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  • Title: Effects of TRH and GRF administration on GH, TSH, T4 and T3 secretion in the lamb.
    Author: Wrutniak C, Cabello G, Charrier J, Dulor JP, Blanchard M, Barenton B.
    Journal: Reprod Nutr Dev (1980); 1987; 27(2B):501-10. PubMed ID: 3114838.
    Abstract:
    The effects of various amounts of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) injected subcutaneously or intravenously (alone or in combination with growth hormone-releasing factor: GRF 1-44) on growth hormone (GH), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) were studied in the plasma of 2-week, 2-month and 3-month old lambs. After subcutaneous TRH administration, increases in plasma TSH, T4 and T3 levels were equivalent, whatever the amount of TRH used (1,2,5 or 10 micrograms/kg). These responses lasted longer after 5 and 10 micrograms/kg. After intravenous TRH administration in 2-week old lambs, the maximal increase in plasma TSH levels occurred after the injection of 0.25 microgram/kg. However, plasma T4 and T3 responses were not different, whatever the amount used. As previously, the amount of TRH affected the duration of these responses more than the magnitude of the pituitary-thyroid axis response. Whatever the injection route, amount used or animal age, TRH alone did not increase GH secretion in lambs. However, it slightly delayed the GH response to GRF. GRF did not affect the response of TSH and T4 to TRH; however it could inhibit T3 increase. In conclusion, in contrast to results obtained in calves by Hodate et al. (1985), TRH did not enhance GH secretion in lambs but, as expected, induced sharp increases in plasma thyroid hormone levels. Its classification as a "growth factor" is therefore questionable, at least in lambs.
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