title: Somatostatin (SRIF) modulates distinct signaling pathways in rat pituitary tumor cells; negative coupling of SRIF receptor subtypes 1 and 2 to arachidonic acid release.
abstract: The somatotropin release-inhibiting factor somatostatin-14 (SRIF) is known to activate distinct receptor subtypes (sst1-5). In rat pituitary tumor cells (GC cells), sst2 but not sst1 receptors mediate the SRIF-induced inhibition of intracellular concentration of Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) and are negatively coupled to cAMP-dependent pathways. In the present study, transduction mechanisms coupling distinct SRIF receptors to their specific functional role were investigated with the use of both SRIF agonists with well-known affinity at individual SRIF receptors and the sst2 receptor antagonist L-Tyr(8) isomer of Cyanamid 154806 (CYN-154806). Our results demonstrate that sst1 and sst2 receptors are coupled to distinct signaling pathways in GC cells. In particular, sst2 receptors are negatively coupled to the cAMP-dependent pathway and this pathway is partially responsible for the sst2 receptor-mediated inhibition of [Ca2+]i. In addition, sst1 and sst2 receptors are both coupled to a decrease of arachidonic acid (AA) release with an efficacy similar to that of SRIF, suggesting that SRIF reduces AA release through either a partial activation of both receptors or the activation of one at a time. This finding is important given the well-accepted role for phospholipase A2 (PLA2) as a positive signaling component in transduction pathways of SRIF receptors. sst1 and sst2 receptor negative coupling to PLA2/AA pathways does not seem to be implicated in the SRIF-induced inhibition of [Ca2+]i. The possible role for the SRIF-mediated inhibition of AA release in GC cell function remains to be elucidated.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica "G. Moruzzi", Università di Pisa, via San Zeno 31, 56127 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cervia
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fiorini
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pavan
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Biondi
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bagnoli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015282:Octreotide / Q000494:pharmacology; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C110576:CH 275; C403089:CYN 154806; D009842:Oligopeptides; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; C101130:somatostatin receptor type 1; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D013004:Somatostatin; C093733:somatostatin receptor 2; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D015282:Octreotide; D002118:Calcium