title: Arachidonic acid metabolism and prostaglandin production by primate preimplantation blastocysts.
abstract: Preimplantation embryos of many species are known to synthesize prostaglandins. These tissue hormones are believed to influence embryonic metabolism, as well as embryo-maternal interaction during implantation although their putative role(s) remains obscure. Here, prostaglandin production by blastocysts from cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) was examined qualitatively during in vitro culture. Tritium labelled arachidonic acid was metabolized to 6 keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha, 2,3-dinor-prostaglandin F1 alpha and thromboxane B2, as characterized by HPLC separation. Also, 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha, and thromboxane B2 as characterized by HPLC separation. Also, 6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha and thromboxane B2 were identified by specific RIA's. Our data suggest that the main arachidonic acid metabolites produced by blastocysts of cynomolgus monkeys are prostacyclin and thromboxane.
authors.affiliation: Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk 23510.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neulen
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Flecken
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Hodgen
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; C028290:2,3-dinor-6-ketoprostaglandin F1alpha