title: The effects of cholera toxin, pertussis toxin, sodium fluoride and alpha-interferon on prostaglandin production by the guinea-pig endometrium.
abstract: The outputs of prostaglandin (PG) F-2 alpha, 6-keto-PGF-1 alpha and PGE-2 from Day-7 and Day-15 guinea-pig endometrium were neither stimulated nor inhibited by cholera toxin and pertussis toxin. This indicates that PG synthesis by guinea-pig endometrium is not controlled by toxin-sensitive G-proteins. Short-term treatment of guinea-pig endometrium in culture with sodium fluoride stimulated PG output, suggesting that endometrial PG synthesis may be regulated by a fluoride-sensitive G-protein. Long-term treatment of guinea-pig endometrium in culture with sodium fluoride inhibited endometrial PG synthesis, and this was due to an inhibition of endometrial protein synthesis. Human alpha-interferon had no inhibitory effect on the outputs of PGF-2 alpha, 6-keto-PGF-1 alpha and PGE-2 from Day-15 guinea-pig endometrium in culture. It appears that the anti-luteolytic factor secreted by guinea-pig conceptus is not an alpha-interferon and is therefore probably different from ovine trophoblast protein-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, UK.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Leckie
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Poyser
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D046508:Culture Techniques; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004717:Endometrium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012969:Sodium Fluoride / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D007370:Interferon Type I; D011453:Prostaglandins; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D015237:Dinoprost; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D015232:Dinoprostone; D007213:Indomethacin