title: Effect of chronic ethanol consumption on the spontaneous contractions, prostaglandin production, triglycerides and glucose metabolism of uterine strips isolated from pregnant rats and in embryos.
abstract: The constancy of spontaneous isometric developed tension (IDT) and the metabolism of triglycerides (TGs), U-14C-Glucose and 14C-arachidonic acid (14C-AA) in uterine strips isolated from controls and from chronic ethanol (ETOH) fed pregnant rats were explored. The studies were performed on isolated uterine strips suspended in glucose-containing as well as a glucose-free medium. The spontaneous decrement of IDT as time progressed after tissue isolation and mounting was significantly higher in tissue preparations obtained from pregnant rats drinking 20% ETOH, than the controls. This situation was evident in uterine strips isolated from rats at 10 and at 16 days of pregnancy, both in solutions containing glucose or in glucose-free conditions. On the other hand, uterine strips isolated from control rats at 7, 10 and 16 days of pregnancy exhibited almost no decrement of IDT after 60 min of activity in a solution containing glucose or in a glucose-free medium. The absolute values of TGs in uteri obtained from rats drinking ETOH were significantly greater (p < 0.001) than in non-drinking controls. TG levels did not differ at 0 min (initial or postisolation) to those at 60 min in control uterine preparations obtained from pregnant rats at 7, 10 or 16 days of pregnancy and incubated either in a medium with or without glucose. On the contrary, in strips from ETOH-fed animals isolated on the same day of pregnancy, TG levels determined at 60 min following isolation and mounting were significantly lower, when glucose was present or absent from the suspending solution.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de la República Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Franchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jawerbaum
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aliberti
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gimeno
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gimeno
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013997:Time Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D014599:Uterus / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D014280:Triglycerides; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D005947:Glucose