title: Somatostatin receptors in differentiated ovarian tumors.
abstract: The presence of somatostatin receptors was investigated in 57 primary human ovarian tumors using in vitro receptor autoradiography with three different somatostatin radioligands, 125I-[Tyr11]-somatostatin-14, 125I-[Leu8, D-Trp22, Tyr25]-somatostatin-28, or 125I-[Tyr3]-SMS 201-995. Three cases, all belonging to epithelial tumors, were receptor positive; specifically 1 of 42 adenocarcinomas, 1 of 3 borderline malignancies, and 1 of 2 cystadenomas. Four other epithelial tumors (3 fibroadenomas, 1 Brenner tumor), 4 sex cord-stromal tumors (2 fibrothecomas, 2 granulosa cell tumors), and 2 germ cell tumors (1 dysgerminoma, 1 teratoma) were receptor negative. In the positive cases, the somatostatin receptors were localized on epithelial cells exclusively, were of high affinity (KD = 4.6 nmol/l [nanomolar]), and specific for somatostatin analogs. These receptors bound somatostatin-14 and somatostatin-28 radioligands with a higher affinity than the octapeptide [Tyr3]-SMS 201-995. Healthy ovarian tissue had no somatostatin receptors. A subpopulation of relatively well-differentiated ovarian tumors, therefore, was identified pathobiochemically on the basis of its somatostatin receptor content. This small group of somatostatin receptor-positive tumors may be a target for in vivo diagnostic imaging with somatostatin ligands.
authors.affiliation: Sandoz Research Institute Berne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Reubi
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Horisberger
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Klijn
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Foekens
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000232:Adenofibroma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D001345:Autoradiography; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D003537:Cystadenoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006106:Granulosa Cell Tumor / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000378:metabolism*; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin