title: Is interleukin-1alpha a luteotrophic or luteolytic agent in cattle?
abstract: Cytokines are thought to regulate prostaglandin (PG) secretion in the bovine endometrium. However, there is no consensus about the role of interleukin-1alpha (IL1A) on PG secretion. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of IL1A on basal and interferon-tau (IFNT)-regulated PG in vitro secretion, as well its effects on PG secretion, progesterone (P(4)) output, and corpus luteum (CL) in vivo lifespan. Explants of bovine endometrium (days 16-17 of the estrous cycle or early pregnancy) were stimulated with IL1A (10 ng/ml), IFNT (30 ng/ml), or IL1A combined with IFN. IL1A alone strongly stimulated luteotrophic PGE(2) secretion by endometrial tissues of both pregnant and nonpregnant cows. IL1A also stimulated luteolytic PGF(2alpha) output in the late luteal phase. IFNT augmented the stimulatory effect of IL1A on PGE(2) secretion. In an in vivo experiment, saline or IL1A at different doses (0.001-10 microg/per animal) was applied to the uterine lumen on day 16 of the cycle. Only the highest dose of IL1A caused a temporal increase in PGF(2alpha) secretion, while it had no effect on P(4) secretion or CL lifespan. Application of 0.1 and 1 microg IL1A stimulated P(4) and PGE(2) output and prolonged the CL lifespan. Although IL1A may stimulate in vitro luteolytic PGF(2alpha) secretion during the estrous cycle, it only acts as a luteotrophic factor in vivo. IL1A increased luteotrophic PGE(2) and P(4) output, inhibiting spontaneous luteolysis. These luteotrophic effects may result in appropriate luteal development and function in cows during the estrous cycle and early pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Immunology and Pathology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, 10-747 Olsztyn, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Majewska
authors.forename: Izabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Woclawek-Potocka
authors.forename: Mamadou M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bah
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hapunik
authors.forename: Katarzyna K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Piotrowska
authors.forename: Yukari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tasaki
authors.forename: Tomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Acosta
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Dariusz J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Skarzynski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004717:Endometrium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D030762:Estrous Cycle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology; D053582:Interleukin-1alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003341:Luteolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D008186:Luteolytic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007370:Interferon Type I; D053582:Interleukin-1alpha; D008186:Luteolytic Agents; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins; D011453:Prostaglandins; C020947:interferon tau