Endocrine Abstracts

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of prostaglandin EP2 – and EP4 -receptor agonists on uterine tissue taken from non-pregnant and pregnant mice.Uterine tissue was taken from non-pregnant animals during dioestrus and from pregnant animals on day 18 of gestation. Samples were set-up for superfusion (Krebs’ solution with 1 μM indometacin at 2 ml/min and 37 °C) as previously described by Senior et a...

Prostaglandin (PG) E2 acts through its receptors (EP1–4) to influence uterine contractility during gestation and parturition. The aim of the present study was to identify functional EP receptor targets in isolated myometrium from term pregnant, non-labouring donors by use of specific and novel EP agonists.Biopsies of human myometrium were obtained at elective caesarean section from consenting term pregnant women, not in labour ...