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1 Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
2 Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211
Corresponding author: M. C. Lucy; e-mail: lucym{at}missouri.edu.
The somatotropic axis, consisting of growth hormone (GH), GH receptor (GHR), insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, IGF binding proteins (IGFBP), and IGF receptors, controls growth and mammary development in heifers. Manipulation of the axis with recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) improves heifer growth and reduces age at first calving. The effects of rbST are influenced by dietary energy through partially understood mechanisms. The objective was to characterize the somatotropic axis in Holstein heifers fed a diet for either low or high rate of gain and treated with or without rbST. Heifers (120 d of age) were assigned to one of 2 diets to gain either 0.8 kg/d (low, n = 18) or 1.2 kg/d (high, n = 20). Within each diet, half of the heifers (n = 9 for low and n = 10 for high) received daily rbST injections (25 µg/kg of body weight). Treatments and diets continued until slaughter (2 mo after puberty). Blood was collected 2x per week, and a frequent sampling window was performed 1 d before slaughter. Liver was collected at slaughter. Feeding a high diet or treating with rbST increased serum IGF-I and decreased serum IGFBP-2. The observed changes in serum IGF-I and IGFBP-2 were reflected in their respective liver mRNA amounts. Feeding a high diet decreased serum GH concentrations after rbST injection, but the stimulatory effect of rbST on serum IGF-I was nonetheless greater in high-diet heifers. The differential IGF-I response may be explained by greater GHR 1A in the liver of high-diet heifers. We conclude that a high-gain diet modifies the somatotropic axis in rbST-treated heifers by decreasing serum GH but increasing serum IGF-I after rbST treatment. Greater IGF-I (indicative of an increased GH response) may be a consequence of greater GHR 1A expression in the liver.
Key Words: growth hormone • IGF-I • heifers
Abbreviation key: AUC = area under the response curve, GAPDH = glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, GH = growth hormone, GHR = growth hormone receptor, IGFBP = insulin-like growth factor binding protein, rbST = recombinant bovine somatotropin, RPA = ribonuclease protection assay
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