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a Animal Molecular and Cell Biology Interdisciplinary Concentration, Department of Animal Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-0910
Protease inhibitors are major secretory components of the mammalian uterus that are thought to mediate pregnancy-associated events primarily by regulating the activity of proteolytic enzymes. In the present study, we examined the mitogenic potentials of two serine protease inhibitors, namely secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) and uterine plasmin/trypsin inhibitor (UPTI) in primary cultures of glandular epithelial (GE) cells isolated from early pregnant (Day 12) pig endometrium, using the [3H]thymidine incorporation assay. Purified porcine SLPI (pSPLI), porcine UPTI (pUPTI), or recombinant human SLPI (rhSLPI), all of which exhibited anti-trypsin activity, increased (p < 0.05) labeled thymidine incorporation into DNA of serum-deprived GE cells when tested at a range of 10–1000-ng/ml concentrations. Polyclonal antibodies directed against either hSLPI or pSLPI abrogated the effect of SLPI. Co-addition of pSLPI and pUPTI increased DNA synthesis in these cells to a level higher (p < 0.05) than that observed with either protease inhibitor. The glycosaminoglycan heparin, which has been previously shown to increase the anti-protease activity of SLPI, exhibited a tendency (p = 0.08) to enhance SLPI and UPTI induction of cellular DNA synthesis. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction indicated that the messenger RNAs for both protease inhibitors were present in the endometrium throughout pregnancy and, within this tissue, in GE cells to a greater extent (p < 0.05) than in stromal fibroblastic cells. Results demonstrate that, in addition to their well-documented anti-protease activities, SLPI and UPTI may constitute autocrine growth promotants for the uterine epithelium. These data suggest a novel mechanism whereby locally produced protease inhibitors may modulate periimplantation events and embryo-maternal communication.
2 Correspondence. FAX: 352 392 7652; simmen{at}animal.ufl.edu
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