Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal
Article Title
Somatostatin Acts Via a Pertussis Toxin-Sensitive Mechanism on Calcitonin Secretion in C-Cells
Abstract
The effect of the somatostatin analog octreotide on cAMP-mediated calcitonin (CT) secretion and cAMP accumulation in C-cells was investigated. Glucagon stimulated cAMP accumulation and CT secretion with a maximal effect at a concentration of 10-6 M. The cAMP antagonist RpcAMPs blocked the glucagon-induced CT secretion down to control levels. Therefore, no other second messengers seem to be involved in glucagon-stimulated CT secretion. Octreotide in increasing doses (10-9 to 10-6 M) inhibited cAMP accumulation and CT secretion with a maximal effect at a concentration of 10-7 (40% and 29% of control values, respectively). Pretreatment of the cells with 100 ng/mL pertussis toxin for 24 hours abolished the inhibitory effect of octreotide on cAMP accumulation and CT secretion (82% and 58% of control values, respectively). Similar results were obtained under the influence of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor IBMX. Therefore, we conclude that somatostatin modulates adenylate cyclase-coupled CT secretion in C-cells via a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein possibly in an autocrine/paracrine way.
Recommended Citation
Zink, Angela; Scherubl, Hans; Raue, Friedhelm; and Ziegler, Reinhard
(1992)
"Somatostatin Acts Via a Pertussis Toxin-Sensitive Mechanism on Calcitonin Secretion in C-Cells,"
Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal
: Vol. 40
:
No.
3
, 289-292.
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https://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/hfhmedjournal/vol40/iss3/35