Effects of metoclopramide-induced hyperprolactinemia on the prolactin receptor of murine endometrium

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2010-03-15
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Objective: To evaluate the effects of metoclopramide-induced hyperprolactinemia, on the prolactin receptor of murine endometrium.Design: Experimental study using the RNA extraction to detect tissue prolactin recepter isoforms by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).Setting: University-based laboratory.Animal(s): Seventy-two female swiss albino mice (Mus musculus), approximately 100 days old, were divided into six 12-animal groups: (Cl) nonoophorectomized mice given vehicle; (GII) nonoophorectomized mice treated with metoclopramide; (Gill) oophorectomized mice treated with metoclopramide; (GIV)oophorectomized mice treated with metoclopramide and 17 beta-estradiol; (GV) oophorectomized mice treated with metoclopramide and micronized progesterone; (GVI) oophorectomized mice treated with metoclopramide and a solution of 17 beta-estradiol and micronized progesterone.Intervention(s): Drugs were administered for 50 days. Following euthanasia, the middle portions of the uterine horns were removed, sectioned, and immediately frozen for RT-PCR procedures. Blood was collected for the dosage of prolactin and serum estrogen and progesterone using radioimmune assay.Main Outcome Measure(s): Identification of uterine prolactin receptor isoforms:Result(s): the PRL receptor and its isoform L were identified only in GI (control group) and GII (metoclopramide), the two groups with nonoophorectomized animals. the amount of PRL receptor mRNA and that of its isoform L from GII were the largest. No other isoforms of the prolactin receptor were identified in any of the groups.Conclusion(s): Our results suggest that replacement of estrogen and progestin may not increase the mRNA of endometrial PRL receptor in metoclopromide-induced hyperprolactinemia in rats after castration. (Fertil Steril (R) 2010;93:1643-9. (C)2010 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.)
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Fertility and Sterility. New York: Elsevier B.V., v. 93, n. 5, p. 1643-1649, 2010.
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