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Effect of Growth Hormone on Susceptibility to Diet-Induced Obesity

School of Human and Consumer Sciences (D.E.B.), College of Health and Human Services, Edison Biotechnology Institute (E.O.L., D.T.K., J.J.K.), and Department of Biomedical Sciences (K.T.C., J.J.K.), College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701; and Department of Psychiatry and Genome Research Institute (R.J.S.), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Darlene E. Berryman, W324 Grover Center, School of Human and Consumer Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701. E-mail: berrymad{at}ohio.edu.

Mice with a deficiency in GH function due to disruption of the GH receptor/binding protein gene (GHR^–/–) are long lived, insulin sensitive, and obese, whereas mice with excess GH function due to expression of a bovine GH transgene (bGH) are short lived, glucose intolerant, and lean. When challenged with a high-fat (HF) diet, we hypothesized that these mice would be differentially susceptible to diet-induced obesity. To test this hypothesis, GHR^–/–, bGH, and littermate control (WT) mice were fed a HF diet (40% kcal) or a nutrient-matched low-fat diet (9% kcal) for 12 wk. On the HF diet, all mice, regardless of genotype, showed a similar percent weight gain and exhibited a significant increase in percent body fat and the mass of epididymal, retroperitoneal, and sc fat pads. For bGH mice, the increase in adipose tissue was relatively small, compared with the WT or GHR^–/– mice, suggesting some resiliency, although not immunity, to diet-induced obesity. GHR^–/– mice, which are relatively obese on a low-fat diet, responded to the dietary challenge in a manner similar to WT controls. With HF feeding, all genotypes experienced an increase in insulin levels and depot-dependent effect of adipose tissue. Together, these results further support a role for GH in energy balance regulation and nutrient partitioning. More importantly, because there were genotype-specific effects of diet, these data stress the importance of diet selection and sampling multiple adipose depots in studies with these mouse models.

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