title: Requirement of GTP on somatostatin-induced K+ current in human pituitary tumor cells.
abstract: The role of GTP on somatostatin-induced K+ current increase was examined in dissociated human pituitary tumor cells obtained from three acromegalic patients. Pituitary cells in culture were voltage-clamped by using the patch clamp technique in the whole-cell configuration. Somatostatin (100 nM) increased the membrane permeability to K+ ions and inhibited hormone secretion. A current-voltage relation of the somatostatin-induced K+ current showed an inward rectification when the concentration of extracellular K+ ions was increased. The amplitude of the somatostatin-induced K+ current decreased during recording when the patch pipette solution did not contain GTP; addition of 100 microM GTP to the patch pipette solution prevented this reduction. Intracellular application of 100 microM guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate (GTP[gamma S] evoked an inward rectifying K+ conductance in the absence of somatostatin. After the GTP[gamma S]-induced K+ conductance reached a steady level, application of somatostatin did not further increase the K+ conductance. In pertussis toxin-treated cells GTP[gamma S] did not evoke K+ conductance. It was concluded that somatostatin-induced K+ channels were regulated by a GTP-binding protein.
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000473:pathology; D000236:Adenoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D004347:Drug Interactions; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013873:Thionucleotides; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D013004:Somatostatin; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011188:Potassium