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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 73, Issue 10 3069-3077, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The role of insulin-like growth factor I in clenbuterol-stimulated growth in growing lambs

O. A. Young, S. Watkins, J. M. Oldham and J. J. Bass
Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand (Inc.), Hamilton, New Zealand.

We examined the role of IGF-I in muscle growth stimulated by a beta-adrenergic agonist, clenbuterol. Ewe lambs (90 d old, 20.4 kg mean live weight) were allotted to five groups. A pretreatment control group of five lambs was slaughtered immediately (0 d). The other four groups of six ewes ate freely for 38 or 80 d and were then slaughtered. Half those lambs received clenbuterol (400 micrograms.kg live weight-1.d-1) as a dietary supplement. Blood was collected at intervals from 19 d before supplementation began (0 d) until slaughter. Prerigor muscle samples were sectioned for detection of IGF-I receptors and myofibrillar ATPase activity. Carcass weights were slightly increased by treatment, whereas muscle weights (semimembranosus, gastrocnemius, and biceps femoris) were greatly increased (P < .001), up to 48% at 80 d for semimembranosus. Clenbuterol significantly decreased collagen concentration because myofibrillar proteins were preferentially produced. Collagen solubility was unaffected. Total RNA:total DNA in semimembranosus and gastrocnemius showed transcription was still stimulated between 38 and 80 d. Fiber type area analysis indicated a shift toward glycolytic metabolism, confirmed by iron measurements. However, clenbuterol did not change the portion of muscle occupied by each ATPase class, and the data indicated that type I fibers, though smaller, became relatively more numerous. In spite of significant muscle changes, plasma IGF-I was unaffected by clenbuterol. Similarly, there was no difference in the specific binding of [125I]IGF-I at slaughter between treated and control lambs. However, a response in the first few days of treatment, preceding visible hypertrophy, cannot be excluded.


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