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Matrix metalloproteinases and their endogenous inhibitors during the implantation period in the rat uterus.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11101274     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Rats were studied to determine if matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs) were detectable in developing embryonic and uterine tissues during the implantation period; that is, Days 6-8 of pregnancy. Tissue extracts were studied by zymography, reverse zymography and Western blotting. Immunohistochemistry procedures using antibodies against MMPs and TIMPs were applied to tissue sections that passed through implantation sites. The MMP inhibitor, doxycycline, was injected intraluminally into uterine horns of pseudopregnant animals. MMP-2 and -9, and TIMP-2 were detected in gelatin and reverse zymographs, respectively, from extracts of implantation sites on each day studied. Western blots defined bands corresponding to MMP-1, but casein zymographs did not consistently show evidence of extractable MMP-1 or -3. In tissue sections the primary decidual tissue area stained consistently for TIMP-2 and on Days 7 and 8 this area also had positive staining for MMP-1 in close proximity to the implanting embryo. On Day 8 positive staining in the outer stromal tissue was detected using an antibody against MMP-9, and another MMP (possibly MMP-3) was localized exclusively in ectoplacental cone/trophoblastic cells. Intraluminal injection of doxycycline did not significantly prevent the growth of the uterine horns following surgical induction of pseudopregnancy on Day 5. The strong localization of TIMP-2 in the primary decidual tissue is similar to that reported previously for TIMP-3, indicating that these inhibitors have a role in decidualization, including the regulation of trophoblastic invasion.
Authors:
P R Hurst; R D Palmay
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Reproduction, fertility, and development     Volume:  11     ISSN:  1031-3613     ISO Abbreviation:  Reprod. Fertil. Dev.     Publication Date:  1999  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-12-06     Completed Date:  2000-12-22     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8907465     Medline TA:  Reprod Fertil Dev     Country:  AUSTRALIA    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  395-402     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. peter.hurst@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Blotting, Western
Decidua / enzymology
Doxycycline / pharmacology
Electrophoresis
Embryo Implantation*
Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
Female
Immunohistochemistry
Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 / analysis
Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / analysis
Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 / analysis
Matrix Metalloproteinases / analysis*,  antagonists & inhibitors
Pregnancy
Pseudopregnancy
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Time Factors
Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 / analysis
Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2 / analysis
Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3 / analysis
Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases / analysis*
Uterus / enzymology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Enzyme Inhibitors; 0/Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1; 0/Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-3; 0/Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases; 127497-59-0/Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2; 564-25-0/Doxycycline; EC 3.4.24.-/Matrix Metalloproteinases; EC 3.4.24.24/Matrix Metalloproteinase 2; EC 3.4.24.35/Matrix Metalloproteinase 9; EC 3.4.24.7/Matrix Metalloproteinase 1

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