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Chemistry and Pharmacology of SMS 201-995, a Long-Acting Octapeptide Analogue of Somatostatin

1986; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 21; Issue: sup119 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/00365528609087432

1502-7708

Jeanetta du Plessis, W. Bauer, U. Briner, W. Doepfner, Peter Marbach, R. Maurer, Trevor J. Petcher, J.C. Reubi, Jacky Vonderscher,

Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors

Starting from a hypothetical conformation of natural somatostatin and a knowledge of the minimal fragment needed for biological activity, a process of rational design and lead optimization has led to the potent, selective, and long-acting analogue SMS 201-995, (formula: see text) which selectively inhibits growth hormone secretion in several animal species for up to 6 h after subcutaneous application. In the rat, SMS inhibits GH, insulin, and glucagon 70, 3, and 23 times more potently than SRIF, resulting in GH/insulin and GH/glucagon selectivities of 20 and 3, respectively. The compound has been shown to inhibit growth of transplantable insulinomas in hamsters and to label selectively a subset of somatostatin receptors in the rat cortex. A radioactively labelled analogue has been used to visualize somatostatin receptors in a GRF-secreting human tumour. The stability and duration of action of SMS 201-995 after subcutaneous injection enable for the first time extended investigations of the clinical utility of somatostatin in various diseases.