title: Localization of 15-hydroxy prostaglandin dehydrogenase in human fetal membranes, decidua, and placenta during pregnancy.
abstract: Localization of NAD(+)-dependent 15-hydroxy prostaglandin dehydrogenase (type I-PGDH) may influence local concentrations of bioactive eicosanoids within intrauterine tissues. In early pregnancy (6-9 weeks), IR-PGDH was localized by immunohistochemistry to syncytiotrophoblast, cytotrophoblast, and intermediate trophoblast of placenta. At 23-30 weeks of gestation and at term IR-PGDH was present in syncytiotrophoblast and intermediate trophoblast, but not in cytotrophoblast in placenta. It was absent from amnion, and distributed within the trophoblast cell layer of extraplacental chorion variably at 23-30 weeks, but consistently at term. We speculate that PGDH is ideally localized to metabolize and to maintain low concentrations of primary prostaglandins in the fetal membranes for much of gestation.
authors.affiliation: Lawson Research Institute, St. Joseph's Health Centre, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Challis
mesh_terms: D003656:Decidua / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005321:Extraembryonic Membranes / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006911:Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenases / Q000032:analysis*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D010920:Placenta / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D006911:Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenases; C035859:15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase