Activation of protein kinase C is required for oxytocin-induced contractility in human pregnant myometrium

Human Reproduction
J J MorrisonA Ahmed

Abstract

Intracellular mediators regulating the initiation of parturition are not fully understood. This study was designed to determine the possible mechanism of oxytocin-induced uterine contractility during labour. In-vitro isometric contraction studies were performed with longitudinal strips of human pregnant myometrium in the presence and absence of the protein kinase C inhibitors, staurosporine and RO 31-8220, and the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, genistein. Phospholipase D activity was measured by employing the transphosphatidylation reaction. Staurosporine significantly reduced oxytocin-stimulated contractile activity with mean activity reduced by > 50% following the addition of 10(-6) M staurosporine (P < 0.01), while addition of 10(-5) M resulted in a measured mean contractile activity of approximately 10% of the control (P < 0.001, n = 5). Similarly, uterine activity was minimal with oxytocin application following incubation with RO 31-8220, mean contractile activity being reduced by approximately 40% by the addition of 10(-7) M RO 31-8220 (P < 0.05) and by approximately 87% by the addition of either 10(-6) or 10(-5) M (P < 0.01, n = 3). Conversely, addition of genistein (10(-7) and 10(-6) M) had little effect on oxytocin-induced...Continue Reading

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