title: Role of prostaglandin E2 in alterations of the beta-adrenergic system from rat eclamptic uterus.
abstract: The inotropic effect of isoproterenol, as well as the beta-adrenoceptor population, was measured in pregnant uterine tissue from female spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR) (control group: C) and female SHR that were grafted with skin from Holtzman male rats (eclamptic group: E). The Kd value of the concentration-response curve of isoproterenol was higher for uteri from E rats than C rats. This phenomenon was not accompanied by a modification in the expression of beta-adrenoceptors. Inhibition of the synthesis of prostaglandins prevented the hyporeactivity to isoproterenol during eclampsia. Moreover, uteri from E rats generated and released greater amounts of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) than uteri from C rats, even in the presence or absence of isoproterenol. In addition, whereas isoproterenol administered alone increased basal cyclic AMP (cAMP) production from C uteri, PGE2 administered alone enhanced cAMP production in E uterine tissue. These results suggest that the decrease in beta-adrenergic response to the agonist in E rats is ascribed to PGE2 production. The abnormal reactivity to the beta-agonist could be associated with a heterologous desensitization of uterine beta-adrenoceptors exerted by PGE2 overload in uteri from E rats. These results bear directly on the regulation of uterine motility during pregnancy, since an impaired response to beta-adrenergic innervation could lead to increased uterine motility, impairing the maintenance of pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y de Botánica (CEFYBO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de la República Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Borda
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sterin-Borda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arregger
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Andrada
mesh_terms: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008729:Methoxamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D014599:Uterus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000316:Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D008729:Methoxamine; D015232:Dinoprostone; D007545:Isoproterenol