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The effect of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) on the contractility of uterine segments taken from pregnant rats and the localization of PTHrP in the uterus during pregnancy were investigated. PTHrP(1-34) had a potent inhibitory effect on spontaneous contractions of the longitudinal layer of uterine myometrium taken from rats at day 4 of pregnancy (IC50 1.6 nmol l−1). In low calcium De Jalon's solution, it also decreased baseline tension IC50 1.5 nmol l−1) in a concentration-dependent manner. The effect of PTHrP(1-34) on uterine motility decreased as pregnancy progressed until day 13, after which PTHrP(1-34) had no measurable effect on uterine contractility. In contrast, PTHrP(1-34) had no effect on the contractions of the circular smooth muscle of the uterus at any stage of pregnancy. PTHrP(50-69) had no effect on the contractility of either muscle layer of the myometrium. A temporal pattern of staining for PTHrP in the uterus of pregnant rats was observed, and the changes in the staining patterns in the endometrium and myometrium were different in each layer. These data suggest that PTHrP may have at least two distinct roles in the uterus, a relaxing action on longitudinal muscle that depends on the hormonal state of the rat and a novel effect either intraluminally or within the endometrial layer.
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Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) was detected at 32.8 ± 3.9 pmol l−1 in uterine luminal fluid from immature rats treated with oestradiol. As mRNA encoding PTHrP has previously been localized to implantation sites in pregnant rats, the role of luminal PTHrP during pregnancy was explored. Infusion of a parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTHrP receptor antagonist, [Asn10,Leu11]PTHrP(7–34) amide, into the uterine lumen during pregnancy in rats resulted in excessive decidualization. This effect was also observed after intrauterine infusion of a monoclonal antibody raised against PTHrP. The effect of infusion of PTH/PTHrP receptor antagonist was dependent upon successful implantation, was dose-dependent and confined to the treated horn. A decrease in the number of apoptotic decidual cells in antagonist-infused uterine horns compared with vehicle or non-infused horns was detected immunohistochemically at day 13 of pregnancy, and this decrease is likely to contribute to the 'over-decidualization' observed. In pseudopregnant rats, infusion of PTH/PTHrP receptor antagonist into the uterine lumen resulted in an increase in uterine wet weight of the infused horn compared with the non-infused horn, indicating a direct effect on deciduoma formation. Thus, activation of the PTH/PTHrP receptor by locally produced PTHrP appears to be crucial for normal decidualization during pregnancy in rats.
