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. 2004 Oct;11(7):457-64.
doi: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2004.04.002.

17beta-estradiol up-regulates prostacyclin production in cultured human uterine myometrial cells via augmentation of both cyclooxygenase-1 and prostacyclin synthase expression

Daizo Korita  1 , Hiroaki Itoh, Norimasa Sagawa, Shigeo Yura, Masahiro Yoshida, Kazuyo Kakui, Maki Takemura, Shingo Fujii
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17beta-estradiol up-regulates prostacyclin production in cultured human uterine myometrial cells via augmentation of both cyclooxygenase-1 and prostacyclin synthase expression

Daizo Korita et al. J Soc Gynecol Investig. 2004 Oct.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate whether 17beta-estradiol elevates prostacyclin (PGI(2)) production in human myometrial cells in the middle of gestation.

Methods: The concentration of 6-keto-PGF(1alpha), a stable metabolite of PGI(2), in the culture medium was assessed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Western blot analysis and quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) using TaqMan (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA) technology were performed to evaluate the expression of cytosolic phopholipase A(2) (cPLA(2)), cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1), COX-2, and prostacyclin synthase (PGIS) in cultured human myometrial cells prepared from second trimester pregnant women (n = 3) after stimulation with 17beta-estradiol.

Results: Treatment with 17beta-estradiol (4-400 nM) dose-dependently elevated PGI(2) secretion from cultured human myometrial cells. Western blot analysis detected cPLA(2) and COX-1 and PGIS protein expression in the cultured human myometrial cells; however, COX-2 protein expression was below the detection sensitivity. Stimulation with 40-nM 17beta-estradiol significantly up-regulated protein and mRNA expression of both COX-1 and PGIS.

Conclusion: 17beta-Estradiol from placenta may contribute to the augmentation of PGI(2) production in the human myometrium in the middle of gestation via up-regulation of both COX-1 and PGIS expression.

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