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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-6-2
pubmed:abstractText
The characteristics of somatostatin (SRIF) inhibition of calcium influx stimulated by corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), an activator of adenylate cyclase, and K+, a membrane depolarizing agent, in AtT-20 cells were assessed. Changes in cytosolic calcium levels were measured using the fluorescence probe Quin 2. Both CRF and K+ raise cytosolic calcium levels by stimulating calcium influx. SRIF induced an immediate inhibition of CRF and K+-stimulated calcium influx. This effect was concentration-dependent with IC50 values for SRIF's blockade of CRF and K+ stimulation of 64 +/- 13 pM and 100 +/- 15 pM, respectively. The SRIF analogs, SRIF 28, Trp8-SRIF and Tyr11-SRIF had the same rank order of potency to block CRF and K+-induced calcium influx. The inhibitory effects of SRIF on AtT-20 cells were abolished by pertussis toxin pretreatment. SRIF inhibition of both CRF and K+-induced calcium influx desensitized. The desensitization was rapid (T1/2 approximately 2.5 min), dependent on the concentration of SRIF and not due to the degradation of the peptide. The ability of SRIF to block CRF (cyclic AMP-dependent) and K+ (cyclic AMP-independent)-stimulated calcium influx into AtT-20 cells cannot be separated.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenylate Cyclase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenylate Cyclase Toxin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aminoquinolines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclic AMP, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pertussis Toxin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Potassium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Quin2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Neurotransmitter, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Somatostatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Somatostatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Virulence Factors, Bordetella
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-3565
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
245
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Somatostatin inhibits cAMP-dependent and cAMP-independent calcium influx in the clonal pituitary tumor cell line AtT-20 through the same receptor population.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't