Annals of Oncology 10:S17-S21, 1999
© 1999 European Society for Medical Oncology
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Somatostatin receptors present knowledge and future directions
University of Texas Medical School Houston, TX, USA
Correspondence to: Dr. A. Schonbrunn, University of Texas Medical School, Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, P.O. Box 20708 Houston, TX 77225 USA
Genes for five somatostatin receptor subtypes, designated sst1–5, have been cloned and shown to belong to the seven transmembrane domain receptor family. The sst2 mRNA transcript is alternatively spliced to generate two related receptor products (sst2A and sst2B) which differ in their carboxylterminal sequence whereas each of the other genes is transcribed to give a single unique receptor protein. The six sst receptor subtypes all bind SRIF14, SRIF28 and the cortistatins with high affinity but vary in their affinity for analogs, such as octreotide. Although the tissue distribution of sst mRNAs has been extensively examined, much less is known about the cellular distribution of the individual receptor proteins. Recent studies with sst subtype specific antibodies have localized individual sst receptors to specific cell types within the rat gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, pituitary and brain. Furthermore, sst receptors have recently been identified in human tumors by immunocytochemistry, providing a significantly improved method for sst receptor detection. All six sst receptor subtypes are linked to guanine nucleotide binding proteins (G proteins) and lead to inhibition of adenylyl cyclase following hormone binding. The sst receptors also regulate a variety of different effectors via G proteins, including calcium and potassium channels and serine and tyrosine phosphatases. In addition to signalling, two other processes are activated by hormone binding: receptor desensitization and receptor internalization. The extent to which these occur seems to vary for the different receptor subtypes. Recent studies have shown that the sst2A receptor is rapidly phosphorylated upon hormone binding, suggesting that this phosphorylation may be responsible for the desensitization and/or internalization of this receptor. The importance of receptor regulation in cellular responsiveness to somatostatin and for receptor detection as well as the molecular mechanisms by which these processes occur provide important areas for future investigations.
immunocytochemistry, receptor antibodies, receptor desensitization, receptor distribution, receptor internalization, receptor phosphorylation, receptor signaling, somatostatin receptor
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