Oxytocin stimulates mitogen-activated protein kinase activity in cultured human puerperal uterine myometrial cells

Endocrinology
M OhmichiA Miyake

Abstract

The regulation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase by oxytocin in cultured human uterine myometrial cells was investigated. Oxytocin caused the rapid stimulation of MAP kinase activity detected in 32P incorporation of MAP-2. Oxytocin also stimulated the phosphorylation of MAP kinase detected in incorporation of [32P]orthophosphate into MAP kinase. Furthermore, oxytocin induced the tyrosine phosphorylation of MAP kinase. The oxytocin-dependent increase in the tyrosine phosphorylation of MAP kinase displayed a transient time course and was dependent on the concentration of oxytocin applied to the cells. Furthermore, we examined the mechanism by which oxytocin induced MAP kinase phosphorylation. Islet-activating protein (100 ng/ml), which inactivates Gi/Go proteins, blocked the oxytocin-induced phosphorylation of MAP kinase. Moreover, 1 microM ritodrine, which is known to relax uterine muscle contraction, attenuated oxytocin-induced MAP kinase activity and phosphorylation. These results provide evidence that oxytocin acutely activates MAP kinase through an islet-activating protein-sensitive G-protein in human uterine myometrial cells, suggesting that this new pathway may play an important role in the biological action of oxy...Continue Reading

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