PRODUCTION OF 12-HYDROXYEICOSATETRAENOIC ACID IN EARLY PREGNANT UTERINE CERVIX-LACK OF CORRELATION TO MIFEPRISTONE-INDUCED CERVICAL RIPENING - A DOUBLE-BLIND RANDOMIZED BIOMECHANICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL-STUDY

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作者
HEIDVALL, K [1 ]
RADESTAD, A [1 ]
CHRISTENSEN, NJ [1 ]
LINDGREN, JA [1 ]
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[1] KAROLINSKA HOSP,DEPT OBSTET & GYNAECOL,S-10401 STOCKHOLM 60,SWEDEN
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PROSTAGLANDINS | 1992年 / 43卷 / 05期
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10.1016/0090-6980(92)90129-H
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The regulation of cervical ripening in pregnancy may involve arachidonic acid metabolites. We studied the formation of lipoxygenase products in cervical biopsies from twenty nulliparous women requesting a first trimester abortion. The patients were randomly allocated to receive either 100 mg of the progesterone antagonist mifepristone (RU 486) or placebo 48 and 36 hours before surgery. A capacity to produce significant amounts of 12-HETE and material co-chromatographing with leukotrienes was observed in the cervical tissue. No qualitative or quantitative relationship to mifepristone-induced cervical ripening was found. Although our data suggest a large variation of 12-HETE production it remains to clarify its role in the cervix.
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