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The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of growth hormone-releasing peptide-2 (GHRP-2) and cysteamine (CS) administration on growth performance in yaks with growth retardation and try to elucidate its regulatory mechanisms. Trial 1, thirty-six 1-year-old Qinghai high plateau yaks (body weight 38–83.2 kg) were randomly chosen for body weight and jugular blood samples collection. The relationship between body weight and serum GHRH ( P  < 0.05, R = 0.45), GH ( P  < 0.05, R = 0.47), IGF-1 ( P  < 0.05, R = 0.62) was significantly correlated in yaks colonies with lighter body weights. Trial 2, fifteen 1-year-old Qinghai high plateau yaks with growth retardation (average body weight 54.8 ± 8.24 kg) were randomly selected and assigned to negative control group (NG), GHRP-2 injection group (GG) and cysteamine feeding group (CG), with 5 yaks per group. Another five 1-year-old Qinghai high plateau yaks with normal growth performance (average body weight 75.3 ± 2.43 kg) were selected as positive control group (PG). The average daily gain (ADG) of the GG and CG were significantly higher than those in the PG and NG ( P  < 0.05). Both GHRP-2 and CS administration significantly enhanced the myofiber diameter and area of skeletal muscle ( P <0.05). GHRP-2 significantly enhanced the serum GH and IGF-1 levels ( P  < 0.05), and up-regulated  GHR ,  IGF-1  and  IGF-1R  mRNA expression in the liver and skeletal muscle ( P  < 0.05), enhanced the mRNA expression of  PI   3   K ,  AKt  and  mTOR  in the skeletal muscle ( P <0.05). CS significantly reduced the serum SS levels and the hypothalamus  SS  mRNA expression ( P  < 0.05), and enhanced  GHR  and  IGF-1  mRNA expression in the liver ( P  < 0.05), decreased the mRNA expression of  muscle atrophy F-box  ( Atrogin-1 ) and  muscle ring finger 1  ( MuRF1 ) mRNA ( P  < 0.05). Conclusions: Growth retardation in yaks was primarily due to somatotropic axis hormones secretion deficiency. Both GHRP-2 and CS administration can accelerate growth performance and GH, IGF-1 secretion in yaks with growth retardation. GHRP-2 enhanced muscle protein deposition mainly by up-regulated the protein synthesis pathways, whereas CS worked mainly by down-regulated the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.

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Effects of GHRP-2 and Cysteamine Administration on Growth Performance, Somatotropic Axis Hormone and Muscle Protein Deposition in Yaks (Bos grunniens) with Growth Retardation