Involvement of nitric oxide pathway in prostaglandin F(2α)-induced preterm labor in rats

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 907-917

  Dong, Y L ^a   Be Song Dai, ^a   Singh, P ^a   Yallampalli, C ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Preterm labor; Prostaglandins; Rat

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LABOR INDUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0030711029     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(97)70293-X     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. C Yallampalli RE Garfield M. Byam-Smith Nitric oxide inhibits uterine contractility during pregnancy but not during delivery Endocrinology 133 1993 1899 1902
2. ES Natuzzi PC Ursell M Harrison C Buscher RK. Riemer Nitric oxide synthase activity in the pregnant uterus decreases at parturition Biochem Biophys Res Commun 194 1993 1 8
3. C Yallampalli H Izumi M Byam-Smith RE Garfield An L-arginine–nitric oxide–cyclic guanosine monophosphate system exists in the uterus and inhibits contractility during pregnancy Am J Obstet Gynecol 170 1994 175 185
4. C Yallampalli M Byam-Smith SO Nelson RE. Garfield Steroid hormones modulate the production of nitric oxide and cGMP in the rat uterus Endocrinology 134 1994 1971 1974
5. SM Sladek AC Regenstein D Lykins JM. Roberts Nitric oxide synthase activity in pregnant rabbit uterus decreases on the last day of pregnancy Am J Obstet Gynecol 169 1993 1285 1291
6. YL Dong PRR Gangula C. Yallampalli Nitric oxide synthase isoforms in the rat uterus: differential regulation during pregnancy and labor J Reprod Fertil 107 1996 249 254
7. MJ Novy GC. Liggins Role of prostaglandins, prostacyclin, and thromboxanes in the physiologic control of the uterus and in parturition Semin Perinatol 4 1980 45 66
8. MD Mitchell S La Marche SS. Edwin Protein kinase A interaction with prostaglandin biosynthesis at the choriodecidual interface Prostaglandins 47 1994 97 107
9. RB Lewis JD. Schulman Influence of acetylsalicylic acid, an inhibitor of prostaglandins synthesis, on the duration of human gestation and labor Lancet 2 1973 1159 1161
10. R Waltman V Tricomi A Palav Aspirin and indomethacin—effect on instillation abortion time of mid-trimester hypertonic saline induced abortion Prostaglandins 3 1973 47 58
11. H Zuckerman U Reiss I. Rubinstein Inhibition of human premature labor by indomethacin Obstet Gynecol 44 1974 787 793
12. L Sautebin A Ialenti A Ignaro MD. Rosa Modulation by nitric oxide of prostaglandin biosynthesis in the rat Br J Pharmacol 114 1995 323 328
13. 2 pathways in pregnant rat uteri Am J Physiol 270 1996 E471 E476
14. JA Hrabie JR Klose DA Wink LK Keefer New nitric oxide–releasing zwitterions derived from polyamines J Org Chem 58 1993 1472 1476
15. P Chomczynski N. Sacchi Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction Anal Biochem 162 1987 156 159
16. P Singh Z Xu B Dai S Rajaramon N Rubin B. Dhruva Incomplete processing of progastrin expressed by human colon cancer cells: role of noncarboxyamidated gastrin in proliferation Am J Physiol 266 1994 G459 G468
17. P Singh A Owlia A Varro B Dai S Rajaramon T. Wood Gastrin gene expression is required for the proliferation and tumorigenicity of human colon cancer cells 56 1996 4115
18. Q Xie HJ Cho J Calaycay RA Mumford KM Swiderek TD Lee Cloning and characterization of inducible nitric oxide synthase from mouse macrophages Science 256 1992 225 228
19. K Ujiie J Yuen L Hogarth R Danziger RA. Star Localization and regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression in the rat kidney Am J Physiol 267 1994 F296 F302
20. M Nudel R Zakut M Shari S Neuman Z Levy D. Yaffe The nucleotide sequence of the rat cytoplasmic beta-actin gene Nucleic Acids Res 11 1983 1759 1771
21. P. Husslein Use of prostaglandin for induction of labor Semin Perinatol 15 1991 173 181
22. IT Cameron DT. Baird Early pregnancy termination: a comparison between vacuum aspiration and medical abortion using prostaglandin or the antiprogestogene RU 486 Br J Obstet Gynaecol 95 1988 271 276
23. SM Taffet SW. Russel Macrophage mediated tumor cell killing regulation of expression of cytolytic activity by prostaglandins Eur J Immunol 126 1981 424 428
24. SR Moncada MG Palmer EA. Higgs Nitric oxide: physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology Pharmacol Rev 43 1991 109 142
25. 2α in the control of ovine parturition J Reprod Fertil Suppl 16 1972 85 90
26. BJ Van Voorhis K Moore PJ Strijbos S Nelson SA Baylis D Grzybicki Expression and localization of inducible and endothelial nitric oxide synthase in the rat ovary: effects of gonadotropin stimulation in vivo J Clin Invest 96 1995 2719 2726
27. L Shukovski A. Tsafriri The involvement of nitric oxide in the ovulatory process in the rat Endocrinology 135 1994 2287 2290
28. JJ Bonavera A Sahu PS Kalra SP Kalra Evidence that nitric oxide may mediate the ovarian steroid–induced luteinizing hormone surge: involvement of excitatory amino acids Endocrinology 133 1993 2481 2487
29. JJ Bonavera A Sahu PS Kalra SP. Kalra Evidence in support of nitric oxide involvement in the cyclic release of prolactin and LH surges Brain Res 660 1994 175 179
30. ME. Carsten Hormonal regulation of myometrial calcium transports Gynecol Invest 5 1974 269 275
31. ME Carsten JD. Miller Effects of prostaglandin and oxytocin on calcium release from a uterine microsomal fraction J Biol Chem 252 1977 1576 1581
32. ME Carsten JD. Miller A new look at uterine muscle contraction: current development Am J Obstet Gynecol 157 1987 1303 1315
33. C Lees S. Campbell Arrest of preterm labor and prolongation of gestation with glyceryl trinitrate, a nitric oxide donor Lancet 343 1994 1325 1326
34. C Yallampalli RE. Garfield Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis in rats during pregnancy produces symptoms identical to preeclampsia Am J Obstet Gynecol 169 1993 1316 1320
35. MS. Soloff The role of oxytocin in the initiation of labor, and oxytocin-prostaglandin interactions D McNellis J Challis P MacDonald P Nathanielsz J Roberts The onset of labor: cellular and integrative mechanisms in the onset of labor. 1988 Perinatology Press Ithaca (NY) 87 110
36. RE Garfield C. Yallampalli Structure and function of uterine muscle T Chard JG Grudzinskas The uterus. 1994 Cambridge University Press Cambridge (UK) 54 93