Steroidal Control Mechanism of Cell Proliferation in Mouse Uterine Epithelium

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The percentage of labeled cells in the uterine luminal epithelium of cycling mice showed the different zonal distributions at each stage of estrous cycle after cumulative labeling with <SUP>3</SUP>H-thymidine for 36 hr. It was estimated that the proliferating fraction in the epithelium at proestrus, estrus, metestrus, anddiestrus was 100%, 100%, 40% and 5%, respectively. The percentage of labeled cells in the uterine luminal epithelium of cycling mice treated with progesterone remained below 10% level for at least 20 hr after injections of progesterone.<BR>Total labeling was attained in the uterine epithelium of castrated mice by the administration of estradiol-17β. On the other hand, the cell proliferation in the uterine epithelium of castrated mice treated with estradiol and progesterone was markedly suppressed and the percentage of labeled cells remained approximately at 35%. The remaining cell population, however, still showed the mitotic potency when mice received estradiol.<BR>It is suggested from this study that the effect of progesterone is to suppress the epithelial cell proliferation and transfer cells into resting cell fraction which is still evoked to proliferate as the effect of estradiol and that a key factor controlling epithelial proliferation in mouse uterus during the estrous cycle is proliferating fraction rather than cell cycle time.
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