Abstract
The influence of biosynthetic human growth hormone (b-hGH) on female rat cortical femur and tibia was studied after administration of hormone doses of 0.16, 1.10, or 8.33 mg/kg body weight/day for 90 days. The mechanical properties, dimensions, real density, ash weight, and the mineral and collagen concentrations of the bones were measured. In both femur and tibia a positive linear relation was found between the dose of hormone and ultimate load, ultimate stiffness, energy absorption at ultimate load, load at failure, energy absorption at failure, and deflection at failure. In the femur a positive correlation between dose and deflection at ultimate load was also found. After normalizing the mechanical data for the dimensions of the bones, no differences were found in the hormone treated groups compared to placebo, except for the elastic modulus (Young's modulus), which was decreased in the femur in the group given 8.33 mg b-hGH. The mineral and collagen concentration were unaffected in both femur and tibia, whereas the real density was decreased in the femur. The growth-hormone-induced changes in the mechanical properties seem to be caused mainly by increased dimensions of the bones.
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