Abstract
Helically cut strips of human chorionic plate arteries were maintained in a physiologic salt solution in vitro while isotonic measurements of contraction were made. The arterial strips were exposed to two prostaglandins, PGE1 and PGE2, added cumulatively to the tissue baths. The effects and interactions of these two prostaglandins were examined. PGE1 had a dose-dependent relaxatory effect on the strips at low concentrations, but contracted them at higher concentrations. PGE2, on the other hand, only induced contraction. The addition of a low concentration of PGE2 inhibited the relaxatory response to PGE1 in approximately half the tissue strips. The contractile response was enhanced in all strips. Conversely, a low concentration of PGE1, without intrinsic effect on the strips, significantly reduced the contractile response to PGE2. The suggestion is made that, in the human term placenta, PGE1 and PGE2 may act in concert as part of the regulatory mechanism for fetoplacental blood flow.
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