Luteal phospholipase A2 activity increases during functional and structural luteolysis in pregnant rats
Luteal phospholipase A2 activity increases during functional and structural luteolysis in pregnant rats
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DOI:
10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00389-0
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发表时间:
1999-07-09
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3.5
通讯作者:
Hashimoto, I
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作者:
Kurusu, S;Kaizo, K;Hashimoto, I
We determined cytosolic phospholipase A(2) activity of the corpus luteum during luteolysis in pregnant and post-partum rats. Phospholipase A(2) activity and its metabolite prostaglandin F-2 alpha in the corpus luteum remarkably increased just before parturition and further rose transiently during post-partum structural luteolysis, The absence of a pups' suckling stimulus delayed corpus luteum involution, being associated with an altered fluctuation in phospholipase A(2) activity and depressed prostaglandin F-2 alpha levels. Exogenous prolactin had a reversal effect. Pharmacological and immunochemical characterization suggests multiple isoforms of phospholipase A(2) in a pregnant corpus luteum. These results show the increased phospholipase A(2) activity and its possible implication in luteolysis in pregnant rats. (C) 1999 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.