title: [3H]prostaglandin uptake in vivo by rabbit uterine tissues and blastocysts.
abstract: Day-6 pregnant rabbits were anesthetized and subjected to a mid-ventral laparotomy. [3H] Prostaglandin F2alpha) (PGF2alpha) [3H]PGE2, [14C]Urea or [14C]Sucrose were instilled into the uterine lumen via the uterotubal junction. The amounts instilled/uterine horn were respectively 3.7 +/- 0.3, 3.5 +/- 0.3, 5.7 +/- 1.3 and 2.7 +/- 1.6 muCi in 20mul of buffer. Animals were killed at 1, 2, 9, 19 or 21 h after radioactive instillation, and the amounts of radioactivity in blastocysts, uterine tissue, peritoneal cavity washings and urine evaluated by liquid scintillation spectrometry. A gradient of radioactivity was observed from the uterotubal junction to the cervical end of the uterus. Large amounts of [3H]PG were found in the injected horn and associated blastocysts with a considerable crossover to the non-injected horn, but little in the associated blastocysts. Much of the blastocysts associated- [3H]PG remained unmetabolized. Large amounts of metabolized [3 H] were found in urine. [14C]Urea was taken up by uterine tissue in the injected horn, but there was little cross over to the non-injected horn. Urea was also found in urine. Much of the [14C]Sucrose remained in the injected horn, and little was recovered from the urine. It was found that at 9 h, but not at 19 h, after [3 H]PG instillation, the PG was localized at the site of the blastocysts in the injected but not in the contralateral horn. Significantly more [3H]PGF2alpha than [3H]PGE2 was localized in this situation. [14C]Urea was not localized at the site of the blastocysts in urea injected horns. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7836.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hemmick
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Harper
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000378:metabolism*; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D011247:Pregnancy; D011817:Rabbits; D014599:Uterus / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015237:Dinoprost; D015232:Dinoprostone