• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.235-243
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• 2008

본 연구는 성장호르몬 활성화와 뼈 형성에 효과가 있도록 고안된 성장호르몬 활성화 신발과 일반 런닝화에서의 운동역학적 변인과 성장호르몬 분비에서 어떠한 차이가 나타나는 지에 대한 평가 및 검증을 수행하였다. 연구 수행 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 첫째, 성장호르몬 활성화 신발이 일반 런닝화에 비해 달리기 시 2km 이내 달리기시 통계적으로 성장호르몬 분비가 유의하게 증가되었다. 둘째, 4km 이내의 걷기 운동에서 청소년기에서는 일반 런닝화보다는 성장호르몬 활성화 신발에서 평균적으로 성장호르몬이 많이 분비되는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 성장호르몬 활성화 신발은 걷기동작에서는 일반 런닝화보다 더 큰 부하를 신체에 전이시키고, 달리기에서는 일반 런닝화 보다 더 큰 충격량을 신체에 전달하고, 동시에 신체 일부분에 집중되는 부하를 분산시키고 작은 부하율을 통한 부상 발생원인을 제거함으로써 부상 없이 몸에 자극을 크게 전달, 성장호르몬 분비를 활성화 시킬 것으로 판단된다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.1886-1894
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• 2021

Objective: Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) play a critical role in animal growth rates. We aimed to investigate the effect of GH and IGF-I genotypes on body weight (BW), dominance, and gene expression in slow-growing chickens at different ages. Methods: A total of 613 Korat chickens (KRs) were bred and divided into three groups by genotype - A1A1, A1A3, and A3A3 for GH and AA, AC, and CC for IGF-I. Chickens were weighed every two weeks, and liver and breast muscle tissues were collected at 10 weeks of age. Genetic parameters of KRs were estimated using ASReml software. The GH and IGF-I mRNA levels were measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Significant differences between traits were analyzed using the generalized linear model. Results: A significant effect of GH genotypes on BW was found at most ages, and the A1A1 genotype had the highest value of BW. Compared with the A3A3 genotype, the A1A1 and A1A3 genotypes showed a higher dominance effect at 0 and 2 weeks, and genotype A1A1 had the highest value of dominance at 8 weeks of age. A difference in GH mRNA levels between genotypes was detected in breast muscle at 6 weeks and in the liver tissue at 2 weeks. In the case of IGF-I gene, the AA genotype had the highest BW at the beginning of life. Significant differences in BW dominance were found at 2 weeks. However, IGF-I mRNA levels were not different among genotypes in both breast muscles and liver tissues. Conclusion: Our results revealed that GH and IGF-I influence growth, but may not be involved in heterosis. GH can be used as a marker gene in selection programs for growth because the homozygous genotype (A1A1) had the highest BW at all ages. The IGF-I is not a useful marker gene for selection programs.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.467-470
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• 1994

Effects of animo acids infusion into the abomasum on plasma growth hormone (GH) concentration were investigated using three wethers of 54 kg of average body weight. Wethers were infused with either 3.25 mmol/kg BW/day of sodium chloride solution (control), 3 mmol/kg BW/day of alanine (Ala), or 3 mmol/kg BW/day of aspartic acid (Asp) continuously for five days through an abomasum cathether in a $3{\times}3$ Latin square desing. On the day of starting infusion (day 0) and day 4 blood samples were collected from a jugular vein every fifteen minutes for six hours after feeding, and their GH concentrations were measured. Blood samples were also collected immediately before starting infusion (day 0), and before feeding of day 1, day 2 and day 4, and their plasma free amino acid concentrations were measured. In the animals infused with Ala, plasma free Ala concentration was increased by Ala infusion and it continued for four days. Plasma GH concentration of these animals increased on day 0, but this phenomenon disappeared on day 4. In the animals infused with Asp, the increase in plasma Asp concentration was observed only on day 1. Plasma GH concentration of these animals was not affected by Asp infusion. These results suggest that continuous Ala infusion stimulates GH secretion for a short period, but the effect would not last long, and that continuous Asp infusion does not affect plasma GH concentration.

• 생약학회지
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• 제34권3호통권134호
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• pp.256-262
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• 2003

Lonicerae Flos (LF) has been used as an anticancer, anti-viral, and anti-inflammatory agent in traditional herbal medicine. In this study, induction of rat growth hormone (rGH) by addition of methanol (MeOH) extract of LF of Lonicerae (L.) Folium or several constituents of L. Folium were carried out in the pituitary cell culture system. Induced rGH level by addition of 70% MeOH extract of LF was increased to $732.65{\pm}105.64%$ of control (n=18, p<0.01), however, the other sequential fractions were not significantly different from the control. Ochnaflavone, a constituent of L. Folium, induced rGH level in the cell culture to $329.73{\pm}160.00%$ of control (n=6, p<0.01). An I..v. injection of the MeOH extract of LF did not increase plasma rGH level in anesthetized rats. Unfortunately, the MeOH extract of LF induced prolactin and LH release about 7 and 5 fold of the control, respectively (p<0.05, each). In conclusions, 70% MeOH extract of LF exerted induction of rGH release in rat pituitary cell culture. Further studies to investigate mechanisms of the inducded rGH by LF are in progress.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.422-430
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• 2000

In order to search for the effects of Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence and nucleotide sequence of spacer region (SD-ATG) on bGH expression, oligonucleotides containing random SD sequences and a spacer region were chemically synthesized. The distance between SD region and initiation codon (ATG) was fixed to 9 nucleotides in length. The expression vectors have been constructed using pT7-1 vector containing a T7 promoter. Positive clones were screened with colony hybridization and named pT7A or pT7B plasmid series. The selected clones were confirmed by DNA sequencing and finally, 19 clones having various SD combinations were obtained. When bovine growth hormone was induced by IPTG in E. coli BL21(DE3), all cells harboring these plasmids produced a detectable level of bGH in western blot analysis. However, various SD sequences did not affect on bGH expression, indicating that the sequences of SD and the spacer region did not sufficiently destabilize mRNA secondary structure of bGH gene. Therefore, these results indicate that the disruption of mRNA secondary structure might be a major factor for regulating bGH expression in the translational initiation process.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.38-46
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• 2008

목적 : 성장장애는 만성 신부전에서 중요한 합병증으로 최근 성장호르몬 사용으로 이를 극복하려는 시도가 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 소아 만성 복막투석 환자에서 성장호르몬의 치료 효과와 성장에 영향을 주는 요인을 알아보고자 하였다. 방법 : 2001년부터 2007년까지 7년간 삼성서울병원에서 만성신부전으로 복막투석을 시행한 적이 있거나 현재 투석 중인 36명의 환자 중에서 1년 이상 성장호르몬을 사용한 환자 17명을 대상으로 후향적으로 의무기록을 분석하였다. 17명 중 1년 간 성장호르몬을 사용한 후의 Ht-SDS가 치료 후 감소되었거나 혹은 증가하지 않은 6명과 성장호르몬 치료 1년 후 Ht-SDS가 증가된 11명으로 나누어 두 그룹간의 차이를 비교하였다. 결과 : 17명의 환자 중 남자가 12명 여자가 5명이었으며, 투석 시작시의 평균 연령은 7.7${\pm}$5.2 세, 성장호르몬 투여 시작시의 평균 연령은 8.5${\pm}$4.8 세였다. 성장이 잘 된 그룹과 그렇지 않은 그룹간의 비교에 있어서는 성장이 잘된 군이 그렇지 않은 군에 비해 성장호르몬 투여시의 Ht-SDS가 더 작았으며(-1.72${\pm}$1.00 vs. -0.77${\pm}$0.88, P=0.048), 잔여 신기능(residual renal Kt/V)이 더 좋았다(1.54${\pm}$0.51 vs. 0.15${\pm}$0.26, P=0.02). 17명의 환자 중 성장호르몬을 3년 간 사용한 8명의 환자들을 분석해보면 성장호르몬 치료 초기 Ht-SDS 의 증가가 없었던 군은 지속적인 성장호르몬 사용에도 불구하고 여전히 Ht-SDS의 증가가 없었다. 결론 : 만성 복막투석 환자들에게 있어 성장장애가 심한 환자 일수록 성장호르몬 치료효과가 좋았고, 복막투석 중 잔여신기능 유지가 성장호르몬의 효과를 높이기 위해 중요하였다. 또한 성장호르몬 치료 시작 1년 후 Ht-SDS가 증가하였는지를 평가하는 것이 장기간 성장호르몬을 사용할 때의 효과를 예측하기 위해 중요할 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.271-274
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• 2009

Objective: We retrospectively analyzed the surgical outcomes of 42 patients with growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenoma to evaluate the clinical manifestations and to determine which preoperative factors that significantly influence the remission. Methods: Forty-two patients with GH-secreting pituitary adenoma underwent transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) between 1995 and 2007. The patient group included 23 women and 19 men, with a mean age of 40.2 (range 13-61) years, and a mean follow-up duration of 49.4 (range 3-178) months after the operation. For comparable radiological criteria, we classified parasellar growth into five grades according to the Knosp classification. We analyzed the surgical results of the patients according to the most recent stringent criteria for cure. Results: The overall rate of endocrinological remission in the group of 42 patients after primary TSS was 64% (26 of 42). The remission rate was 67% (8 of 12) for microadenoma and 60% (18 of 30) for macroadenoma. The remission rate was 30%(3 of 10) for the group with cavernous sinus invasion and 72% (23 of 32) for the group with intact cavernous sinus. Cavernous sinus invasion in Knosp grade III and IV was significantly correlated with the remission rate. There was a significant relationship between preoperative mean GH concentration and early postoperative outcome, with most patients in remission having a lower preoperative GH concentration. Conclusion: TSS is thought to be an effective primary treatment for GH-secreting pituitary adenomas according to the most recent criteria of cure. Because the remission rate in cases with cavernous sinus invasion is very low, early detection of the tumor before it extends into the cavernous sinus and a long-term endocrinological and radiological follow-up are necessary in order to improve the remission rate of acromegaly.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.225-231
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• 2011

Prolactin (PRL) plays an important role in freshwater (FW) osmoregulation by preventing the loss of ions and the uptake of water in fish. Growth hormone (GH) promotes acclimation to seawater (SW) in several teleosts. We acclimated rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss weighting $68.2{\pm}16.6$, $138.3{\pm}24$, and $287.5{\pm}42.1$ g in separate experiments to SW under slow-acclimation (SSW) or acute-acclimation (ASW) conditions, and then examined the PRL and GH mRNA levels using the real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The PRL mRNA levels in all three experimental groups decreased significantly with both the SSW and ASW treatments, as compared to a control group kept in FW for 30 days. The GH mRNA levels increased with ASW in the largest fish, whereas the levels in the other groups did not change significantly. The mortality rate of the largest fish was lower than for the other groups, whereas the growth rate among the three experimental groups did not differ significantly. The growth rate of the ASW group was highest for the smallest fish. These results suggest that SW acclimation is associated with the gene expression levels of PRL and GH in relatively large rainbow trout. In addition, the fish mortality and growth rate on FW-SW transfer seem to be related to body weight, and the SW acclimation method may be applied to the hatcheries industry.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.579-585
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• 2007

Formation of inclusion bodies is usually observed when foreign proteins are overexpressed in E. coli. The formation of inclusion bodies might be prevented by lowering the rate of protein synthesis, and appropriate regulation of the protein expression rate may lead to the soluble expression. In this study, human growth hormone (rhGH) was expressed in a soluble form by slowing down the protein synthesis rate, which was controlled in the transcriptional and translational levels. The transcriptional level was controlled by the regulation of the amount of RNA polymerase specific to the promoter in front of the rhGH gene. For lowering the rate of translation, the T7 transcription terminator-deleted vector was used to synthesize the longer mRNA of the target gene because the longer mRNA is expected to reduce the availability of tree ribosomes. In both methods, the percentage of soluble expression increased when the expression rate slowed down, and more than 93% of rhGH expressed was a soluble form in the T7 transcription terminator-deleted expression system.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.142-151
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• 2009

The incidence of small for gestational age (SGA) births is frequent, accounting for 2.3% to 8% of all live births. Several childhood and adult diseases are related to early postnatal growth and birth size, and 10% of children born SGA may have a short stature throughout postnatal life. Additionally, they may have abnormal growth hormone (GH)-insulin like growth factor axis, HPA axis, and gonadal function. Permanent changes are detrimental in an environment of nutritional abundance, and predispose SGA children to an array of diseases in adolescence and adulthood. Such changes may also cause premature pubarche, adrenarche, and precocious puberty. The varying results from clinical studies necessitate more prospective case control studies. Reproductive tract abnormalities and reproductive dysfunction are related to SGA births. GH treatment is required for SGA infants who do not experience catch-up growth.