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Oxytocin increases the [Ca2+](i) sensitivity of human myometrium during the falling phase of phasic contractions
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UNSPECIFIED (1999) Oxytocin increases the [Ca2+](i) sensitivity of human myometrium during the falling phase of phasic contractions. In: 45th Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Gynecologic-Investigation, MAR 11-14, 1998, ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
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Oxytocin is commonly used to induce or augment labor, but its mode of action is uncertain. To address the issue, isometric tension and the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+](i)) were simultaneously recorded from isolated strips of pregnant human myometrium loaded with fura 2. The changes in [Ca2+](i) and tension during phasic contractions were indistinguishable in myometrium taken before or after the onset of labor, enabling samples to be pooled. Oxytocin (10 nM) had no effect on basal [Ca2+](i) or tension, but it increased both the [Ca2+](i) and the tension recorded during phasic contractions. Analysis of the [Ca2+](i)-tension relationship revealed that during the falling (relaxation) phase of the contractile response, oxytocin increased the tension recorded at each [Ca2+](i). By manipulating extracellular Ca2+ during phasic contractions, it was possible to ensure that the [Ca2+](i) signals were similar in the presence and absence of oxytocin, yet oxytocin still improved the [Ca2+](i)-tension relationship. We conclude that 10 nM oxytocin increases the [Ca2+](i) sensitivity of the contractile proteins only after a contraction has begun, possibly by causing inhibition of myosin light chain phosphatase.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine Q Science > QP Physiology |
| Journal or Publication Title: | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM |
| Publisher: | AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC |
| ISSN: | 0193-1849 |
| Date: | February 1999 |
| Volume: | 276 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Number of Pages: | 7 |
| Page Range: | E345-E351 |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Title of Event: | 45th Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Gynecologic-Investigation |
| Location of Event: | ATLANTA, GEORGIA |
| Date(s) of Event: | MAR 11-14, 1998 |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/14880 |
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