Inhibition of adrenocorticotropin secretion by somatostatin in pituitary cells in culture

Endocrinology
U I Richardson, A Schonbrunn

Abstract

AtT20/D16v is a clonal strain of mouse pituitary tumor cells which synthesizes and secretes ACTH. Somatostatin, a hypothalamic tetradecapeptide, has been shown to inhibit the release of PRL, GH, and TSH from the pituitary gland. We have characterized specific binding sites for somatostatin on AtT20/D16v cells and demonstrate that somatostatin inhibits stimulated ACTH release by these cells. Equilibrium binding studies with [125I]Tyr1]somatostatin showed the presence of a single class of noninteracting binding sites on AtT20/D16v cells. Half-maximal binding of somatostatin occurred at 1.7 X 10(-9) M, and there were 26,300 binding sites/cell. The binding of [125I]Tyr1]somatostatin was not significantly inhibited by the hypothalamic peptides TRH, LHRH, and substance P. Somatostatin had no consistent effect on basal ACTH secretion by AtT20/D16v cells, but it inhibited ACTH secretion stimulated with either 50 mM KCl or a hypothalamic extract. Half-maximal inhibition occurred with 4 X 10(-10) M somatostatin. TRH, LHRH, and substance P at concentrations of 10(-7) M were without effect. Somatostatin had no effect on either basal or stimulated hormone secretion by GH12C1 or F4C1 cells, two cell strains which lack specific somatostatin-b...Continue Reading

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