Biology of Reproduction, Vol 58, 1020-1025, Copyright © 1998 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Regulation of anion secretion by prostaglandin E2 in the mouse endometrial epithelium

SK Fong and HC Chan
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, People's Republic of China.

The present study was an investigation of the regulation of anion secretion across cultured mouse endometrial epithelium by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) using the short-circuit current (ISC) technique. The cultured endometrial monolayers responded to both apical and basolateral application of PGE2 with a sustained rise in ISC in a concentration- dependent manner. However, the potencies of apical and basolateral addition of PGE2 were different, with apparent EC50 of 200 and 4 nM, respectively. Replacement of Cl- or HCO3- in the bathing solution significantly reduced the ISC responses to both apical and basolateral addition of PGE2; however, the apical response exhibited greater dependence on HCO3- . Pretreatment with diphenylamine 2,2'-dicarboxylic acid, a Cl- channel blocker, significantly reduced both PGE2-induced ISC responses, while pretreatment with amiloride, a Na+ channel blocker, did not exert any effect. Forskolin, an adenylate cyclase activator, and 3-isobutyl-dihydro-testosterone-1-methyl-xanthine, a cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor, mimicked the ISC response to PGE2 while MDL12330A, an adenylate cyclase inhibitor, completely abolished the PGE2-induced ISC. The results of the present study indicate that the anion secretion across the mouse endometrial epithelium may be regulated by PGE2 involving a cAMP-dependent mechanism predominantly. The differential responses to apical and basolateral challenge with PGE2 also suggest that PGE2 of different origins may play different roles in uterine function.

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