Molecular Human Reproduction, Vol. 5, No. 10, 961-965,
October 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Molecular events in the endometrium |
Expression of cyclo-oxygenase in human endometrium during the implantation period
Department of Woman and Child Health, Division for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Hospital, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract
Prostaglandins (PG) are known to be involved in the process of human implantation. In several animal species treatment with prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors will prevent implantation. Cyclo-oxygenase (COX) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of PGs and exists in two isoforms, COX-1 and COX-2. Defective implantation in COX-2-deficient mice has been demonstrated recently. In the present study, the expression of COX-1 and COX-2 was studied during the implantation period in healthy fertile women before and after treatment with the antiprogesterone, mifepristone. The study consisted of one control cycle and one treatment cycle. The subjects served as their own control. During the treatment cycle the subjects received 200 mg of mifepristone 2 days after the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge. Endometrial biopsies were obtained in the mid-luteal phase (LH + 6 to LH + 8) in both cycles. Using polyclonal antibodies against COX-1 and COX-2, immunostaining for COX-1 was found mainly in the glandular and luminal epithelium and for COX-2 mainly in the luminal epithelium and the perivascular cells. After treatment with mifepristone, expression of COX-1 in glandular epithelium and COX-2 in luminal epithelium significantly decreased whilst the immunostaining for COX-2 in the perivascular cells remained strong. This study shows the expression of both COX-1 and COX-2 during the implantation period and also indicates that treatment with mifepristone in early luteal phase impairs glandular epithelial function and endometrial receptivity.
antiprogesterone/cyclo-oxygenase/endometrial receptivity/implantation
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