The Effect of Hypophysectomy and Growth Hormone Replacement on Albumin Synthesis and Catabolism in the Rat

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Journal Biochem J

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1971 Sep 1

PMID 5135239

Citations 4

Authors

L M Kernoff

B L Pimstone

J Solomon

J F BROCK

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Abstract

Albumin synthesis and catabolism were respectively measured by McFarlane's (1963) sodium [(14)C]carbonate method and I-labelled albumin in hypophysectomized rats, both untreated and treated with growth hormone. Hypophysectomy resulted in a decrease in both albumin synthesis and catabolic rates. These changes as shown by pair-feeding experiments could not be ascribed to decreased food intake alone. Growth hormone was shown to partially restore both albumin synthesis and catabolic rates. It is proposed that growth hormone stimulates albumin synthesis and that its effect on albumin catabolism is secondary to changes in the mass of the intravascular albumin pool.

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