A short review of twin pregnancy and how oxytocin receptor expression may differ in multiple pregnancy

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 144, Issue SUPPL 1, 2009, Pages

  Turton, Peter ^a   Neilson, James P ^a   Quenby, Siobhan ^a   Burdyga, Theodor ^a   Wray, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Contraction; Myometrium; Oxytocin; Twins

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MYOMETRIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; TWINS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 67650173877     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.02.011     Document Type: Review

References (48)

1. Hall JG. Twinning. Lancet 2003;362(9385):735-43.
2. Imaizumi Y. Trends of twinning rates in ten countries, 1972-1996. Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma) 1997;46(4):209-18.
3. Nachtigall RD. International disparities in access to infertility services. Fertil Steril 2006;85(4):871-5.
4. Nylander PP. The twinning incidence of Nigeria. Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma) 1979;28(4):261-3.
5. Fakeye O. Perinatal factors in twin mortality in Nigeria. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 1986;24(4):309-14.
6. Mosuro AA, Agyapong AN, Opoku-Fofie M, Deen S. Twinning rates in Ghana. Twin Res 2001;4(4):238-41.
7. Odlind V, Haglund B, Pakkanen M, Otterblad OP. Deliveries, mothers and newborn infants in Sweden, 1973-2000. Trends in obstetrics as reported to the Swedish medical birth register. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2003;82(6):516-28.
8. Eriksson AW, Fellman J. Temporal trends in the rates of multiple maternities in England and Wales. Twin Res Hum Genet 2007;10(4):626-32.
9. Oleszczuk JJ, Keith DM, Keith LG, Rayburn WF. Projections of population-based twinning rates through the year 2100. J Reprod Med 1999;44(11):913-21.
10. Martin JA, Hamilton BE, Sutton PD, Ventura SJ, Menacker F, Munson ML. Births: final data for 2002. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2003;52(10):1-113.
11. MacDorman MF, Martin JA, Mathews TJ, Hoyert DL, Ventura SJ. Explaining the 2001-02 infant mortality increase: data from the linked birth/infant death data set. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2005;53(12):1-22.
12. Sibai BM, Hauth J, Caritis S, et al.Hypertensive disorders in twin versus singleton gestations. National Institute of child health and human development network of maternal-fetal medicine units. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2000;182(4):938-42.
13. Hayes EJ, Paul D, Ness A, Mackley A, Berghella V. Very-low-birthweight neonates: do outcomes differ in multiple compared with singleton gestations? Am J Perinatol 2007;24(6):373-6.
14. Luke B, Brown MB. Maternal morbidity and infant death in twin vs triplet and quadruplet pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198(4):401-10.
15. Check JH. A 59-year-old woman gives birth to twins-when should a fertility specialist refuse treatment? Clin Exp Obstet Gynecol 2008;35(2):93-7.
16. Arora M, Gupta N, Neelam, Jindal S. Unique case of successful twin pregnancy after spontaneous conception in a patient with uterus bicornis unicollis. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2007;276(2):193-5.
17. Blickstein I. How and why are triplets disadvantaged compared to twins? Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2004;18(4):631-44.
18. Lyall F, Lye SJ, Teoh T-G, Cousins F, Milligan G, Robson SC. Expression of Gsa, connexin-43, connexin-26 and EP1, 3, and 4 receptors in myometrium of prelabor singleton versus multiple gestations and the effects of mechanical stretch and steroids on Gsa. J Soc Gynecol Invest 2002;9:299-307.
19. Duquette RA, Shmygol A, Vaillant C, et al. Vimentin-positive, c-kit-negative interstitial cells in human and rat uterus: a role in pacemaking? Biol Reprod 2005;72(2):276-83.
20. Newman RB, Iams JD, Das A, et al. A prospective masked observational study of uterine contraction frequency in twins. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2006;195(6): 1564-70.
21. Garite TJ, Bentley DL, Hamer CA, Porto ML. Uterine activity characteristics in multiple gestations. Obstet Gynecol 1990;76(Suppl 1):56S-9S.
22. Sfakianaki AK, Buhimschi IA, Pettker CM, et al. Ultrasonographic evaluation of myometrial thickness in twin pregnancies. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;198(5): 530-610.
23. Degani S, Leibovitz Z, Shapiro I, Gonen R, Ohel G. Myometrial thickness in pregnancy: longitudinal sonographic study. J Ultrasound Med 1998;17(10): 661-5.
24. Fisk NM, Ronderos-Dumit D, Tannirandorn Y, Nicolini U, Talbert D, Rodeck CH. Normal amniotic pressure throughout gestation. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1992; 99(1):18-22.
25. Magann EF, Whitworth NS, Bass JD, Chauhan SP, Martin Jr JN, Morrison JC. Amniotic fluid volume of third-trimester diamniotic twin pregnancies. Obstet Gynecol 1995;85(6):957-60.
26. Orhan A, Kurzel RB, Istwan NB, Rhea D, Burgess E, Stanziano G. The impact of hydramnios on pregnancy outcome in twin gestations. J Perinatol 2005;25(1): 8-10.
27. Wu WX, Ma XH, Yoshizato T, Shinozuka N, Nathanielsz PW. Differential expression of myometrial oxytocin receptor and prostaglandin H synthase 2, but not estrogen receptor alpha and heat shock protein 90 messenger ribonucleic acid in the gravid horn and nongravid horn in sheep during betamethasone-induced labor. Endocrinology 1999;140(12):5712-8.
28. Kloeck FK, Jung H. In vitro release of prostaglandins from the human myometrium under the influence of stretching. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1972;116: 1066-9.
29. Maradny EE, Kanayama N, Halim A, Maehara K, Terao T. Stretching of fetal membranes increases the concentration of interleukin-8 and collagenase activity. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996;174(3):843-9.
30. Wathes DC, Porter DG. Effect of uterine distension and oestrogen treatment on gap junction formation in the myometrium of the rat. J Repro Fertil 1982;65: 497-505.
31. Lye SJ, Mitchell J, Nashman N, et al. Role of mechanical signals in the onset of term and preterm labor. Front Horm Res 2001;27:165-78.
32. Wray S, Kupittayanant S, Shmigol A, Smith RD, Burdyga TV. The physiological basis of uterine contractility: a short review. Exp Physiol 2001;86(2): 239-46.
33. Gimpl G, Fahrenholz F. The oxytocin receptor system: structure, function, and regulation. Physiol Rev 2001;81(2):629-83.
34. Noble K, Zhang J, Wray S. Lipid rafts, the sarcoplasmic reticulum and uterine calcium signalling: an integrated approach. J Physiol 2006;570(Pt 1):29-35.
35. LuckasMJM, TaggartMJ, Wray S. Intracellular calciumstores and agonist induced contractions in human myometrium. Am J Obstet Gynec 1999;181: 468-76.
36. Kupittayanant S, Luckas MJM, Wray S. Effects of inhibitng the sarcoplasmic reticulum on spontaneous and oxytocin-induced contractions of human myometrium. Br J Obstet Gynaec 2002;109(3):289-96.
37. Matthew A, Shmygol A, Wray S. Ca2+ entry, efflux and release in smooth muscle. Biol Res 2004;37(4):617-24.
38. Shlykov SG, Sanborn BM. Stimulation of intracellular Ca2+ oscillations by diacylglycerol in human myometrial cells. Cell Calcium 2004;36(2):157-64.
39. Shmygol A, Gullam J, Blanks A, Thornton S. Multiple mechanisms involved in oxytocin-induced modulation of myometrial contractility. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2006;27(7):827-32.
40. Ou C-W, Chen Z-Q, Qi S, Lye SJ. Increased expression of the rat myometrial oxytocin receptor messenger ribonucleic acid during labor requires both mechanical and hormonal signals. Biol Reprod 1998;59:1055-61.
41. Parry LJ, Bathgate RA, Shaw G, Renfree MB, Ivell R. Evidence for a local fetal influence on myometrial oxytocin receptors during pregnancy in the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Biol Reprod 1997;56(1):200-7.
42. Terzidou V, Sooranna SR, Kim LU, Thornton S, Bennett PR, Johnson MR. Mechanical stretch up-regulates the human oxytocin receptor in primary human uterine myocytes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005;90(1):237-46.
43. Fuchs AR, Periyasamy S, Soloff MS. Systemic and local regulation of oxytocin receptors in the rat uterus, and their functional significance. Can J Biochem Cell Biol 1983;61(7):615-24.
44. Fuchs AR, Fuchs F, Husslein P, Soloff MS. Oxytocin receptors in the human uterus during pregnancy and parturition. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1984;150(6): 734-41.
45. Schellenberg JC, Stewart AW, Pliska V. Uterine contractile response to the graded infusion of oxytocin in guinea pigs near term. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003;189(1):201-7.
46. Kawamata M, Tonomura Y, Kimura T, Sugimoto Y, Yanagisawa T, Nishimori K. Oxytocin-induced phasic and tonic contractions are modulated by the contractile machinery rather than the quantity of oxytocin receptor. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2007;292(4):E992-9.
47. Turton P, Wray S, Neilson JP, Quenby S. Contractile poperties of myometrium in twin pregnancies. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed Fa 2008;15:93.
48. Smith RD, Babiychuk EB, Noble K, Draeger A, Wray S. Increased cholesterol decreases uterine activity: functional effects of cholesterol in pregnant rat myometrium. Am J Physiol 2005;288(5):C982-8.f.