Kennedy J W, Dluhy R G
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Yale J Biol Med. 1997 Sep-Dec;70(5-6):565-75.
Somatostatin receptors are present in the normal adrenal cortex and medulla. These receptors are also expressed by tumors that cause Cushing's syndrome and by pheochromocytomas. Somatostatin analogues such as octreotide have been developed to target somatostatin receptors for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. This article reviews the current knowledge of the biology of somatostatin receptors in the normal adrenal gland and in adrenal tumors and defines the current role of the somatostatin receptor in the diagnosis, staging and management of Cushing's syndrome and pheochromocytomas.
生长抑素受体存在于正常肾上腺皮质和髓质中。这些受体也表达于导致库欣综合征的肿瘤以及嗜铬细胞瘤中。已开发出如奥曲肽等生长抑素类似物,以靶向生长抑素受体用于诊断和治疗目的。本文综述了正常肾上腺及肾上腺肿瘤中生长抑素受体生物学的现有知识,并明确了生长抑素受体在库欣综合征和嗜铬细胞瘤的诊断、分期及管理中的当前作用。