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  • Title: Effects of analogues of prostaglandin E2 and F2 alpha on the decidual cell reaction in the rat.
    Author: Kennedy TG, Doktorcik PE.
    Journal: Prostaglandins; 1988 Feb; 35(2):207-19. PubMed ID: 3163155.
    Abstract:
    The identity of the prostaglandins (PGs) involved in the decidual cell reaction is uncertain. In the present study we investigated the ability of analogues of PGE2 and PGF2 alpha, 16,16-dimethyl-prostaglandin E2, methyl ester (16,16Me2PGE2) and 15(S)-15-methyl-prostaglandin F2 alpha (15MePGF2 alpha) respectively, to bring about decidualization when infused into the uterine lumen of rats sensitized for the decidual cell reaction. As indicated by uterine weights 5 days after the commencement of the infusions into rats in which endogenous PG production had been inhibited by treatment with indomethacin, 16,16Me2PGE2 produced decidualization which was equivalent to that produced by PGE2. By contrast, the infusion of 15MePGF2 alpha inhibited decidualization, even when PGE2 was infused concomitantly. As indicated by uterine radioactivity concentrations after i.v. administration of 125I-labeled bovine serum albumin, the PGF2 alpha analogue also inhibited the endometrial vascular permeability increase which precedes decidualization. Compared to PGE2, 16,16Me2PGE2 was slightly less effective at displacing 3H-PGE2 from an endometrial membrane preparation; by contrast 15MePGF2 alpha was considerably less effective. These data suggest that PGE2 mediates the decidual cell reaction, and that the decidualization obtained in response to PGF2 alpha may involve its conversion within the uterus to PGE2.
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