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Persistent genital hyperinnervation following progesterone administration to
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Liao Z
; Smith PG
Biol Reprod
2014[Dec]; 91
(6
): 144
PMID25359899
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Provoked vestibulodynia, a female pelvic pain syndrome affecting substantial
numbers of women, is characterized by genital hypersensitivity and sensory
hyperinnervation. Previous studies have shown that the risk of developing
provoked vestibulodynia is markedly elevated following adolescent use of oral
contraceptives with high progesterone content. We hypothesized that progesterone,
a steroid hormone with known neurotropic properties, may alter genital
innervation through direct or indirect actions. Female Sprague Dawley rats
received progesterone (20 mg/kg subcutaneously) from Days 20-27; tissue was
removed for analysis in some rats on Day 28, while others were ovariectomized on
Day 43 and infused for 7 days with vehicle or 17beta estradiol. Progesterone
resulted in overall increases in vaginal innervation at both Day 28 and 50 due to
proliferation of peptidergic sensory and sympathetic (but not parasympathetic)
axons. Estradiol reduced innervation in progesterone-treated and untreated
groups. To assess the mechanisms of sensory hyperinnervation, we cultured
dissociated dorsal root ganglion neurons and found that progesterone increases
neurite outgrowth by small unmyelinated (but not myelinated) sensory neurons, it
was receptor mediated, and it was nonadditive with NGF. Pretreatment of ganglion
with progesterone also increased neurite outgrowth in response to vaginal target
explants. However, pretreatment of vaginal target with progesterone did not
improve outgrowth. We conclude that adolescent progesterone exposure may
contribute to provoked vestibulodynia by eliciting persistent genital
hyperinnervation via a direct effect on unmyelinated sensory nociceptor neurons
and that estradiol, a well-documented therapeutic, may alleviate symptoms in part
by reducing progesterone-induced sensory hyperinnervation.