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J Appl Physiol 89: 1137-1141, 2000;
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Vol. 89, Issue 3, 1137-1141, September 2000

Muscle afferent activity modulates bioassayable growth hormone in human plasma

G. E . McCall1, R . E . Grindeland2, R. R. Roy3, and V. R. Edgerton1,3

1 Department of Physiological Science and 3 Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90095; and 2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035

Immunoassayable and bioassayable growth hormone responses to vibration-induced activation of muscle spindle afferents of the soleus (Sol) or tibialis anterior (TA) muscles were studied in 10 men. Subjects were supine while a 10-min vibration stimulus (100 Hz; 1.5-mm amplitude) was applied to the muscle, with each of the muscles tested on separate days. Blood samples were collected before, during, immediately after, and after 5 and 10 min of vibration. Plasma growth hormone concentrations were determined by radioimmunoassay (IGH) for all sampling periods and by bioassay (BGH; measurement of tibial epiphysial cartilage growth in hypophysectomized rats) for samples obtained before and immediately after vibration. Plasma IGH concentrations were similar at all time points during the Sol or TA experiments. After 10 min of muscle vibration, mean plasma BGH was elevated 94% [1,216 ± 148 (SD) to 2,362 ± 487 µg/l; P = 0.0001] for TA and decreased 22% (1,358 ± 155 to 1,058 ± 311 µg/l; P = 0.09) for Sol. These data demonstrate that activation of TA muscle spindle afferents increases circulating BGH but not IGH. The absence of a similar vibration-induced BGH response for the Sol indicates a differential regulation of BGH release by these two predominantly slow muscles, perhaps related to their respective flexor and extensor functions. These data indicate that a muscle afferent-pituitary axis modulates the release of BGH, but not IGH, from the pituitary in humans and that this axis is muscle specific, similar to that observed in rats.

muscle spindle; vibration; soleus; tibialis anterior; extensor-flexor; slow-twitch muscle; fast-twitch muscle; proprioception; pituitary hormones


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