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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 41, 393-400, Copyright © 1989 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Luteal production of steroids and prostaglandins during simulated early pregnancy in the primate: differential regulation of steroid production by chorionic gonadotropin

JS Ottobre, BS Houmard and AC Ottobre
Department of Dairy Science, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.

Stimulation of the primate corpus luteum (CL) by endogenous chorionic gonadotropin (CG) in early pregnancy, or by exogenous human (h)CG in simulated early pregnancy, results in a transient elevation of serum progesterone (P) and a persistent elevation of serum 17 beta-estradiol (E). Luteal prostaglandins (PG) may play a role in these responses. The objective of the current study was to correlate luteal PG production and steroidogenic response of CL in vitro with patterns of serum steroids during simulated early pregnancy. CL were removed from rhesus monkeys (n = 26) at 0 h, 9 h, 3 days, 6 days, and 10 days, during prolonged CG exposure of simulated early pregnancy. Dispersed cells were incubated in vitro at 37 degrees C for 8 h. Changes in basal production of P were not significantly correlated with patterns of serum steroids. Maximal stimulation of P production by hCG in vitro (stimulated minus basal) continuously declined (p less than 0.01) from 0 h (means +/- SE, 59.6 +/- 17.9 ng/ml) to 10 days (4.7 +/- 1.8 ng/ml) of simulated early pregnancy. In contrast to patterns of response to hCG, the level of enhancement in P production in response to a maximally stimulatory dose of dibutyryl (db) cyclic adenosine 3',5'- monophosphate (cAMP) declined (p less than 0.05) from 0 h (52.4 +/- 17.6 ng/ml) to 3 days (20.3 +/- 8.4 ng/ml), but was maintained through 10 days (23.7 +/- 11.6 ng/ml) of simulated early pregnancy. As such, desensitization to gonadotropin, which occurred in terms of P production, appears to involve an event subsequent to stimulation of adenylate cyclase.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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