TABLE 1

Agonist effects of somatostatin-14 and octreotide for inhibition of forskolin-stimulated cAMP accumulation in CHO-K1 cells expressing rat, monkey, and human recombinant sst2 receptors

Data are mean EC50 values (95% confidence interval) from 3–4 experiments expressed as nmol/l.

CompoundRat (n = 3)Monkey (n = 4)Human (n = 3)
Somatostatin-140.15
(0.12–0.17)
0.11
(0.082–0.14)
0.24
(0.19–0.30)
Octreotide0.030
(0.026–0.034)
0.037
(0.030–0.047)
0.030
(0.026–0.035)