Protein Information

Name somatostatin
Synonyms Growth hormone release inhibiting factor; SMST; SST; Somatostatin; Somatostatin precursor; Somatostatins; Somatostatin precursors

Compound Information

Name strychnine
CAS strychnidin-10-one

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
7913402 Puebla L, Arilla E: Somatostatin receptor-GTP binding regulatory protein-adenylyl cyclase system in hippocampal membranes of strychnine-treated rats. Brain Res. 1994 Apr 25;644(1):59-66.
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19782664 Yin H, Lee KE, Park SA, Bhattarai JP, Suh BJ, Jeon JG, Kim BG, Park SJ, Han SK: Inhibitory effects of somatostatin on the substantia gelatinosa neurons of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis via somatostatin type 2 receptors in juvenile mice. Brain Res. 2009 Dec 22;1304:49-56. Epub 2009 Sep 24.

The SST-induced hyperpolarizing response was maintained in the presence of TTX (Na (+) channel blocker), AP-5 (NMDA receptor antagonist), CNQX (non-NMDA glutamate receptor antagonist), picrotoxin (GABA (A) receptor antagonist) and strychnine (glycine receptor antagonist), respectively, suggesting that SST has direct effects on the postsynaptic SG neurons.
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8714523 Puebla L, Arilla E: Glycine increases the number of somatostatin receptors and somatostatin-mediated inhibition of the adenylate cyclase system in the rat hippocampus. J Neurosci Res. 1996 Feb 1;43(3):346-54.

This effect seems to be mediated by inhibitory strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors since pretreatment with the antagonist strychnine (80 micrograms/100 g body weight, intravenously) abolished this response.
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9758163 Paudice P, Gemignani A, Raiteri M: Evidence for functional native NMDA receptors activated by glycine or D-serine alone in the absence of glutamatergic coagonist. Eur J Neurosci. 1998 Sep;10(9):2934-44.

In this study we have examined the effects of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activation on the release of cholecystokinin and somatostatin from rat neocortical nerve endings.
This effect of glycine was strychnine-insensitive and could be mimicked by D-serine, a stereoselective agonist at the NMDA receptor glycine site.
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