Title:Lanreotide and its Potential Applications in Polycystic Kidney and Liver Diseases
VOLUME: 16 ISSUE: 2
Author(s):Lichun Sun, Cui-Yun Yu, L. Vienna Mackey and David H. Coy
Affiliation:Institute of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China.
Keywords:cAMP signaling, Lanreotide, Polycystic kidney disease, Polycystic liver disease, Somatostatin, Somatostatin receptors.
Abstract:Multiple Gαi protein-coupled somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) are expressed
in human kidney and liver tissues. Also, aberrant cAMP signaling has been shown to
play a critical role in cysto-genesis and enlargement of the human kidney and liver.
Thus, somatostatin (SST) analogs become potential and promising alternatives in treating
human polystic kidney disease (PKD) and polycystic liver disease (PLD) via interacting
with Gαi protein-coupled SSTRs and further blocking cAMP production. Lanreotide is a synthetic, long-acting SST
analog with high binding affinity to SSTR2, and has been clinically approved for the treatment of acromegaly due to excessive
growth hormone. Recently, this SST analog has been applied in the treatment of PKD and PLD, and has shown an
effective reduction of liver and kidney volume compared to placebo. This review will discuss the discovery of this peptide
and its clinical applications in the treatment of PKD/PLD patients.
