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BOR - Papers in Press, published online ahead of print December 27, 2002.
Biol Reprod 2002, 10.1095/biolreprod.102.012674
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BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION 68, 1870–1876 (2003)
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.012674
© 2003 by the Society for the Study of Reproduction, Inc.

Female Reproductive Tract

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in the Human Oviduct: Localization and Regulation of Messenger RNA Expression In Vivo

Po Mui Lam1,2,3, Christine Briton-Jones3, Che Kwok Cheung3, Ingrid Hung Lok2, Pong Mo Yuen2, Lai Ping Cheung2, and Christopher Haines3

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,2 Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,3 Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China

In this study, we examined the localization of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and the changes in VEGF mRNA expression in various regions of the oviduct in fertile women throughout the ovulatory cycle. Oviduct tissue was collected from 22 women undergoing laparoscopic tubal sterilization or hysterectomy for a benign gynecological condition. Oviduct sections were divided into isthmus, ampullary, and infundibular regions. Serial cross sections were analyzed for the presence of VEGF by specific immunohistochemical staining. The mucosal layer was isolated, and a semiquantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was performed. Immunohistochemical study revealed VEGF in the oviduct luminal epithelium, smooth muscle cells, and blood vessels within the oviduct. VEGF mRNA expression in oviduct was the highest during the periovulatory stage, and the expression in the ampullary and infundibular regions was higher than that in the isthmus. There was a significant positive correlation between serum FSH and LH concentrations and VEGF mRNA expression. There was no significant correlation between serum estradiol and progesterone concentrations and VEGF mRNA expression. These results suggest that VEGF in human oviduct may play an important role related the early reproductive events, which occur predominantly in the ampulla during the periovulatory phase when serum FSH and LH concentrations are high.

1 Correspondence. FAX: 852 2636 0008; lampomui{at}cuhk.edu.hk






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