CHANGE IN SOLUBILITY OF TYPE-I COLLAGEN IN HUMAN UTERINE CERVIX IN PREGNANCY AT TERM
CHANGE IN SOLUBILITY OF TYPE-I COLLAGEN IN HUMAN UTERINE CERVIX IN PREGNANCY AT TERM
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-2944(79)90081-4
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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HIRAKAWA, S
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作者:
ITO, A;KITAMURA, K;HIRAKAWA, S
Collagen changes in the human uterine cervix in pregnancy at term were investigated. Collagen concentration per dry tissue significantly decreased to .apprx. 50% of the control and more than 90% of cervical collagen was insoluble. The insoluble collagen was extracted by pepsin digestion, and .apprx. 52% of insoluble collagen in the control and 94% at pregnancy at term were solubilized. In pepsin-soluble fractions, genetically distinct types I and III collagens were isolated by different salt precipitation and identified by ion-exchange chromatography, SDS disc gel electrophoresis and amino acid composition analysis. Although the rates of pepsin-soluble collagen fraction in control and in pregnancy at term were different, types I/III ratios in the fraction were about 2 and 4.7, respectively. The cyanogen bromide collagen peptide analyses of pepsin-insoluble residues of control which was .apprx. 50% of whole collagen indicated that most of residual collagen was type I. The ratio of types I/III collagen in control of whole collagen approaches the value of 4.7 in pregnancy at term, indicating that the solubility of type I collagen was significantly increased by pregnancy. Both decrease in collagen concentration and increase in type I collagen solubility are important factors which induce the cervical dilatation and effacement in pregnancy at term.