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Pre-Adipocyte Proliferation and Differentiation in Response to Hormone Supplementation of Decapitated Fetal Pig Sera¹

University of Georgia, Athens 30602 and U.S. Department of Agriculture^,4, Athens, Georgia 30613

Abstract

Growth hormone and thyroid hormones have been implicated as important serum factors for adipocyte development in cell culture. Fetal decapitation removes these factors from serum of the growing fetal pig and results in development of fewer adipocytes than in intact fetuses. These experiments examined the effects of growth hormone or thyroxine supplementation to decapitated fetal pig sera upon pre-adipocyte proliferation and differentiation. Hormones were supplemented to concentrations present in sera from intact pig littermates (reference). Sera ± hormones were analyzed for their effects upon pre-adipocyte proliferation as determined by [³ H] -thymidine incorporation; enzyme expression as determined by sn-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity; and induction of complete differentiation into lipid filled adipocytes as based upon a pre-adipocyte differentiation assay. Sera from decapitated fetuses (decap sera) promoted less pre-adipocyte proliferation and enzyme expression than reference sera. Growth hormone had no effect in decap sera upon these parameters. Decap sera permitted detection of 54% more lipid-accumulating, newly formed adipocytes on percol gradients than reference sera, but growth hormone reduced detection to 29% of reference sera. Thyroxine specifically stimulated pre-adipocyte proliferation more than decap sera, but not to the level of reference sera. Complete differentiation, a formation of lipid-accumulating adipocytes was promoted also by thyroxine in comparison to basal decap sera. The results of these experiments indicate thyroid hormones are an important component of fetal sera for regulation of adipocyte development, whereas growth hormone may only affect cellular metabolism and not promote pre-adipocyte growth and development.

¹ This research was supported by the Univ. of Georgia Exp. Sta. and an NIH grant (no. HD 18447).

² Dept. of Foods and Nutr.

³ Present address: Dept. of Anim. Sci., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH 43210.

⁴ Anim. Physiol. Res. Unit, USDA-ARS, Richard B. Russell Agr. Res. Center.

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