title: Prostaglandin production by isolated cells of rat uterus incubated with or without progesterone.
abstract: The production of prostaglandins F2 alpha and 6-keto F1 alpha in vitro by the luminal epithelial and the residual (mainly stomal) cells isolated from the uteri of proestrous rats have been measured. The basic procedure involved culturing the cells overnight, washing, and then incubating for 2 h when the amounts of prostaglandins released into the medium were determined by radioimmunoassay. No significant change occurred when the epithelial cells were incubated in the combined presence of arachidonic acid and progesterone for the short-term culture compared to being incubated with arachidonic acid alone. However, when progesterone was incorporated into the medium for the overnight culture, a significant increase occurred in 6-keto PGF1 alpha production by the epithelial cells, without any change in PGF2 alpha, compared to when the cells were incubated overnight in the absence of progesterone. It is suggested that overnight treatment of the epithelial cells with progesterone increases the amount or activity of prostacyclin synthetase, responsible for converting PGH2 endoperoxide to PGI2. Very low levels of prostaglandin production were found for the residual cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Peplow
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hurst
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D011374:Progesterone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014599:Uterus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011453:Prostaglandins; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D011374:Progesterone; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D015237:Dinoprost