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Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, Vol. 1, No. 1, 49-54 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/107155769400100110

The Relationship Between Oxytocin, Phosphoinositide-Specific Phospholipase C, and Phasic Myometrial Contractions

Mark Phillippe

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

OBJECTIVES: Oxytocin-stimulated uterine contractions are associated with repetitive cycles of elevated cytosolic calcium, ie, cytosolic calcium oscillations. The studies in this report were per formed to test the hypothesis that phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) is an important component of the myometrial intracellular oscillator.

METHODS: In vitro isometric contraction studies were performed using longitudinal strips of myometrium from nonpregnant, adult Sprague-Dawley rats. Cumulative dose-response studies were performed using oxytocin and aluminum fluoride with and without 2-nitro-4-carboxyphenyl- N,N-diphenylcarbamate (NCDC), an inhibitor of PI-PLC.

RESULTS: Stimulation of G-proteins coupled to PI-PLC with aluminum fluoride resulted in a significant increase in phasic myometrial contractions comparable to those produced by oxytocin. Inhibition of PI-PLC with NCDC resulted in significant suppression of oxytocin- and aluminum fluoride-stimulated myometrial contractions. In contrast, doses that suppressed agonist-stimulated contractions had only a minimal effect on KCl-stimulated tonic myometrial contractions.

CONCLUSIONS: These studies provide significant support for the novel hypothesis that PI-PLC is an important component of the agonist-stimulated cytosolic calcium oscillator that generates phasic myometrial contractions. (J Soc Gynecol Invest 1994;1:49-54)

Key Words: Oxytocin • PI-PLC • myometrial contractions.


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