OBJECTIVES: This study has a twofold aim: 1) to investigate whether protein expression and enzyme activity of phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) call be detected in human myometrium and undergo changes in relation to the presence of pregnancy and/or labor; 2) to evaluate whether PDE5 expression and activity in myometrial cells can be influenced by human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). METHODS: Primary cultures of myometrial cells, obtained from non-pregnant women and from pregnant women at term, either before or during labor, were carried out in the presence of HCG or dibutyryl-cyclic AMP (db-cAMP), the non-hydrolizable analogue of cAMP. PDE5 expression in cultures of myometrial cells was detected by immunocytochemistry and western blot. PDE5 activity was detected in cell extracts by enzyme assay. RESULTS: PDE5 is expressed and is functionally active in smooth muscle cells. Treatment of cell cultures with HCG and db-cAMP results in a reduction of PDE5 expression and activity. The effects of HCG and db-cAMP arc exerted irrespective of the functional status of the myometrium (non-pregnant, pregnant not in labor, pregnant in labor). CONCLUSIONS: PDE5 protein is expressed in human non-pregnant and pregnant myometrium. HCG reduces PDE5 expression and enzyme activity in smooth muscle cells, possibly through a pathway involving cAMP.

Belmonte, A., Ticconi, C., Dolci, S., Giorgi, M., Zicari, A., Lenzi, A., et al. (2005). Regulation of phosphodiesterase 5 expression and activity in human pregnant and non-pregnant myometrial cells by human chorionic gonadotropin. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR GYNECOLOGIC INVESTIGATION, 12(8), 570-577 [10.1016/j.jsgi.2005.09.002].

Regulation of phosphodiesterase 5 expression and activity in human pregnant and non-pregnant myometrial cells by human chorionic gonadotropin

TICCONI, CARLO;JANNINI, EMMANUELE ANGELO FRANCESCO;PICCIONE, EMILIO
2005-01-01

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study has a twofold aim: 1) to investigate whether protein expression and enzyme activity of phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) call be detected in human myometrium and undergo changes in relation to the presence of pregnancy and/or labor; 2) to evaluate whether PDE5 expression and activity in myometrial cells can be influenced by human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). METHODS: Primary cultures of myometrial cells, obtained from non-pregnant women and from pregnant women at term, either before or during labor, were carried out in the presence of HCG or dibutyryl-cyclic AMP (db-cAMP), the non-hydrolizable analogue of cAMP. PDE5 expression in cultures of myometrial cells was detected by immunocytochemistry and western blot. PDE5 activity was detected in cell extracts by enzyme assay. RESULTS: PDE5 is expressed and is functionally active in smooth muscle cells. Treatment of cell cultures with HCG and db-cAMP results in a reduction of PDE5 expression and activity. The effects of HCG and db-cAMP arc exerted irrespective of the functional status of the myometrium (non-pregnant, pregnant not in labor, pregnant in labor). CONCLUSIONS: PDE5 protein is expressed in human non-pregnant and pregnant myometrium. HCG reduces PDE5 expression and enzyme activity in smooth muscle cells, possibly through a pathway involving cAMP.
2005
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Settore MED/40 - GINECOLOGIA E OSTETRICIA
English
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Human chorionic gonadotropin; Labor; Myometrium; Phosphodiesterase 5; Pregnancy
Belmonte, A., Ticconi, C., Dolci, S., Giorgi, M., Zicari, A., Lenzi, A., et al. (2005). Regulation of phosphodiesterase 5 expression and activity in human pregnant and non-pregnant myometrial cells by human chorionic gonadotropin. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR GYNECOLOGIC INVESTIGATION, 12(8), 570-577 [10.1016/j.jsgi.2005.09.002].
Belmonte, A; Ticconi, C; Dolci, S; Giorgi, M; Zicari, A; Lenzi, A; Jannini, Eaf; Piccione, E
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