Modulation of the baboon (Papio anubis) uterine endometrium by chorionic gonadotrophin during the period of uterine receptivity
| Autor: | Josephine B. Miller, Jeffrey D Fortman, Kathleen M. Donnelly, Sudha Srinivasan, Asgerally T. Fazleabas |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
endocrine system Stromal cell media_common.quotation_subject Pregnancy Proteins Endometrium Chorionic Gonadotropin Organ Culture Techniques Internal medicine biology.animal medicine Animals Humans Blastocyst Ovulation reproductive and urinary physiology media_common Glycoproteins Multidisciplinary Glycodelin biology urogenital system Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Uterus Decidualization Epithelial Cells Muscle Smooth Biological Sciences Actins Recombinant Proteins medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Gene Expression Regulation Oviduct Female Stromal Cells Baboon Papio |
| Popis: | This study was undertaken to determine the modulation of uterine function by chorionic gonadotrophin (CG) in a nonhuman primate. Infusion of recombinant human CG (hCG) between days 6 and 10 post ovulation initiated the endoreplication of the uterine surface epithelium to form distinct epithelial plaques. These plaque cells stained intensely for cytokeratin and the proliferating cell nuclear antigen. The stromal fibroblasts below the epithelial plaques stained positively for α-smooth muscle actin (αSMA). Expression of αSMA is associated with the initiation of decidualization in the baboon endometrium. Synthesis of the glandular secretory protein glycodelin, as assessed by Western blot analysis, was markedly up-regulated by hCG, and this increase was confirmed by immunocytochemistry, Northern blot analysis, and reverse transcriptase-PCR. To determine whether hCG directly modulated these uterine responses, we treated ovariectomized baboons sequentially with estradiol and progesterone to mimic the hormonal profile of the normal menstrual cycle. Infusion of hCG into the oviduct of steroid-hormone-treated ovariectomized baboons induced the expression of αSMA in the stromal cells and glycodelin in the glandular epithelium. The epithelial plaque reaction, however, was not readily evident. These studies demonstrate a physiological effect of CG on the uterine endometrium in vivo and suggest that the primate blastocyst signal, like the blastocyst signals of other species, modulates the uterine environment prior to implantation. |
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