CHANGES IN ELECTRICAL-ACTIVITY OF MYOMETRIUM DURING INTRAUTERINE DISTRIBUTION OF RAT BLASTOCYSTS AND AFTER PRAZOSIN ADMINISTRATION
CHANGES IN ELECTRICAL-ACTIVITY OF MYOMETRIUM DURING INTRAUTERINE DISTRIBUTION OF RAT BLASTOCYSTS AND AFTER PRAZOSIN ADMINISTRATION
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DOI:
10.1530/jrf.0.0860039
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发表时间:
1989-05-01
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MALTIER, JP
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LEGRAND, C;BANUELOSNEVAREZ, A;MALTIER, JP
In the early pregnant rat, electrical activity of the myometrium consisted of regular bursts of spike potential, which appeared well propagated on Day 2 of pregnancy. During Day 3, there was a gradual disappearance of propagated activity. Concomitantly, there was a 7-fold increase (P < 0.001) of uterine progesterone concentrations. At this stage, mean duration of bursts was 15.2 .+-. 0.9 sec and intervals of complete quiescence between bursts were 84.2 .+-. 7.0 sec. At 10:00 h on Day 4, there were peaks in the uterine concentrations of estradiol and progesterone, +36% and +654%, respectively, compared with values on Day 2 (P < 0.05). Between 10:00 and 20:00 h on Day 4, EMG activity exhibited a rapid and transient rise: bursts were of longer duration at the utero-tubal end of the horn (+60%, P < 0.05) with an increased amplitude of spike potentials (+67% and +90% respectively at the tubal and cervical ends of the uterus, P < 0.05). The administration of prazosin depressed EMG activity reversibly in a dose-dependent manner with maximal inhibition at about 2-3 h later. It is concluded that the changes observed during EMG recordings are relevant to the intrauterine distribution of blastocysts and related to changes in the steroidal environment and/or to catecholamine effects via .alpha.1-adrenoceptors.