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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-30
pubmed:abstractText
The capacity of brain tumor samples to synthesize pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) was evaluated by the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction technique (RT-PCR). The expression of PACAP receptors was assessed by a combination of RT-PCR techniques, conventional binding techniques, and also by the ability of PACAP to stimulate adenylate cyclase activity. A weak PACAP mRNA and PACAP receptor mRNA expression was detected in only 3 of 16 meningiomas. A weak PACAP-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity (+20%) was detected in 10 of the 16 samples but binding of labeled PACAP was never observed. In the 16 gliomas studied (including two oligodendrogliomas and two ependymomas), PACAP mRNA was identified in 13 samples and PACAP receptor mRNA in 15 samples. PACAP receptors were identified in all the samples by binding studies and/or by PACAP stimulation of the adenylate cyclase activity. PACAP mRNA was never detected in pituitary adenomas (three prolactinomas, two mixed PRL-GH-producing tumors, three GH-secreting tumors, three gonadotrophinomas, one ACTH-producing tumor, two nonsecreting tumors) whereas PACAP receptor mRNA was highly expressed in all the tumors except prolactinomas, where it was at the limit of detection, confirming the binding and adenylate cyclase activation results. Thus, it is unlikely that the neuropeptide PACAP could influence meningioma's cell growth; PACAP secreted from extratumoral areas may influence pituitary tumors and PACAP could participate to gliomas development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0196-9781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
713-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Adenoma, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Brain Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Neoplasm Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating..., pubmed-meshheading:7479307-Receptors, Pituitary Hormone
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide and receptors in human brain tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Medical School, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't