Biology of Reproduction, Vol 33, 140-146, Copyright © 1985 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Evidence for the involvement of prostaglandins throughout the decidual cell reaction in the rat

TG Kennedy

Previous studies in which prostaglandin (PG) production was inhibited for a limited time by the s.c. administration of indomethacin have suggested that PGs are involved in the initiation of decidualization as well as the growth and differentiation of decidual cells. To reduce PG production during decidualization, in the present study indomethacin was infused from Alzet osmotic minipumps into the uterine lumen of ovariectomized rats with uteri sensitized for decidualization. To determine the effect of route of indomethacin administration on decidualization, rats received a single s.c. injection of indomethacin or its vehicle, and unilateral intrauterine infusion of indomethacin or its vehicle, in a factorial experiment. The inhibitory effects on decidualization, as assessed 5 days later by uterine weights, were greatest when both treatments were combined. Prostaglandins E and F concentrations 24 and 48 h after the insertion of the pumps were lower in the indomethacin-infused horns, suggesting that the indomethacin reduced uterine PG production. By contrast, subcutaneously administered indomethacin reduced uterine PG concentrations at 24 h but not at 48 h. Prostaglandin E2 and PGF2 alpha alone or combined, infused with indomethacin into the uterine lumen of rats treated subcutaneously with indomethacin, overrode the inhibitory effects of indomethacin. The dose- response relationships between these PGs and decidualization did not differ. These data suggest that PGs are required during the growth and differentiation of decidual cells from endometrial stromal cells.

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