Abstract
Somatostatin was discovered four decades ago and since then its physiological role has been extensively investigated, first in relation with its inhibitory effect on growth hormone secretion but soon it expanded to extrapituitary actions influencing various stressresponsive systems. Somatostatin is expressed in distinct brain nuclei and binds to five somatostatin receptor subtypes which are also widely expressed in the brain with a distinct distribution pattern. The last few years witnessed the discovery of highly selective peptide somatostatin receptor agonists and antagonists representing valuable tools to delineate the respective pathways of somatostatin signaling. Here we review the centrally mediated actions of somatostatin and related selective somatostatin receptor subtype agonists to influence the endocrine, autonomic, and visceral components of the stress response and basal behavior as well as thermogenesis.
Keywords: Autonomic nervous system, fecal pellet output, food intake, gastrointestinal motility, octreotide, ODT8-SST, thermogenesis, somatostatin, growth hormone, stress response
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title:Central Actions of Somatostatin-28 and Oligosomatostatin Agonists to Prevent Components of the Endocrine, Autonomic and Visceral Responses to Stress Through Interaction with Different Somatostatin Receptor Subtypes
Volume: 19 Issue: 1
Author(s): Andreas Stengel, Jean Rivier and Yvette Tache
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Keywords: Autonomic nervous system, fecal pellet output, food intake, gastrointestinal motility, octreotide, ODT8-SST, thermogenesis, somatostatin, growth hormone, stress response
Abstract: Somatostatin was discovered four decades ago and since then its physiological role has been extensively investigated, first in relation with its inhibitory effect on growth hormone secretion but soon it expanded to extrapituitary actions influencing various stressresponsive systems. Somatostatin is expressed in distinct brain nuclei and binds to five somatostatin receptor subtypes which are also widely expressed in the brain with a distinct distribution pattern. The last few years witnessed the discovery of highly selective peptide somatostatin receptor agonists and antagonists representing valuable tools to delineate the respective pathways of somatostatin signaling. Here we review the centrally mediated actions of somatostatin and related selective somatostatin receptor subtype agonists to influence the endocrine, autonomic, and visceral components of the stress response and basal behavior as well as thermogenesis.
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Stengel Andreas, Rivier Jean and Tache Yvette, Central Actions of Somatostatin-28 and Oligosomatostatin Agonists to Prevent Components of the Endocrine, Autonomic and Visceral Responses to Stress Through Interaction with Different Somatostatin Receptor Subtypes, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2013; 19 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612811306010098
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612811306010098 |
Print ISSN 1381-6128 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4286 |
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