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P S Pennefather1, S Heisler, J F MacDonald.
Abstract
Somatostatin activates an inwardly rectifying potassium conductance in AtT-20 clonal corticotrophs, a cell line derived from the mouse pituitary gland. The action of somatostatin is blocked by pertussis toxin indicating that a GTP-binding protein couples the somatostatin receptor to the potassium channel. The potassium conductance is depressed by cesium. Cesium also attenuates the suppression of adrenocorticotropin hormone secretion by somatostatin suggesting that the increase in potassium conductance plays a role in this action of somatostatin.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2896064 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(88)90944-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252