title: Eicosanoid production by placental and amnion tissues from control and non-insulin-dependent diabetic rats. Influence of oxytocin in the incubating medium.
abstract: Eicosanoid production by intrauterine tissues from control and neonatal-streptozotocin induced diabetic rats during late pregnancy was evaluated. In diabetic placenta the release of 6-keto-PGF1alpha was found diminished when compared to controls. In addition, LTB4 generation was increased in diabetic placenta. No alterations in the production of TXA2, PGE2, PGE1 and PGF2alpha was found when diabetic and control placenta were compared. In amnion tissue a decreased generation of 6-keto-PGF1alpha was observed in the diabetic group, but no alteration in any other eicosanoid evaluated was found. Oxytocin (5 mU/ml, in vitro), which increases prostaglandin synthesis in rabbit and human amnion tissues, did not modify eicosanoid generation in control rat amnion. In contrast, in diabetic amnion the presence of oxytocin further decreased the release of 6-keto-PGF1alpha and diminished PGE1 generation. The present results suggest that this mildly diabetic state induces alterations in eicosanoid production in intrauterine tissues, abnormalities probably enhanced during parturition, when endogenous concentrations of oxytocin are elevated.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Farmacológicos y Botánicos (CEFYBO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jawerbaum
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roselló Catafau
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Novaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gelpí
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gimeno
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000650:Amnion / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003470:Culture Media; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015237:Dinoprost / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015777:Eicosanoids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010920:Placenta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D015777:Eicosanoids; D010121:Oxytocin; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D015237:Dinoprost; D000527:Alprostadil; D015232:Dinoprostone