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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 78, 1396-1402, Copyright © 1994 by Endocrine Society
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FJ Teixeira, T Zakar, JJ Hirst, F Guo, DW Sadowsky, G Machin, N Demianczuk, B Resch and DM Olson
University of Alberta Perinatal Research Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Edmonton, Canada.
Prostaglandins (PGs) are of primary importance in the initiation and maintenance of labor in women. A major intrauterine source of prostaglandins is the amnion, which synthesizes increased amounts of PGE2 at term labor. Because PG endoperoxide-H synthase (PGHS) catalyzes the rate-limiting step of PG synthesis from arachidonic acid, we investigated the changes in amniotic PGHS specific activity during gestation and at term and preterm labor. Also, we determined the level of immunoreactive PGHS protein in the amnion to evaluate the mechanisms by which PGHS activity may be regulated. PGHS specific activity, measured at the amount of PGE2 produced by amnion microsomes under optimal conditions, was 18.2 +/- 3.7 pg PGE2/micrograms protein.min (mean +/- SE; n = 19) at term (37-42 weeks gestation) before the spontaneous onset of labor. PGHS specific activity was significantly higher after spontaneous term labor (38.9 +/- 6.0 pg PGE2/micrograms protein.min; n = 19; P < 0.05). Amnion samples from preterm (< 36 weeks gestation) nonlaboring patients contained low levels of PGHS specific activity (5.9 +/- 1.8 pg PGE2/micrograms protein.min; n = 9), which increased significantly with spontaneous preterm labor (28.3 +/- 6.8 pg PGE2/micrograms protein.min; n = 10; P < 0.05). Longitudinal analysis of the data showed that PGHS specific activity was low in the first and second trimesters of gestation, but increased dramatically before labor onset at term. We detected PGHS protein in all microsomal samples, with an antiovine PGHS antibody recognizing both PGHS-1 and -2 isoforms of the enzyme. However, there was no correlation between PGHS specific activity and the amount of immunoreactive PGHS protein. Using an antibody specific for PGHS-2, we detected immunoreactive protein in only 9 of the 25 tissues examined and found no correlation between PGHS specific activity and the amount of PGHS-2 protein. These results suggest that 1) PGHS specific activity in the amnion increases sharply before the onset of labor at term; 2) further increases in specific activity occur during term and preterm labor; and 3) the specific activity of PGHS in the amnion is not related directly to the amount of immunoreactive enzyme protein.
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