• Anesthesiology · Sep 2013

    Oxytocin pretreatment attenuates oxytocin-induced contractions in human myometrium in vitro.

    • Mrinalini Balki, Magda Erik-Soussi, John Kingdom, and Jose C A Carvalho.
    • Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 600 University Avenue, Room 19–104, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada. mrinalini.balki@uhn.ca
    • Anesthesiology. 2013 Sep 1;119(3):552-61.

    BackgroundOxytocin receptor desensitization has been shown to occur in humans at biomolecular level and in isolated rat myometrium; however, its effect on human myometrial contractility has not been demonstrated. The objective of this in vitro study was to investigate the contractile response of human pregnant myometrium to oxytocin after pretreatment with different concentrations of oxytocin for variable durations.MethodsMyometrial samples were obtained from 62 women undergoing elective cesarean deliveries under regional anesthesia. The strips were pretreated with oxytocin 10(-10), 10(-8), 10(-5) M, or physiological salt solution (control) for 2, 4, 6, or 12 h, followed by a dose-response testing with oxytocin 10(-10) to 10(-5) M. Amplitude and frequency of contractions, motility index, and area under the curve during the dose-response period were recorded, analyzed with linear regression models, and compared among groups.ResultsPretreatment with oxytocin 10(-5) and 10(-8) M significantly reduced motility index (estimate [standard error]: -0.771 [0.270] square root units, P = 0.005 and -0.697 [0.293], P = 0.02, respectively) and area under the curve (-3.947 [1.909], P = 0.04 and -4.241 [2.189], P = 0.05, respectively) compared with control group, whereas pretreatment with oxytocin 10-(10) M did not significantly attenuate contractions. Increase in duration of oxytocin pretreatment from 2 to 12 h significantly decreased amplitude (type 3 generalized estimating equation analysis: chi-square = 14.0; df = 3; P = 0.003), motility index (chi-square = 9.3; df = 3; P = 0.03), and area under the curve (chi-square = 10.5; df = 3; P = 0.02), but not the frequency of oxytocin-induced contractions.ConclusionPretreatment with oxytocin decreases oxytocin-induced myometrial contractions in a concentration and time-dependent manner, likely as a function of the oxytocin receptor desensitization phenomenon.

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