Pro-inflammatory signals induce 20α-HSD expression in myometrial cells: A key mechanism for local progesterone withdrawal.

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Lubna NadeemStephen J Lye

Abstract

Metabolism of progesterone (P4) by the enzyme 20α hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (20α-HSD) in myometrial cells is postulated to be a mechanism for P4 withdrawal, which occurs concomitant to uterine inflammation (physiologic or infection-induced) and associated activation of transcription factors: NF-кB and AP-1, common to term and preterm labour. We found that 20α-HSD protein is significantly increased in human myometrium during term labour, and in mouse uterus during term and preterm labour. Treatment of human myometrial cells with the pro-inflammatory mediators, lipopolysaccharide (LPS, mimicking infection) and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA, mimicking inflammation), induced 20α-HSD gene expression and increased 20α-HSD protein abundance. LPS treatment decreased P4 release into the culture medium and resulted in up-regulation of GJA1 in the hTERT-HM cells. The NF-кB /AP-1 transcription factors mediated effects of LPS and TPA on 20α-HSD gene transcription. Both pro-inflammatory stimuli induced 20α-HSD promoter activity in LPS/TPA-treated cells which was significantly attenuated by inhibition of NF-кB (JSH: 20 µM) or AP-1 signalling (T5224: 10 µM). Deletion of NF-кB consensus sites abrogated LPS-mediated promoter induc...Continue Reading

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