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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979934
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Somatostatin on the Growth of A431 Cells
Publication History
1994
1994
Publication Date:
23 April 2007 (online)
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Abstract
We previously reported that the octapeptide somatostatin (SS) analogue SMS 201-995 (SMS) unexpectedly stimulates the growth of A431 human epidermoid carcinoma cells in vitro. In the present study, we found that both SS-14 and SS-28 also stimulated the growth of A431 cells in vitro. The proliferative effect of SS-28 also stimulated the growth of A431 cells in vitro. The proliferative effect of SS-28 was greater than that of SS-14. In contrast, there was no difference in A431 cell tumor weight or area between the SMS-treated or untreated athymic, tumor-bearing mice. The serum epidermal growth factor (EGF) level of the SMS-treated mice was significantly lower than that of the untreated mice. Decreases in serum EGF may attenuate the proliferative effect of SMS in vivo.
Key words
Somatostatin - A431 Cells - Athymic Nude Mice - SMS 201-995 - Epidermal Growth Factor