Pro-inflammatory cytokine-induced nuclear factor-kappa B activity in prelabor and in-labor myometrial cells at term gestation / 대한산부인과학회지
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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: 638-650, 2005.
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em Coreano
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The objectives of this study were to determine whether NF-kappa B-mediated pro-inflammatory cytokines signaling leads to COX-2 expression and PGE2 synthesis in human myometrial cells at term, and to compare cytokines-induced NF-kappa B activity and subsequent COX-2 expression and PGE2 synthesis between prelabor and in-labor myometrial cells.METHODS:
Ten samples of human myometrium were obtained from 5 pregnant women with no labor and 5 in labor at term during cesarean section. Myometrial smooth muscle cells were harvested by cell culture and stimulated with TNF-alpha. PGE2 production and COX-2 expression were determined by ELISA and Western blotting analysis, respectively. NF-kappa B transcriptional activity was assessed by luciferase assay and by nuclear shifting using EMSA.RESULTS:
Before the treatment of TNF-alpha, the levels of PGE2 production, COX-2 expression, and activity and nuclear shift of NF-kB in in-labor cells were higher than those in prelabor cells. By the stimulation of TNF-alpha, PGE2 output, COX-2 expression, and activity and nuclear shift of NF-kappa B increased in both of prelabor and in-labor cells. The increases of PGE2 production, COX-2 expression, and NF-kappa B activity were significantly greater in in-labor cells.CONCLUSION:
Pro-inflammatory cytokines-induced COX-2 expression and subsequent PG synthesis, mediated by NF-kappa B, appears one of the important mechanisms of labor in term gestation.
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Assunto principal:
Ensaio de Imunoadsorção Enzimática
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Dinoprostona
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Cesárea
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Western Blotting
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Citocinas
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NF-kappa B
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Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa
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Técnicas de Cultura de Células
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Miócitos de Músculo Liso
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Gestantes
Limite:
Animais
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Gravidez
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Korean Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
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