Plasminogen activator activity during decidualization of human endometrial stromal cells is regulated by plasminogen activator inhibitor 1.

1995 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
pp. 2504-2510
Author(s):  
F Schatz ◽  
S Aigner ◽  
C Papp ◽  
E Toth-Pal ◽  
V Hausknecht ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Jiro Fujimoto ◽  
Masashi Hori ◽  
Satoshi Ichigo ◽  
Teruhiko Tamaya

In order to clarify a role of stromal cells in sex steroidal neovascularization, plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI)-1 [an inhibitor of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA)] and its messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) were analysed in fibroblasts derived from uterine endometrium as a model for endometrial stromal cells under the influence of sex steroids. The determinations were carried out by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction-Southern blotting, respectively. In the fibroblasts, either estradiol or progestogens (progesterone, medroxy progesterone acetate or 17α-hydroxyprogesterone) induced expressions of PAI-1 and its mRNA, and their combination further increased their expression by approximately twofold. PAI-1 from endometrial stromal cells under the influence of sex steroids might contribute to endometrial neovascularization through its effect on endothelial cells in endometrial vessels.


Stem Cells ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian B. Copland ◽  
Simon Lord-Dufour ◽  
Jessica Cuerquis ◽  
Daniel L. Coutu ◽  
Borhane Annabi ◽  
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