Interrelation between plasma amino acid composition and growth hormone secretion in patients with liver cirrhosis.

Naomi, Shojiro; Umeda, Teruhisa; Tajiri, Junichi; Inoue, Junnosuke; Hamasaki, Shinichiro; Miura, Fumihiro; Fujii, Yoshitaka; Morita, Mitsuo; Iwaoka, Taisuke; Satô, Tatsuo

doi:10.1507/endocrj1954.31.557

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Abnormal GH secretion in liver cirrhosis: Evaluation of using GRF test and TRH test

1992

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To evaluate abnormal secretion of growth hormone (GH) in cases of liver diseases, the authors performed a loading test of growth hormone-releasing factor (GRF) and approximately one week later, a loading test of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), and measured serum GH in 15 cases of liver cirrhosis (LC), 5 with chronic active hepatitis (CAH), and 5 controls. In the TRH test, 8 of 15 LC patients showed a peak GH value of 6 ng/ml or more and were classified as the TRH-responder group (LC-R). Seven other LC patients showing a peak GH value of less than 6 ng/ml were classified as the TRH-non-responder group (LC-NR). None of the CAH cases or controls showed a peak GH value of 6 ng/ml or more. In GRF test, the response of GH was poor in all 8 in the LC-R group. The responses in the LC-NR group were significantly greater than those in the LC-R group from 15 to 90 minutes after the GRF loading. In the LC-R group, greater impairment of liver function was indicated by total bilirubin, serum protein and cholinesterase values compared to the LC-NR group. Fischer's ratio was significantly lower in the LC-R group. In cases of liver diseases, Fischer's ratios negatively correlated with the peak GH values in the TRH test (r = -0.679, P less than 0.01). These results suggest that in LC cases showing a paradoxical GH response to TRH, the GH response to GRF which is a GH stimulatory hormone, is decreased.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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