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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
Increasing evidence suggests that cytokine products of the immune system may play a regulatory role in corpus luteum regulation in several species. The role of cytokines in primate luteal function, however, remains unclear. In the present study we examined the effects of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) on progesterone and prostaglandin (PGE2, PGF2 alpha) production by primate luteal cells in vitro. Specifically, corpora lutea were removed from normally cycling cynomolgus monkeys (n = 30 corpora lutea) during either the early (Days 3-5 after the estimated LH surge), mid (Days 8-10), or late (Days 12-14) luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. The corpora lutea were dispersed into individual cells using collagenase, DNase, and hyaluronidase. Approximately 50,000 viable luteal cells per tube were incubated in Ham's F-10 medium with increasing concentrations of IL-1 beta (0.1-10 ng/ml), TNF alpha (1-100 ng/ml), or IFN-gamma (10-1000 U/ml) in the presence and absence of hCG for 8 h at 37 degrees C. TNF alpha and IFN-gamma had no effect on progesterone PGE2, or PGF2 alpha production during any phase of the cycle at the doses tested. In contrast, IL-1 beta significantly stimulated PGF2 alpha production in a dose-dependent manner during the mid and late luteal phases (p < 0.05). Human CG alone had no effect on PGE2 or PGF2 alpha production by dispersed luteal cells in vitro but inhibited IL-1 beta-stimulated PGF2 alpha production. As expected, hCG stimulated progesterone production by primate luteal cells in vitro. Interestingly, IL-1 beta inhibited this hCG stimulation of progesterone production. In summary, these date suggest that IL-1 beta is a potentially important modulator of prostaglandin production by the primate corpus luteum. In view of this, cytokine-mediated changes in prostaglandin production by the primate corpus luteum may participate in the physiological regulation of luteal function.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-3363
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
663-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Interleukin-1 beta modulates prostaglandin and progesterone production by primate luteal cells in vitro.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't