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Porcine relaxin produced a rapid, dose-related rise of cyclic AMP values in rat uterine tissue incubated in vitro. In time-course experiments, peak cyclic AMP concentrations were observed in the uterine slices at 5 min; subsequently the values fell, at first rapidly and then more slowly with the tissue concentration remaining significantly raised at 15 min. Levels of cyclic GMP in the same tissue slices were not significantly altered by relaxin. Furthermore, no increase in basal cyclic AMP values was measured in control slices prepared from the rat heart or jejunum. An increase in cyclic AMP concentration comparable to that found in the rat uterus was observed in slices of porcine uterus and cervix but not of vagina when they were stimulated with porcine relaxin. Our results suggest that the hormonal action of relaxin on the uterus and cervix is mediated through receptors linked to the enzyme, adenylate cyclase.

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