tcsc0012412 Somatostatin

Somatostatin is a tetradecapeptide which can suppress the growth hormone (GH) secretion and control the pituitary hormone secretion in human CNS.

In Vitro: Somatostatin is a tetradecapeptide which can suppress the growth hormone (GH) secretion and control the pituitary hormone secretion in human CNS. Somatostatin has two biologically active forms: the predominant form is the 14 amino-acid long Somatostatin-14 while the more potent form is the amino-terminus extended Somatostatin-28. The biological roles of the two Somatostatin isoforms very strongly overlap and the relative proportions of Somatostatin-14 to Somatostatin-28 vary between different tissues. Somatostatin can reduce adhesion of carcinosarcoma cells to the blood vessels and thus attenuate the metastatic potential of these tumours. Somatostatin can also inhibit monocyte chemotactic migration^[1].