Effects of growth hormone (GH) therapy withdrawal on glucose metabolism in not confirmed GH deficient adolescents at final height.

<h4>Context objective</h4>Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is associated with insulin resistance and diabetes, in particular after treatment in children and adults with pre-existing metabolic risk factors. Our aims were. i) to evaluate the effect on glucose metabolism of rhGH treatment an...

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Autores principales: Flavia Prodam, Silvia Savastio, Giulia Genoni, Deepak Babu, Mara Giordano, Roberta Ricotti, Gianluca Aimaretti, Gianni Bona, Simonetta Bellone
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5720464820244d69ac9aa4af5a65cf972021-11-18T08:34:50ZEffects of growth hormone (GH) therapy withdrawal on glucose metabolism in not confirmed GH deficient adolescents at final height.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0087157https://doaj.org/article/5720464820244d69ac9aa4af5a65cf972014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24498035/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Context objective</h4>Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is associated with insulin resistance and diabetes, in particular after treatment in children and adults with pre-existing metabolic risk factors. Our aims were. i) to evaluate the effect on glucose metabolism of rhGH treatment and withdrawal in not confirmed GHD adolescents at the achievement of adult height; ii) to investigate the impact of GH receptor gene genomic deletion of exon 3 (d3GHR).<h4>Design setting</h4>We performed a longitudinal study (1 year) in a tertiary care center.<h4>Methods</h4>23 GHD adolescent were followed in the last year of rhGH treatment (T0), 6 (T6) and 12 (T12) months after rhGH withdrawal with fasting and post-OGTT evaluations. 40 healthy adolescents were used as controls. HOMA-IR, HOMA%β, insulinogenic (INS) and disposition (DI) indexes were calculated. GHR genotypes were determined by multiplex PCR.<h4>Results</h4>In the group as a whole, fasting insulin (p<0.05), HOMA-IR (p<0.05), insulin and glucose levels during OGTT (p<0.01) progressively decreased from T0 to T12 becoming similar to controls. During rhGH, a compensatory insulin secretion with a stable DI was recorded, and, then, HOMAβ and INS decreased at T6 and T12 (p<0.05). By evaluating the GHR genotype, nDel GHD showed a decrease from T0 to T12 in HOMA-IR, HOMAβ, INS (p<0.05) and DI. Del GHD showed a gradual increase in DI (p<0.05) and INS with a stable HOMA-IR and higher HDL-cholesterol (p<0.01).<h4>Conclusions</h4>In not confirmed GHD adolescents the fasting deterioration in glucose homeostasis during rhGH is efficaciously coupled with a compensatory insulin secretion and activity at OGTT. The presence of at least one d3GHR allele is associated with lower glucose levels and higher HOMA-β and DI after rhGH withdrawal. Screening for the d3GHR in the pediatric age may help physicians to follow and phenotype GHD patients also by a metabolic point of view.Flavia ProdamSilvia SavastioGiulia GenoniDeepak BabuMara GiordanoRoberta RicottiGianluca AimarettiGianni BonaSimonetta BellonePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 1, p e87157 (2014)
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Flavia Prodam
Silvia Savastio
Giulia Genoni
Deepak Babu
Mara Giordano
Roberta Ricotti
Gianluca Aimaretti
Gianni Bona
Simonetta Bellone
Effects of growth hormone (GH) therapy withdrawal on glucose metabolism in not confirmed GH deficient adolescents at final height.
description <h4>Context objective</h4>Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is associated with insulin resistance and diabetes, in particular after treatment in children and adults with pre-existing metabolic risk factors. Our aims were. i) to evaluate the effect on glucose metabolism of rhGH treatment and withdrawal in not confirmed GHD adolescents at the achievement of adult height; ii) to investigate the impact of GH receptor gene genomic deletion of exon 3 (d3GHR).<h4>Design setting</h4>We performed a longitudinal study (1 year) in a tertiary care center.<h4>Methods</h4>23 GHD adolescent were followed in the last year of rhGH treatment (T0), 6 (T6) and 12 (T12) months after rhGH withdrawal with fasting and post-OGTT evaluations. 40 healthy adolescents were used as controls. HOMA-IR, HOMA%β, insulinogenic (INS) and disposition (DI) indexes were calculated. GHR genotypes were determined by multiplex PCR.<h4>Results</h4>In the group as a whole, fasting insulin (p<0.05), HOMA-IR (p<0.05), insulin and glucose levels during OGTT (p<0.01) progressively decreased from T0 to T12 becoming similar to controls. During rhGH, a compensatory insulin secretion with a stable DI was recorded, and, then, HOMAβ and INS decreased at T6 and T12 (p<0.05). By evaluating the GHR genotype, nDel GHD showed a decrease from T0 to T12 in HOMA-IR, HOMAβ, INS (p<0.05) and DI. Del GHD showed a gradual increase in DI (p<0.05) and INS with a stable HOMA-IR and higher HDL-cholesterol (p<0.01).<h4>Conclusions</h4>In not confirmed GHD adolescents the fasting deterioration in glucose homeostasis during rhGH is efficaciously coupled with a compensatory insulin secretion and activity at OGTT. The presence of at least one d3GHR allele is associated with lower glucose levels and higher HOMA-β and DI after rhGH withdrawal. Screening for the d3GHR in the pediatric age may help physicians to follow and phenotype GHD patients also by a metabolic point of view.
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author Flavia Prodam
Silvia Savastio
Giulia Genoni
Deepak Babu
Mara Giordano
Roberta Ricotti
Gianluca Aimaretti
Gianni Bona
Simonetta Bellone
author_facet Flavia Prodam
Silvia Savastio
Giulia Genoni
Deepak Babu
Mara Giordano
Roberta Ricotti
Gianluca Aimaretti
Gianni Bona
Simonetta Bellone
author_sort Flavia Prodam
title Effects of growth hormone (GH) therapy withdrawal on glucose metabolism in not confirmed GH deficient adolescents at final height.
title_short Effects of growth hormone (GH) therapy withdrawal on glucose metabolism in not confirmed GH deficient adolescents at final height.
title_full Effects of growth hormone (GH) therapy withdrawal on glucose metabolism in not confirmed GH deficient adolescents at final height.
title_fullStr Effects of growth hormone (GH) therapy withdrawal on glucose metabolism in not confirmed GH deficient adolescents at final height.
title_full_unstemmed Effects of growth hormone (GH) therapy withdrawal on glucose metabolism in not confirmed GH deficient adolescents at final height.
title_sort effects of growth hormone (gh) therapy withdrawal on glucose metabolism in not confirmed gh deficient adolescents at final height.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2014
url https://doaj.org/article/5720464820244d69ac9aa4af5a65cf97
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