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The effects of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I/Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 administration on body composition and physical fitness in recreational athletes

The effects of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I/Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 administration on body composition and physical fitness in recreational athletes
The effects of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I/Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 administration on body composition and physical fitness in recreational athletes
Context:
Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is thought to mediate many of the anabolic actions of growth hormone (GH) and there are anecdotal reports that IGF-I is misused by elite athletes. There is no published evidence regarding the effects of IGF-I administration on athletic performance.

Objective:
To investigate the effects of IGF-I administration on body composition and physical fitness in recreational athletes.

Design and Setting:
Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3 administration study at Southampton General Hospital, UK.

Participants:
56 recreational athletes (30 men, 26 women)

Intervention:
Participants were randomly assigned to receive placebo, low dose rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3 (30 mg/day) or high dose rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3 (60 mg/day) for 28 days. Body composition (assessed by Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) and cardiorespiratory fitness (assessed by incremental treadmill test), were measured before and immediately after treatment. Within-individual changes after treatment were analysed using paired t-tests.

Results:
There were no significant changes in body fat mass or lean body mass in women or men after administration of rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3 complex. There was a significant increase in maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) after treatment. When women and men and low and high dose treatment groups were combined, mean VO2 max increased by approximately 7% (P = 0.001). No significant change in VO2 max was observed in the placebo group.

Conclusions:
rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3 administration for 28 days improves aerobic performance in recreational athletes but there are no effects on body composition.
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Guha, Nishan, Nevitt, Simon P., Francis, Michael, Woodland, John A., Bohning, Dankmar, Sonksen, Peter H. and Holt, R.I.G. (2015) The effects of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I/Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 administration on body composition and physical fitness in recreational athletes. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 100 (8), 3126-3131. (doi:10.1210/jc.2015-1996).

Record type: Article

Abstract

Context:
Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is thought to mediate many of the anabolic actions of growth hormone (GH) and there are anecdotal reports that IGF-I is misused by elite athletes. There is no published evidence regarding the effects of IGF-I administration on athletic performance.

Objective:
To investigate the effects of IGF-I administration on body composition and physical fitness in recreational athletes.

Design and Setting:
Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3 administration study at Southampton General Hospital, UK.

Participants:
56 recreational athletes (30 men, 26 women)

Intervention:
Participants were randomly assigned to receive placebo, low dose rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3 (30 mg/day) or high dose rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3 (60 mg/day) for 28 days. Body composition (assessed by Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) and cardiorespiratory fitness (assessed by incremental treadmill test), were measured before and immediately after treatment. Within-individual changes after treatment were analysed using paired t-tests.

Results:
There were no significant changes in body fat mass or lean body mass in women or men after administration of rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3 complex. There was a significant increase in maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) after treatment. When women and men and low and high dose treatment groups were combined, mean VO2 max increased by approximately 7% (P = 0.001). No significant change in VO2 max was observed in the placebo group.

Conclusions:
rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3 administration for 28 days improves aerobic performance in recreational athletes but there are no effects on body composition.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 June 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 June 2015
Published date: 1 August 2015
Organisations: Faculty of Medicine

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Local EPrints ID: 377918
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/377918
ISSN: 0021-972X
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ORCID for Dankmar Bohning: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0638-7106
ORCID for R.I.G. Holt: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8911-6744

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:39

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Author: Nishan Guha
Author: Simon P. Nevitt
Author: Michael Francis
Author: John A. Woodland
Author: Dankmar Bohning ORCID iD
Author: Peter H. Sonksen
Author: R.I.G. Holt ORCID iD

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