INITIATION OF HUMAN PARTURITION .12. BIOSYNTHESIS AND METABOLISM OF PROSTAGLANDINS IN HUMAN-FETAL MEMBRANES AND UTERINE DECIDUA
INITIATION OF HUMAN PARTURITION .12. BIOSYNTHESIS AND METABOLISM OF PROSTAGLANDINS IN HUMAN-FETAL MEMBRANES AND UTERINE DECIDUA
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-9378(81)90312-4
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
JOHNSTON, JM
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作者:
OKAZAKI, T;CASEY, ML;JOHNSTON, JM
Prostaglandin [PG] synthetase activity was assayed in homogenates prepared from human fetal membranes and uterine decidua tissues with [14C]arachidonic acid used as substrate. In amnion, chorion laeve and decidua vera tissues obtained after spontaneous onset of labor and vaginal delivery the mean specific activities of PG synthetase were respectively 1.47, 0.53 and 0.39 nmol .times. h per g tissue; in these same tissues obtained at elective cesarean section before the onset of labor the mean specific activities of PG synthetase were respectively 0.61, 0.33 and 0.28. The specific activity of PG synthetase of amnion (but not chorion laeve or decidua vera) was significantly greater in samples obtained after labor than in those obtained before labor (P < 0.02). PG synthesis in amnion, chorion laeve and decidua vera was inhibited by acetylsalicylic acid and by indomethacin. PGE2 was formed in amnion and chorion leave but PGE2 and PGF2.alpha. were formed in decidua vera. The activity of NAD+-dependent 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase was assayed and the specific activities of this enzyme in chorion laeve and decidua vera tissues obtained before and after labor were high; 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase activity in amnion was low.