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SUBMITTER: Inagaki M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7225742 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Inagaki Mai M Nishimura Tomohiro T Nakanishi Takeo T Shimada Hiroaki H Noguchi Saki S Akanuma Shin-Ichi SI Tachikawa Masanori M Hosoya Ken-Ichi KI Tamai Ikumi I Nakashima Emi E Tomi Masatoshi M
iScience 20200427 5
We evaluated the contribution of organic anion transporting polypeptide 2A1 (OATP2A1/SLCO2A1), a high-affinity carrier for prostaglandins (PGs), to the parturition process. At gestational day (GD) 15.5, OATP2A1 is co-localized with 15-hydroxy-PG dehydrogenase in the mouse placental junctional zone and facilitates PG degradation by delivering PGs to the cytoplasm. Slco2a1 (+/-) females mated with Slco2a1 (-/-) males frequently showed elevated circulating progesterone at GD18.5 and delayed parturi ...[more]