Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: UNIPROT:P61278 (somatostatin)
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A 35-year-old man sought treatment for acute epigastric pain, mild jaundice, and high fever. The patient was alcoholic and had been treated for a week in another hospital, at which time the clinical findings and indirect laboratory test indicated an attack of acute pancreatitis. At admission to the surgical intensive care unit of Aretaieon Hospital, the patient was in a septic condition; a computed tomographic scan of the upper abdomen revealed an abscess at the head of the pancreas. Surgical exploration showed an infected hydatid cyst at the head of the pancreas and pancreatic edema. The cyst was evacuated and drained, which resulted in formation of an external pancreatic fistula. Fistulography showed a communication of the residual cavity with the main pancreatic duct. The patient was begun on a regimen of somatostatin infusion, and the fistula closed within 3 days. The patient was discharged on the sixteenth postoperative day and has remained in good health for a year.
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PMID:Pancreatic abscess due to infected hydatid disease. 367 27

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a worldwide zoonosis caused by the Echinococcus granulosus larval stage. The currently available therapy for this disease is based on benzimidazoles, which are rarely curative and cause several adverse effects. Therefore, new treatment options are needed. Octreotide (Oct) is a somatostatin analogue which exhibits anti-proliferative and anti-secretory effects over several cancer cell lines expressing somatostatin receptors. Here, we assessed the in vitro pharmacological effect of Oct against the E. granulosus larval stage. The drug caused a significant dose-dependent decrease in the viability of both protoscoleces and metacestodes. SEM and TEM analysis showed ultrastructural damage in both larval forms under drug treatment. Based on this, we investigated the possible presence of an Oct binding receptor in the parasite. The putative somatostatin/allatostatin-like receptor (Eg-s/ast) conserves the characteristic topology and signature sequences of the prototype somatostatin receptor common to vertebrates and is expressed in both metacestodes and protoscoleces. Moreover, Oct treated-parasites showed the presence of autophagic structures and a significant increase in transcriptional expression of autophagy key genes such as Eg-atg6, Eg-atg8, Eg-atg12 and Eg-atg16. In addition, by in toto immunolocalization assays, an increase in the punctate pattern and Eg-Atg8 protein expression was detected in Oct-treated metacestodes. Subsequently, the combination of Oct and Met had an additive effect on the viability of both larval forms. Our results provide additional evidence for the participation of PI3K/AKT/TOR/autophagy pathway in the Echinococcus survival and suggest the concomitant use of these drugs as potential therapeutic agents in treating of CE.
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PMID:In vitro anti-echinococcal activity of octreotide: Additive effect of metformin linked to autophagy. 3187 Jul 10