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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 32, 530-540, Copyright © 1985 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Unilateral ovariectomy restores ovulatory cyclicity in rats with a polycystic ovarian condition

R Farookhi, R Hemmings and JR Brawer

An acyclic polycystic ovarian condition can be induced in adult rats with a single injection of estradiol valerate (EV). The ovaries are small and contain multiple cystic follicles and no new corpora lutea. In the early stages of the condition, both basal plasma luteinizing hormone (LH) and LH responses to luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) are attenuated. Plasma androgens are indistinguishable from normal controls. The present study examines the effect of unilateral ovariectomy (ULO) on this condition. Removal of one cystic ovary results in almost immediate resumption of vaginal cyclicity that persists for at least 3 wk. At 1 or 3 wk after ULO the remaining ovary contains fresh corpora lutea, appears histologically normal, and is significantly heavier than the cystic ovary removed at ULO, indicative of compensatory hypertrophy. Despite the resumption of apparently normal cyclic function, basal plasma LH concentrations and LH responses to LHRH are not significantly better than those in intact animals with polycystic ovaries. Thus, the previously polycystic ovary is fully capable of normal ovulatory function despite obvious impairments in the hypothalamo-pituitary axis. Since ovulatory function resumes on a background of continued poor pituitary responsiveness, the primary defect, which ULO corrects, is probably at the hypothalamic level. Finally, the cystic ovary clearly contributes to the hypothalamic aberration to which it subsequently responds.


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