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1 July 2005 Expression and Contribution of Three Different Isoforms of Prostaglandin E Synthase in the Bovine Endometrium
Julie Parent, Michel A. Fortier
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Abstract

Prostaglandins are involved in the regulation of several reproductive processes such as ovulation, luteolysis, and establishment of pregnancy. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) appears to favor establishment of pregnancy in most mammals studied so far. The primary enzymes involved in the production of PGE2 from arachidonic acid are cyclooxygenases and prostaglandin E synthases (PGES). Three PGES have been identified in humans, but in the bovine, microsomal PGES2 and cytosolic PGES genes have neither been cloned nor associated to any physiological processes. The present study was undertaken to clone bovine MPGES2 and CPGES and to report on their regulation in the endometrium during the estrous cycle. CPGES mRNA expression declines progressively during the cycle; its protein is not modulated according to a precise pattern. MPGES2 mRNA and protein expression decrease from the beginning of the cycle until Days 13–15 and then increase until ovulation. Immunohistochemical analysis reveals that both enzymes are located in luminal epithelial and glandular epithelial cells and at a lower level in stromal cells. In addition, using the bovine endometrial cell line BEND, where higher accumulation of PGE2 is observed following treatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-actetate (PMA) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), we have found an associated increase of MPGES1 and COX2 but not CPGES or MPGES2 protein expression. Together, our results suggest that MPGES1 is not the only PGES present in the bovine endometrium but is the main enzyme associated with increased PGE2 production in vitro.

Julie Parent and Michel A. Fortier "Expression and Contribution of Three Different Isoforms of Prostaglandin E Synthase in the Bovine Endometrium," Biology of Reproduction 73(1), 36-44, (1 July 2005). https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.104.037036
Received: 8 October 2004; Accepted: 1 February 2005; Published: 1 July 2005
KEYWORDS
bovine
Endometrium
establishment of pregnancy
female reproductive tract
mechanisms of hormone action
ovulatory cycle
pregnancy
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