1. Antenatal montelukast treatment reduces uterine activity associated with inflammation in a pregnant rat model
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Eric Rousseau, Jean-Charles Pasquier, Elyse Burt, Stéphanie Corriveau, and Simon Blouin
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Cyclopropanes ,0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Uterotonic ,Acetates ,Sulfides ,Rats, Sprague-Dawley ,Uterine Contraction ,03 medical and health sciences ,Nifedipine ,Pregnancy ,Internal medicine ,Animals ,Medicine ,Montelukast ,Inflammation ,business.industry ,Leukotriene receptor ,Uterus ,Antagonist ,Area under the curve ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Rats ,Tocolytic Agents ,030104 developmental biology ,Endocrinology ,Reproductive Medicine ,Oxytocin ,Tocolytic ,Myometrium ,Quinolines ,Leukotriene Antagonists ,Female ,business ,hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Objective The potency of acute montelukast treatment, a leukotriene receptor antagonist, has been demonstrated as tocolytic on in vitro myometrial contractility. This study assessed the ability of a 48 h montelukast treatment to modify in vitro contractions under inflammatory conditions in a pregnant rat model. Study design Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were injected intraperitoneally (gestational days 20–22) with lipopolysaccharides (LPS) 200 μg/kg (4 treatments at 12 h intervals) alone or combined with montelukast 10 mg/kg/day or a saline solution for a 48 h period. Uterine rings ( n = 72) were obtained by median laparotomy at day 22. Spontaneous contractile activities were compared using pharmacological compounds (oxytocin, nifedipine) along with assessment of contractile parameters. Myometrial subcellular fractions were also analyzed by Western blot to quantify oxytocin, cysteinyl leukotriene receptors and inflammation markers. Results In in vitro experiments, the area under the curve, the amplitude and the duration of phasic contractions were significantly reduced following 48 h of LPS + montelukast treatment comparatively to the LPS group. Moreover, in this same group, oxytocin (10 −9 –10 −7 M) largely decreased uterine sensitivity ( p = 0.04). Following LPS and montelukast treatment, the tocolytic effectiveness of nifedipine (10 −9 –10 −7 M) was increased ( p Conclusion Our results strongly suggest that montelukast treatment could facilitate a relative uterine quiescence by decreasing its sensitivity to uterotonic agent or by increasing tocolytic efficiency under proinflammatory conditions.
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- 2016