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  • Title: Progestin increases cathepsin D synthesis in uterine luminal epithelial cells.
    Author: Moulton BC, Koenig BB.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1983 May; 244(5):E442-6. PubMed ID: 6221667.
    Abstract:
    Early in blastocyst implantation, cells of the uterine luminal epithelium deteriorate and die in response to the presence of the blastocyst. Destruction of the epithelial cells appears to depend on control of the autophagic activity and enzyme content of lysosomes in these cells. Concentrations of the lysosomal proteinase, cathepsin D, have been identified in luminal epithelial cells, and these studies examined changes in epithelial cathepsin D activity and their hormonal control during early pseudopregnancy in the rat. Cathepsin D activity in luminal epithelial cells increases during early pseudopregnancy to maximal levels at the time of sensitivity to deciduogenic stimuli. Rates of cathepsin D synthesis in luminal epithelial cells also increase during early pseudopregnancy, but neither enzyme activity nor rates of synthesis increase in stromal-myometrial tissues. In ovariectomized rats, progestins rather than estradiol increase cathepsin D activity and rates of synthesis in luminal epithelial cells. These studies suggest that cell death in the luminal epithelium during blastocyst implantation may depend in part on the accumulation of lysosomal cathepsin D in these cells in response to progesterone secretion during early pregnancy.
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