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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 74, 385-392, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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Sex steroid modulation of neurohypophysial hormone receptors in human nonpregnant myometrium

M Maggi, A Magini, A Fiscella, S Giannini, G Fantoni, F Toffoletti, G Massi and M Serio
Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Italy.

Neurohypophysial hormone receptors were studied in myometrial specimens obtained from nonpregnant women using binding and in vitro contractility studies. The mathematical modeling of self- and cross- competition curves among [3H]oxytocin (OT), [3H]arginine vasopressin, the V1 vasopressin (VP) antagonist [3H]d(CH2)5TyrMeAVP, the corresponding unlabeled peptides, and the OT agonist [Thr4, Gly7] OT strongly indicates the presence of multiple classes of OT and arginine vasopressin receptors. The latter show the same pharmacological characteristics as the neurohypophysial hormone receptors described by our group for the human pregnant myometrium; in addition, they regulate the contractility of uterine strips. Blocking experiments were performed to evaluate the relative OT and V1 VP receptor distribution in 30 uterine specimens obtained from normal cycling and postmenopausal women. The glucuronoconjugate metabolites of 17 beta-estradiol and progesterone were also measured in 16 patients in early morning urine samples taken the same day as surgery. Our results show that V1 VP receptors are not only present but also biologically active in all the uterine specimens studied with virtually equal density in normal cycling and postmenopausal women. However, their concentrations do not correlate with either estrogen or progesterone urinary levels. The lowest OT receptor density was found at mid-cycle and in menopause, independently of any correlation with the urinary estrogens. Conversely, OT receptors rise sharply in the late luteal phase and during menstruation. In addition they show a positive relationship with glucuronoconjugate metabolites of progesterone levels. These results indicate that progesterone does not inhibit the expression of uterine OT receptors in the human uterus. Furthermore, they imply that neurohypophysial hormones are involved in the control of uterine activity during the menstrual cycle.


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