ECE2007 Oral Communications Endocrine tumors & neoplasia (7 abstracts)
Multiple somatostatin receptor subtypes activation reduces cell viability in non-functioning pituitary adenomas by inhibiting Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor secretion
Maria Chiara Zatelli 1 , Daniela Piccin 1 , Federico Tagliati 1 , Maria Rosaria Ambrosio 1 , Antonio Bianchi 2 , Marta Bondanelli 1 , Herbert A Schmid 3 , Massimo Scanarini 4 , Laura De Marinis 2 , Giulio Maira 5 & Ettore C degli Uberti 1
1Section of Endocrinology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Advanced Therapies – University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; 2Institute of Endocrinology, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy; 3Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Oncology, Basel, Switzerland; 4Division of Neurosurgery – Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy; 5Department of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Somatostatin (SRIF) analogs have been employed in medical therapy of non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFA), with contrasting results. Previous evidence showed that SRIF can exert its antiproliferative effects by reducing Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) secretion and action, and that VEGF expression may be related to pituitary tumor growth. The aim of our study was to clarify the possible effects of a multireceptor SRIF ligand on VEGF secretion and cell proliferation in human NFA primary cultures, we assessed SRIF receptors (SSTR1-5) expression and the in vitro effects on VEGF secretion and on cell viability of SRIF and of the stable SRIF analogue pasireotide (SOM230) which activates SSTR1, 2, 3 and 5. Twenty-five NFA were examined by RT-PCR for expression of α-subunit, SSTR, VEGF, and VEGF receptors 1 (VEGF-R1) and 2 (VEGF-R2). Primary cultures were tested with SRIF and with pasidreotide. All NFA samples expressed α-sub, VEGF and VEGFR-1 and 2, while SSTR expression pattern was highly variable. Two different groups were identified according to VEGF secretion inhibition by SRIF. VEGF secretion and cell viability were reduced by SRIF and pasireotide in the “responder” group, but not in the “non responder” group, including NFA expressing SSTR5. SRIF and pasireotide completely blocked Forskolin-induced VEGF secretion. In addition, SRIF and pasireotide completely abrogated the promoting effects of VEGF on NFA cell viability. Our data demonstrate that pasireotide can inhibit NFA cell viability by inhibiting VEGF secretion, and suggest that the multireceptor-SSTR agonist pasireotide might be useful in medical therapy of selected NFA.
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