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Vibration-induced activation of muscle afferents modulates bioassayable growth hormone release

¹Department of Physiological Science, ²Brain Research Institute and ³Department of Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles 90095; and ⁴Life Science Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035

Submitted 13 August 2003 ; accepted in final form 30 January 2004

The effects of tendon vibration on bioassayable growth hormone (BGH) secretion from the pituitary gland were investigated in anesthetized adult male rats. The tendons from predominantly fast-twitch ankle extensor muscles (gastrocnemius and plantaris) or a predominantly slow-twitch ankle extensor (soleus) were vibrated by using a paradigm that selectively activates group Ia afferent fibers from muscle spindles. The lower hindlimb was secured with the muscles near physiological length, and the tendons were vibrated for 15 min at 150 Hz and a displacement of 1 mm. Control rats were prepared similarly, but the tendons were not vibrated. Compared with control, vibration of the tendons of the fast ankle extensors markedly increased (160%), whereas vibration of the slow soleus decreased (68%), BGH secretion. Complete denervation of the hindlimb had no independent effects on the normal resting levels of BGH, but it prevented the effects of tendon vibration on BGH secretion. The results are consistent with previous findings showing modulation of BGH release in response to in vivo activation or in situ electrical stimulation of muscle afferents (Bigbee AJ, Gosselink KL, Grindeland RE, Roy RR, Zhong H, and Edgerton VR. J Appl Physiol 89: 2174–2178, 2000; Gosselink KL, Grindeland RE, Roy RR, Zhong H, Bigbee AJ, and Edgerton VR. J Appl Physiol 88: 142–148, 2000; Gosselink KL, Grindeland RE, Roy RR, Zhong H, Bigbee AJ, Grossman EJ, and Edgerton VR. J Appl Physiol 84: 1425–1430, 1998). These data provide evidence that this previously described muscle afferent-pituitary axis is neurally mediated via group Ia afferents from peripheral skeletal muscle. Furthermore, these data show that activation of this group Ia afferent pathway from fast muscles enhances, whereas the same sensory afferent input from a slow muscle depresses, BGH release.

pituitary; proprioception; tendon vibration; muscle afferent-pituitary axis

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