Regulation of adenylate cyclase activity and stimulation response in relation to endometrial receptivity in the rabbit

Michel A. Fortier, A. P. Boulet, Raymond Lambert
In: Reproduction · 1989 · vol. 85(2) , pp. 443–450 · doi:10.1530/jrf.0.0850443 · PMID:2703985 · W2167676693
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Abstract

Adenylate cyclase activity was measured in broken cell preparations of whole endometrial tissue from rabbits on Days 0, 1, 6.5, 9 and 15 of pseudopregnancy and in endometrial epithelial and stromal cells on Days 1 and 6.5 to assess the specific response of individual cell types. In dispersed cells, adenylate cyclase activity was higher (P less than 0.01) in stromal than in epithelial cells and reduced on Day 6.5 compared to Day 1 in both cell types. The response of adenylate cyclase to isoproterenol appeared more important relative to the PGE-2 response in epithelial than in stromal cells and strongly reduced in the former on Day 6.5. In endometrium, the overall adenylate cyclase activity was increased significantly on Day 1 of pseudopregnancy compared to Day 0 (oestrus), only 18 h after injection of hCG. On the following days, the activity decreased progressively on Days 6.5 and 9 and exhibited a recovery on Day 15. Adenylate cyclase response to isoproterenol (% over GTP) was comparable on Days 0, 1 and 6.5, abolished on Day 9 and recovered on Day 15. Maximal response to PGE-2 (% over GTP) was observed on Day 6.5, at the time of implantation, maintained on Day 9 and reduced on Day 15 towards the low levels measured in oestrus and Day 1 of pseudopregnancy. Our results demonstrate a dramatic alteration of adenylate cyclase activity in rabbit endometrium during pseudopregnancy. It suggests a possible involvement of catecholamines and prostaglandin E-2 in the regulation of endometrial receptivity through a cAMP-mediated process.

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