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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-6
pubmed:abstractText
Myometrial strips isolated from non-pregnant pigs show spontaneous contractile activity. In the present study, the involvement of endogenous prostaglandins in regulation of uterine spontaneous contraction was investigated using mechanical, immunohistochemical and biochemical approaches. Immunohistochemical study and Western blot analysis for immunoreactive cyclooxygenase (COX) indicated that COX-1 but not COX-2 was expressed predominantly in the myometrium of non-pregnant pigs in a muscle layer-dependent manner (longitudinal muscle>circular muscle). Pretreatment of uterine strips with indomethacin and selective COX-1 inhibitors (SC-560 and FR122047) significantly reduced both the amplitude and frequency of spontaneous contraction in the longitudinal muscle, but inhibition by COX inhibitors was negligible in the circular muscle. On the other hand, CAY10404, a COX-2 inhibitor, did not change the spontaneous contraction in either of the muscle layers. Pretreatment with SC-560 reduced myometrial PGF(2alpha) and PGE(2) levels. Contractile FP and EP(3) receptors were expressed in a muscle layer-dependent manner (longitudinal muscle>circular muscle), similar to the expression pattern of COX-1. In conclusion, endogenous prostaglandins produced by COX-1 regulate spontaneous contractile activity of non-pregnant porcine uterine longitudinal muscle selectively due to the heterogeneous expression of contractile prostanoid receptors and COX-1.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclooxygenase 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclooxygenase 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dinoprost, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dinoprostone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prostaglandins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prostaglandins F, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyrazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Prostaglandin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Prostaglandin E, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP3..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SC 560
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1098-8823
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
93-105
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Cyclooxygenase 1, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Cyclooxygenase 2, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Dinoprost, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Dinoprostone, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Myometrium, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Prostaglandins, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Prostaglandins F, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Pyrazoles, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Receptors, Prostaglandin, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Receptors, Prostaglandin E, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP3 Subtype, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:17085318-Uterine Contraction
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Endogenous prostaglandins regulate spontaneous contractile activity of uterine strips isolated from non-pregnant pigs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido 069-8501, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't