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E L Grinnan

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The 20,000 dalton structural variant of recombinant DNA-derived methionyl human growth hormone has early insulin-like effects in hypophysectomized rats.

The 20,000 dalton variant of recombinant DNA-derived methionyl human growth hormone (20K-Met-hGH) induced decreases in blood glucose and free fatty acid concentrations one hour after intraperitoneal injection into fasted, hypophysectomized rats. Similar results were obtained using the 22,000 dalton form of recombinant DNA-derived methionyl human growth hormone (22K-Met-hGH). The data reported show that 20K-Met-hGH induces early insulin-like effects similar to the responses produced by 22K-Met-hGH in fasted hypophysectomized rats.

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Hyperglycemic activity in dogs of recombinant DNA-derived 20,000 dalton variant of methionyl human growth hormone.

The recombinant DNA-derived 20,000-dalton variant of N-terminal methionyl human growth hormone (20K-Met-hGH) had a hyperglycemic effect in fasted dogs when injected 11 hours prior to an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). These results reported here suggest that 20K-Met-hGH can induce glucose intolerance in dogs similar to that produced by recombinant DNA-derived 22,000 dalton N-terminal methionyl human growth hormone (22K-Met-hGH) and the normal pituitary-source human growth hormone (22K-hGH).

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