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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 74, 1258-1262, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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Pyruvate dehydrogenase activity is stimulated by growth hormone (GH) in human mononuclear cells: a new tool to measure GH responsiveness in man

JP Clot, C Benelli, F Fouque, R Bernard, D Durand and MC Postel-Vinay
INSERM U. 30, Hopital des Enfants-Malades, Paris, France.

Human peripheral mononuclear cells (PMC) were used to examine the effects of hGH and insulin on the activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex. Incubation of PMC with 10(-7) mol/L hGH or insulin increased basal PDH activity. Hormonal effects were maximal (50- 60% above control values) at 15 min. Later on, activation progressively decreased and was no longer detectable at 30 min. Total PDH activity was unaffected by hormonal treatment. PMC were subfractionated into lymphocytes and monocytes to assess the sensitivity of each cell types to the hormones. hGH significantly increased basal PDH activity in lymphocytes and monocytes (38% and 70% above control values, respectively), whereas insulin increased basal PDH activity only in monocytes (151% above control value). PMC from healthy subjects aged 1- 45 yr were incubated for 15 min with 10(-7) mol/L hGH or insulin before PDH measurement. An increase of enzyme activity higher than 20% was observed in 26 patients out of 29 with hGH, and in 15 out of 18 with insulin. In conclusion, hGH is able to stimulate PDH activity of human mononuclear cells. This hormonal effect allows rapid evaluation of the cellular responsiveness of hGH in various pathophysiologic situations.


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