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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Identification of a novel distension-evoked motility pattern in the mouse uterus |
Author: | Dodds, K.N. Travis, L. Beckett, E.A. Spencer, N.J. |
Citation: | American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 2021; 321(3):R317-R327 |
Publisher: | American Physiological Society |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
ISSN: | 0363-6119 1522-1490 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Kelsi N. Dodds, Lee Travis, Elizabeth A.H. Beckett and Nick J. Spencer |
Abstract: | The dynamic changes in uterine contractility in response to distension are incompletely understood. Rhythmic, propagating contractions of non-pregnant uterine smooth muscle occur in the absence of nerve activity (i.e. myogenic); events that decline during pregnancy and re-emerge at parturition. We therefore sought to determine how myogenic contractions of the non-pregnant uterus are affected by distension, which might provide mechanistic clues underlying distension-associated uterine conditions such as preterm birth. Uteri isolated from nulliparous adult female mice in proestrus were video imaged to generate spatiotemporal maps, and myoelectrical activity simultaneously recorded using extracellular suction electrodes. Motility patterns were examined under basal conditions and following ramped intraluminal distension with fluid to 5 and 10 cmH<sub>2</sub>O. Intraluminal distension caused pressure-dependent changes in the frequency, amplitude, propagation speed and directionality of uterine contractions, which reversed upon pressure release. Altered burst durations of underlying smooth muscle myoelectric events were concurrently observed, although action potential spike intervals were unchanged. Voltage-gated sodium channel blockade (TTX; 0.6 µM) attenuated both the amplitude of contractions and burst duration of action potentials, whereas all activity was abolished by L-type calcium channel blockade (nifedipine; 1 µM). These data suggest that myogenic motility patterns of the non-pregnant mouse uterus are sensitive to changes in intraluminal pressure and, at high pressures, may be modulated by voltage-gated sodium channel activity. Future studies may investigate whether similar distension-evoked changes occur in the pregnant uterus and the possible pathophysiological role of such activity in the development of preterm birth. |
Keywords: | motility myometrium smooth muscle uterine contraction uterus |
Rights: | © 2021 the American Physiological Society. |
DOI: | 10.1152/ajpregu.00327.2020 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1156416 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1127140 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190103628 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00327.2020 |
Appears in Collections: | Obstetrics and Gynaecology publications |
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