Endocrine Abstracts

Somatostatin is a hormone and neuropeptide expressed in the pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, hypothalamus, and other tissues. It regulates directly the secretion of insulin, glucagon, many of the gastrointestinal hormones, and growth hormone. It is therefore surprising the somatostatin knockout (sst-ko) mice have a very mild phenotype. We subjected sst-ko mice and heterozygous siblings which served as controls to a high-calorie diet, and confirmed that sst-ko mice gain weight...

Prostate Cancer (PC) affects 1-in-6 men in the UK, and obesity 1-in-3, with rates of both increasing. High-fat diet is linked with increased risk of PC death, and volume of peri-prostatic adipose tissue (PPAT) is associated with increased risk of lethal PC/reduced therapy response. Despite this, molecular mechanisms underpinning obesity-driven PC remain poorly-understood. This is important since weight-gain and central obesity are major side-effects of PC trea...