ArticleJournal of neuroendocrinology2025
The 20 kDa isoform of the human growth hormone variant alters adipose and muscle gene expression differently than human growth hormone.
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- Proteoformics-driven new concept of human growth hormone in clinical endocrinology.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- The 20 kDa isoform of the human growth hormone variant alters adipose and muscle gene expression differently than human growth hormone.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2025Article
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The 20 kDa isoform of human growth hormone variant (20K hGH-V) (derived from the GH2 gene) has previously been shown to promote growth but lacks the diabetogenic and lactogenic activities of human GH (derived from the GH1 gene). That is, 20K hGH-V-treated mice have similar body size and composition to hGH-treated mice, as well as improved insulin sensitivity despite having similar adipose tissue mass. Furthermore, 20K hGH-V-treated prolactin receptor-positive cancer cells exhibited significantly less growth compared to hGH treatment. The aim of this study was to use transcriptomics to compare the effects of 20K hGH-V injection to that of hGH injection on adipose and muscle tissue. GH knockout (GHKO) mice, which do not produce endogenous GH, were injected with hGH or 20K hGH-V daily for 5 days and dissected 4 h after the final injection. RNA was extracted from inguinal subcutaneous adipose tissue and quadriceps muscle and subjected to RNA sequencing. When comparing hGH to 20K hGH-V, there were 73 genes that were significantly altered (q value <.05 and log
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