| Literature DB >> 1980282 |
G Pelicci1, M C Pagliacci, L Lanfrancone, P G Pelicci, F Grignani, I Nicoletti.
Abstract
The effects of somatostatin-14 (SS-14) and the somatostatin-analog octreotide (SMS 201-995, Sandostatin) on proliferation of GH3 pituitary tumor cells were investigated in vitro. SMS 201-995 exerted a significant, but transient, inhibition on GH3 cell growth which reached a maximum at 24 h and was no longer detectable at 48 h. The concentration that evoked the strongest inhibitory effect was 10 nM SMS 201-995, while lower and higher doses resulted in a less pronounced effect. The inhibitory effect SMS 201-995 exerted on cell proliferation was associated with a dose- and time-related reduction in both c-myc and c-fos mRNA levels. SS-14 had no noteworthy influence on either cell proliferation or c-myc and c-fos protooncogene expression. These data demonstrate that SS-analogs transiently inhibit pituitary tumor cell proliferation in vitro.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 1980282 DOI: 10.1007/bf03349589
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Endocrinol Invest ISSN: 0391-4097 Impact factor: 4.256