title: Expression of somatostatin receptor subtype 2 in growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma and the regulation of miR-185.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Long-acting somatostatin analogs (SSAs) are most widely used to treat growth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenoma. However, approximately 30 % of treated patients show resistance to SSAs, which may be associated with the reduction of somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (SSTR2) mRNA and protein expression.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study used immunohistochemistry to detect the expression of SSTR2 and SSTR5 in twenty human GH-secreting adenoma samples treated with SSAs and seven normal pituitary samples.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The staining intensities of SSTR2 and SSTR5 were stronger in most adenoma samples than in normal pituitary. The expression of SSTR2 tended to be lower in the SSA non-responder group than in responders. A search of the Bioinformatics data bank and the miRCURY™ LNA array confirmed miR-185 as the putative mircoRNA (miRNA) regulating the expression of SSTR2. An in vitro study using Dual Luciferase reporter assay demonstrated that miR-185 likely targets the 3'-UTR of SSTR2 mRNA in the rat pituitary adenoma GH3 cell line. MiR-185 also downregulated or upregulated the expression of SSTR2 mRNA and SSTR2 protein, following transfection with miR-185 mimics or inhibitors, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MiR-185 enhanced the cell proliferation and inhibited the apoptosis of GH3 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Pituitary Tumor Center, Zhongshan School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 52# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.|Department of Neurosurgery, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, 519000, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Pituitary Tumor Center, Zhongshan School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 52# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Pituitary Tumor Center, Zhongshan School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 52# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Pituitary Tumor Center, Zhongshan School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 52# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Pituitary Tumor Center, Zhongshan School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 52# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical school of Sun Yat-sen University, 74# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Pituitary Tumor Center, Zhongshan School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 52# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical school of Sun Yat-sen University, 74# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, 519000, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, 519000, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gou
authors.affiliation: Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical school of Sun Yat-sen University, 74# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China. Zhuyongh@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Pituitary Tumor Center, Zhongshan School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, 52# Zhongshan Er Road, Guangzhou, 510080, China. Wanghaij@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D049912:Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D051381:Rats; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C552431:MIRN185 microRNA, human; D035683:MicroRNAs; D017481:Receptors, Somatostatin; C094573:somatostatin receptor 5; C093733:somatostatin receptor 2
keywords: GH-secreting pituitary adenoma; MicroRNA-185; Somatostatin analog; Somatostatin receptor subtype 2