in the fed state, the day (0900-2040 h) mean GH completely demarcated patients from normals. An absolute GH peak level of 2 and 4 microg/liter and a profile mean GH level of 0.25 and 0.65 microg/liter completely separated patients from normals in the fed and the fasting states, respectively. Overall, fasting seems to induce a feminized pattern of GH secretion with relatively higher interpeak levels, preserved but diminished diurnal variation, and increased secretory disorderliness (increased approximate entropy scores). CONCLUSION: The overall pulsatile pattern of GH secretion during fasting in patients with radiation-induced GH deficiency and the relative augmentation in GH release are similar to that seen in normals emphasizing that GH neuroregulation is preserved in these patients even when the hypothalamic-pituitary axis is under physiological stress.Citation
The impact of short-term fasting on the dynamics of 24-hour growth hormone (GH) secretion in patients with severe radiation-induced GH deficiency. 2006, 91 (3):987-94 J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.Journal
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and MetabolismDOI
10.1210/jc.2005-2145PubMed ID
16384844Type
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0021-972Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1210/jc.2005-2145
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