Endocrinology, Vol 126, 787-795, Copyright © 1990 by Endocrine Society

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Prostaglandin F2 alpha receptors on enzyme-dissociated pig luteal cells throughout the estrous cycle

JE Gadsby, AK Balapure, JH Britt and TA Fitz
Department of Anatomy, Physiological Sciences, and Radiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606.

A deficiency of luteal cell prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) receptors might help explain the well documented refractoriness of pig corpora lutea to the luteolytic effects of PGF2 alpha administered in vivo before day 12 of the estrous cycle. Accordingly, experiments were conducted to measure the levels of [3H] PGF2 alpha-binding sites/receptors on collagenase-dispersed pig luteal cells taken at different stages of the estrous cycle. Pig corpora lutea were obtained surgically at various stages of the estrous cycle and dissociated with collagenase in medium 199. Dissociated mixed luteal cells (approximately 5-15 x 10(4) large luteal cells/tube) were assayed for [3H]PGF2 alpha-binding activity by saturation (Scatchard) analysis. In preliminary experiments it was determined that PGF2 alpha binding was maximal after incubation for 45 min at 30 C in assay buffer of pH 5.75. Additionally, it was determined that [3H]PGF2 alpha binding was displaceable by PGF2 alpha = PGD2 greater than PGE2 greater than 13,14- dihydro-15-keto-PGF2 alpha. Other eicosanoids did not inhibit [3H]PGF2 alpha binding. Two distinct classes of binding sites (high affinity Kd = 19-64 nM; low affinity Kd = 262-3103 nM) were observed at all stages of the estrous cycle. From studies using enriched (by elutriation) large (greater than 30 microns) and small (10-20 microns) luteal cells it appeared that the high affinity binding site was largely confined to large luteal cells, whereas the low affinity binding site was found on both large and small luteal cells. The concentrations (number per large luteal cell) of high affinity PGF2 alpha-binding sites of mixed (unelutriated) luteal cell preparations was low on days 6-8 (0.6 x 10(6) sites/cell) and increased gradually up to 1.4 x 10(6) sites/cell on day 12. The concentrations of binding sites were increased approximately 3-fold on day 13 (4.6 x 10(6) sites/cell; P less than 0.05 vs days 6-12) and remained elevated on days 14 and 16-17 (approximately 3 x 10(6) sites/cell). In summary, these results indicate the existence of a high affinity PGF2 alpha-binding site in pig (large) luteal cells, which is probably the luteal PGF2 alpha receptor. The numbers of these putative PGF2 alpha receptors are low during the early luteal phase (before day 12), but increase thereafter (days 13, 14, and 16-17). This may provide one explanation for the observed refractoriness in vivo of pig corpora lutea to PGF2 alpha before, and increased sensitivity to PGF2 alpha after, day 12 of the estrous cycle.

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