期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
卷 169, 期 2, 页码 299-303出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.02.022
关键词
Leonurine hydrochloride (LH); Endothelin (ET); ETA; ETB; [Ca2+](i); PLC; PKC
资金
- State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Jiangsu province, China [LB09094]
Objective: Endothelin (ET) is involved in uterine contractions. Our previous study showed that leonurine hydrochloride (LH) inhibits abnormal bleeding caused by incomplete abortion through an increase in uterine contractions in rats. The present study was conducted to show that LH treatment regulates the ET-mediated signal pathway in abortion in rats. Study design: Early pregnancies in rats had incomplete abortions induced using mifepristone in combination with misoprostol. After the abortions, the rats were treated with LH orally for 7 days and surgery was performed. The sinistro-uterus was dissected for measurement of ET and nitric oxide (NO); the dextro-uterus was stored at -80 degrees C for ET receptor (ETA and ETB) analysis. Myometrial cells from the dextro-uterus were cultured for measurement of phospholipase C (PLC) activity, intra-cellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+](i)), and protein kinase C (PKC) activity. Results: In in vivo experiments, LH treatment elevated the ET level and ET/NO ratio in rats with induced abortions and up-regulated ETA mRNA expression (P < 0.01 vs. the model group), but there was no change in ETB mRNA. LH significantly increased the [Ca2+](i), PLC activity, and relative production of PKC protein in myometrial cells. Conclusion: LH increased uterine contractions in rats with incomplete abortions by modulating the ET receptor-mediated signal pathway. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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