TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of a Diabetic State on Myometrial Ultrastructure and Isolated Uterine Contractions in the Rat
AU - McMurtrie, Elizabeth M.
AU - Ginsberg, Gregory G.
AU - Frederick, G. T.
AU - Kirkland, John L.
AU - Stancel, George M.
AU - Gardner, Russell M.
PY - 1985/12
Y1 - 1985/12
N2 - Alterations in rat myometrial ultrastructure and in vitro uterine contractile responses to oxytocin were examined in estradiol-treated (40 μg/kg) euglycemic and streptozotocin-induced (85 mg/kg) diabetic rats. Myometrial morphology was examined 18, 24, and 36 hr after estradiol administration. At the time points examined, nuclei of myometrial cells from euglycemic and diabetic rats were pleomorphic and contained large areas of heterochromatin dispersed throughout the nuclei. Mitochondria were round to oval in shape and contained a dense matrix with cristae that extended across the mitochondria. Myofilaments were found in both euglycemic and diabetic cells but the relative number of myofilaments in diabetic cells appeared to be less than the number found in myometrial cells removed from euglycemic animals. The number of free cytoplasmic ribosomes in diabetic cells also appeared to be less than those found in euglycemic cells. In order to determine if apparent differences in the number of myofilament found in diabetic myometrial cells could be correlated with changes in uterine contractile responses to hormones, oxytocin dose-response curves (10-8 to 10-5 M) were examined in isolated uteri removed from saline-injected and estradiol-injected (24-hr pretreatments) euglycemic and diabetic rats. The maximal contractile responses (milligrams tension developed per milligrams tissue) in saline-injected euglycemic and diabetic rats were 49 ± 5 and 36 ± 4, respectively, while maximal contractile responses in estradiol-injected euglycemic and diabetic rats were 68 ± 7 and 45 ± 5, respectively. Maximal contractile responses induced by oxytocin in estradiol-treated diabetic uteri were significantly smaller than the contractile responses measured in euglycemic estradiol-treated uteri. This study demonstrates that estradiol-induced changes in both myometrial cell morphology and in vitro uterine contractile responses to oxytocin are altered in diabetic rats.
AB - Alterations in rat myometrial ultrastructure and in vitro uterine contractile responses to oxytocin were examined in estradiol-treated (40 μg/kg) euglycemic and streptozotocin-induced (85 mg/kg) diabetic rats. Myometrial morphology was examined 18, 24, and 36 hr after estradiol administration. At the time points examined, nuclei of myometrial cells from euglycemic and diabetic rats were pleomorphic and contained large areas of heterochromatin dispersed throughout the nuclei. Mitochondria were round to oval in shape and contained a dense matrix with cristae that extended across the mitochondria. Myofilaments were found in both euglycemic and diabetic cells but the relative number of myofilaments in diabetic cells appeared to be less than the number found in myometrial cells removed from euglycemic animals. The number of free cytoplasmic ribosomes in diabetic cells also appeared to be less than those found in euglycemic cells. In order to determine if apparent differences in the number of myofilament found in diabetic myometrial cells could be correlated with changes in uterine contractile responses to hormones, oxytocin dose-response curves (10-8 to 10-5 M) were examined in isolated uteri removed from saline-injected and estradiol-injected (24-hr pretreatments) euglycemic and diabetic rats. The maximal contractile responses (milligrams tension developed per milligrams tissue) in saline-injected euglycemic and diabetic rats were 49 ± 5 and 36 ± 4, respectively, while maximal contractile responses in estradiol-injected euglycemic and diabetic rats were 68 ± 7 and 45 ± 5, respectively. Maximal contractile responses induced by oxytocin in estradiol-treated diabetic uteri were significantly smaller than the contractile responses measured in euglycemic estradiol-treated uteri. This study demonstrates that estradiol-induced changes in both myometrial cell morphology and in vitro uterine contractile responses to oxytocin are altered in diabetic rats.
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U2 - 10.3181/00379727-180-42208
DO - 10.3181/00379727-180-42208
M3 - Article
C2 - 4080698
AN - SCOPUS:0022323866
SN - 0037-9727
VL - 180
SP - 497
EP - 504
JO - Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
JF - Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
IS - 3
ER -