title: Leukemia inhibitory factor regulates cell survival of normal human endometrial stromal cells.
abstract: Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is produced locally in decidual tissues, but its direct effects on endometrial stromal cells have not been well characterized. In this study, we examined the direct effects of LIF on normal human endometrial stromal cells using an in vitro decidualization assay system with 8-Br-cAMP, a decidualization inducer. We found no effects of LIF on cell viability and prolactin secretion of unstimulated endometrial stromal cells. LIF dose-dependently enhanced cell viability, but not prolactin secretion of 8-Br-cAMP-stimulated cells. LIF dose-dependently enhanced the viability of stromal cells co-stimulated with 8-Br-cAMP and LIF without any significant effect on PRL secretion from the cells. Further, the extracellular matrix did not affect these stimulatory effects of LIF on cell viability of 8-Br-cAMP-stimulated endometrial stromal cells. These results indicate that LIF enhances the cell viability of PRL-non-secreting 8-Br-cAMP-stimulated stromal cells, and that the cell survival signals generated by LIF are independent of those generated by the extracellular matrix. LIF produced locally in decidual tissues may enhance cell viability in certain activated endometrial stromal cells in an autocrine or paracrine manner, and possibly protect against cell damage during embryo implantation and trophoblastic invasion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka City University Medical School, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-858, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Naohiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Umesaki
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishiko
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003656:Decidua / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004717:Endometrium / Q000187:drug effects*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D011247:Pregnancy; D011388:Prolactin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D015850:Interleukin-6; C507837:LIF protein, human; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D011388:Prolactin