title: Bovine placental prostaglandin synthesis: principal cell synthesis as modulated by the binucleate cell.
abstract: Bovine placentomes were collected during late gestation, prepartum, and immediately postpartum. Postpartum tissues were collected prior to fetal placental release. A procedure for separating fetal placental principal cells from fetal binucleate cells (BNC) was developed. Dispersed fetal placental cells (mixed types), principal cells, and BNC were each examined for their ability to produce prostaglandins (PGs) from arachidonic acid (AA) and to metabolize prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) in vitro. Dispersed fetal placental cells obtained prepartum produced predominantly PGs of the E series (PGEs) from AA (p less than 0.05). PGE synthesis predominated (p less than .05) in cells from postpartum tissue if the fetal placental membranes were subsequently retained, whereas synthesis of PGs of the F series (PGFs) predominated (p less than 0.05) if the fetal membranes were subsequently released. Principal cells were the primary source of fetal placental PG synthesis from AA (p less than 0.05). BNC exhibited a lesser ability to synthesize PGs from AA (p less than 0.05), but were able to convert PGF2 alpha to PGE2. Dispersed fetal placental cells exhibited greater ability to convert PGF2 alpha to PGE2 (p less than 0.05) than did the separated cells. These data suggest the function of a two-cell system within the fetal villi such that the BNC modulate the output of principal cell PG synthesis and/or metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle / Q000378:metabolism*; D002469:Cell Separation; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D015237:Dinoprost; D015232:Dinoprostone; D005260:Female; D010920:Placenta / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000378:metabolism*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000378:metabolism; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D011453:Prostaglandins; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D011460:Prostaglandins F; D011374:Progesterone; D015237:Dinoprost; D015232:Dinoprostone