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. 1989 May;86(9):3433–3437. doi: 10.1073/pnas.86.9.3433

Gestational changes in calbindin-D9k in rat uterus, yolk sac, and placenta: implications for maternal-fetal calcium transport and uterine muscle function.

C L Mathieu 1, S H Burnett 1, S E Mills 1, J G Overpeck 1, D E Bruns 1, M E Bruns 1
PMCID: PMC287147  PMID: 2717621

Abstract

Calbindin-D9k was quantified and its cellular location was defined in uterus, yolk sac, and placenta. In late gestation (days 17 to term) coordinated induction of calbindin-D9k was seen in uterine epithelial lining cells and juxtaposed yolk sac visceral epithelium as well as the intraplacental yolk sac epithelium. The induction of calbindin-D9k in these cells coincided with the time of exponential fetal bone growth and maximal fetal accumulation of calcium, suggesting a role of the protein in these epithelial layers in maternal-fetal calcium transport. Dynamic changes also occurred in the calbindin-D9k contents of the two layers of uterine smooth muscle (outer longitudinal and inner circular) during mid- and late gestation. During early pregnancy (days 0-4), calbindin-D9k was present in the two smooth muscle layers. By midgestation (day 10), calbindin-D9k had decreased by a factor of 10 in these tissue layers. During late gestation calbindin-D9k rebounded in the inner circular smooth muscle layer. These uterine changes of early and midgestation were reproduced by the endocrine changes of pseudopregnancy. Progesterone appeared to be a good candidate for controlling the midgestational decrease of uterine muscle calbindin-D9k, as it blunted estrogen's induction of the protein in the muscle layers and stroma in a dose-dependent manner. Changes in myometrial calbindin-D9k may reflect variations in muscular calcium storage, thereby representing alterations in potential for contraction.

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