The functional and molecular studies on involvement of hydrogen sulphide in myometrial activity of non-pregnant buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
2017
Nair, Sooraj V. | Sharma, Vipin | Sharma, Abhishek | Nakade, Udayraj P. | Jaitley, Pooja | Mathesh, Karikalan | Choudhury, Soumen | Garg, Satish Kumar
BACKGROUND: Hydrogen sulphide (H₂S), a member of the gasotransmitters family, is known to play patho-physiological role in different body systems including during pregnancy. But its involvement in myometrial spontaneity and associated signalling pathways in uterus in non-pregnant animals is yet to be studied. Present study describes the effect of L-cysteine, an endogenous H₂S donor, on isolated myometrial strips of non-pregnant buffaloes and the underlying signaling mechanism(s). RESULTS: L-cysteine (10 nM-30 mM) produced concentration-dependent contractile effect on buffalo myometrium which was extracellular Ca²⁺ and L-type calcium channels-dependent. Significant rightward shift of dose-response curve of L-cysteine was observed with significant decrease in maxima in the presence of amino-oxyacetic acid (AOAA; 100 μM) and d, l-propargylglycine (PAG; 100 μM), the specific blockers of cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) and cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE), respectively. Existence of CBS enzyme of 63 kDa and CSE of 45 kDa molecular weights was confirmed by western blot using specific antibodies and also by immunohistochemistry. CONCLUSIONS: Endogenous H₂S along with its biosynthetic enzymes (CBS and CSE) is evidently present in uteri of non-pregnant buffaloes and it regulates spontaneity in uteri of non-pregnant buffaloes and this effect is dependent on extracellular Ca²⁺ influx through nifedipine-sensitive L-type calcium channels. Thus H₂S-signalling pathway may be a potential target to alter the uterine activities in physiology and patho-physiolgical states.
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