Gestational age-dependent up-regulation of prostaglandin D synthase (PGDS) and production of PGDS-derived antiinflammatory prostaglandins in human placenta

CONTEXT: The importance of prostaglandin (PG) signaling pathways to the maintenance of pregnancy and initiation of labor is well recognized. However, the complexity of these pathways and the mechanism(s) of their coordinated regulation in physiological and pathological conditions are only now being appreciated.

OBJECTIVES: In this report we provide new evidence of a complete pathway for the biosynthesis and actions of PGD(2) and its metabolites within human gestational tissues.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Using immunohistochemistry and Northern and Western blotting, we demonstrate the dynamic regulation of H-type PGD synthase (PGDS) in placenta during gestation; in contrast, L-type PGDS and its PG products were detected in amniotic fluid, with increased amounts associated with labor.

RESULTS: Placental tissues were shown to express both forms of the PGD(2) receptor identified to date, D prostanoid(1) (DP(1)) and DP(2)/chemotactic receptor on type 2 helper T cells, with a distribution consistent with the villous placenta being a major target, as well as source, of PGD(2). In vitro, placental PGD(2) production was shown to be stimulated upon inflammatory activation, whereas PGD(2) and its J series metabolites exerted potent inhibitory effects on placental cytokine production.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that PGDS-derived prostanoids play important physiological roles in the placenta, such as immunoregulation and feto-placental communication, while potentially having a regulatory role in the processes of parturition.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2006

Erschienen:

2006

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:91

Enthalten in:

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 91(2006), 2 vom: 21. Feb., Seite 597-606

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Helliwell, Rachel J A [VerfasserIn]
Keelan, Jeffrey A [VerfasserIn]
Marvin, Keith W [VerfasserIn]
Adams, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Maxwell C [VerfasserIn]
Anand, Ashmit [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Timothy A [VerfasserIn]
O'Carroll, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn [VerfasserIn]
Romero, Roberto J [VerfasserIn]
Mitchell, Murray D [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

60203-57-8
9-deoxy-delta-9-prostaglandin D2
Cytokines
EC 5.3.-
EC 5.3.99.2
Intramolecular Oxidoreductases
Journal Article
Lipocalins
Prostaglandin D2
Prostaglandin D2 receptor
Prostaglandin R2 D-isomerase
Prostaglandins
Protein Isoforms
RNA, Messenger
RXY07S6CZ2
Receptors, Immunologic
Receptors, Prostaglandin
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
XZF106QU24

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.03.2006

Date Revised 03.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM158971566