Relationship of thyroid status to growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in plasma and IGF-I mRNA in liver and skeletal muscle of cattle |
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| Authors: | K Hannon A Trenkle |
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| Institution: | Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA |
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| Abstract: | Steers were made hyperthyroid or hypothyroid to study the effects of physiological alterations in thyroid hormone status on plasma growth hormone (GH) profiles, plasma insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentrations, and relative abundance of IGF-I mRNA in skeletal muscle and liver. Eighteen yearling crossbred steers (360 to 420 kg) were randomly allotted to hyperthyroid (subcutaneous injection 0.6 μg/kg BW L-thyroxine for 10 d), hypothyroid (oral thiouracil; 0.25% diet plus 12.5 g capsule/d for 17 d), or control (subcutaneous injection 0.9% NaCl) treatment groups. Blood samples were taken for measurement of GH, IGF-I, thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) by RIA. Samples of liver and skeletal muscle were taken by biopsy for measurement of IGF-I mRNA by solution hybridization. Steers receiving thiouracil had 57 and 53% (P<.05) lower T4 and T3, respectively, than control steers (84.1 and 1.7 ng/ml). The hyperthyroid steers had 228 and 65% greater (P<.05) T4 and T3 than control steers. Neither increased nor decreased thyroid status had any significant effects on plasma GH profiles, liver IGF-I mRNA, or plasma concentration of IGF-I. There was no effect of thyroid hormone alteration on skeletal muscle IGF-I mRNA concentrations. The results of this study suggest that short-term changes in thyroid status of cattle had no major impact on the GH-IGF-I axis or skeletal muscle IGF-I mRNA. |
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