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September 1999
REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVEREDAnnual (12 Aug 98 -11 Aug 99)
TITLE AND SUBTITLE
Biology of Somatostatin and Somatostatin Receptors in Breast Cancer
AUTHOR(S)Yogesh C. Patel, M.D., Ph.D.
FUNDING NUMBERSDAMD17-96-1-6189
PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)McGill UniversityMontreal, Quebec, Canada H3A1A1
ABSTRACT (Maximum 200Analysis of SSTR1-5 mRNA expression by semiquantitative RT-PCR in two separate batches of primary ductal NOS breast cancer (n, N 48 and 50) has revealed a strong positive correlation (p , 0.001) between SSTR3 expression and tumor grade suggesting that SSTR3 induction in high grade tumors may represent a compensatory mechanism for regulating proliferative activity through apoptosis. Expression of SSTR1, 2, and 4 strongly correlates with estrogen receptor levels and SSTR2 expression additionally correlates positively with progesterone receptor levels. Tamoxifen exhibits a dose-dependent biphasic effect on SSTR1 and SSTR5 mRNA, low doses being inhibitory and high doses being stimulatory. SST induces apoptosis selectively through the SSTR3 subtype. This effect is dependent on activation of SHP-1 and caspase-8-mediated decrease in intracellular pH. SST induced apoptosis is not dependent on disruption of mitochondrial function and caspase-9 activation and is inhibited by cAMP-mediated prevention of acidification. Acting via subtypes 1, 2,4, 5, SST exerts cytostatic action by SHPmediated induction of the hypophosphorylated form of the retinoblastoma protein Rb and p21. These signalling events are dependent on regulatory domains in the receptor C-tail. Antisense knockout of endogenous SSTRs in MCF-7 cells has demonstrated a relatively higher potency of SSTR3 and SSTR5 compared to SSTR1 and SSTR2 for inducing antiproliferation.