Up-regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression by chorionic gonadotropin during the differentiation of human endometrial stromal cells into decidua

Endocrinology
S W HanC V Rao

Abstract

Human endometrial stromal cells contain human CG (hCG)/LH receptors and in vitro, hCG/LH can promote stromal cells differentiation into decidua. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that the treatment of stromal cells with exogenous hCG/LH to promote in up-regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) gene expression. The stromal cells from proliferative phase endometria were cultured for 10 days with 10 ng/ml estradiol and 100 ng/ml progesterone in the presence or absence of increasing concentrations of highly purified hCG. Northern blotting demonstrated that the cells contained a 4.4-kb COX-2 messenger RNA transcript whose levels significantly increased after treatment with hCG. Western blotting showed that the cells contained a 72-kDa COX-2 protein which also significantly increased after treatment with hCG. The effect of hCG on COX-2 messenger RNA and protein was seen at 10 ng/ml and higher concentrations sustained the increased levels. Although human LH mimicked hCG, human FSH, TSH, and isolated alpha- and beta-subunits of hCG had no effect on COX-2 protein levels suggesting that the hCG effect is hormone specific and requires the conformation of native hormone. The effect of hCG on COX-2 protein paralleled the increase...Continue Reading

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