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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 44, 897-905, Copyright © 1991 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Cellular localization of ovarian prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase during pseudopregnancy in the rat

TE Curry Jr, C Bryant and MR Clark
Center for Reproductive Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536.

The specific cellular localization of prostaglandin endoperoxide (PGH) synthase, the enzyme responsible for initiating the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins, was studied throughout pseudopregnancy in the rat. Pseudopregnancy was induced by administration of eCG (20 IU) to immature, 27-day-old rats followed by hCG injection (10 IU) on Day 29. Animals were necropsied on Days 1 (Day 1 = 1 day post hCG), 5, 9, and 13 of pseudopregnancy. Ovaries were removed and processed for cellular identification of PGH synthase by immunohistochemistry. Immunoreactive PGH synthase was distributed throughout the CL at each of the 4 different days of pseudopregnancy, with the majority of the luteal cells exhibiting varying degrees of staining. The connective tissue centrum of the CL, however, lacked PGH synthase immunoreactivity. Quantitative assessment of the immunostaining distribution was accomplished with a computer-based image analysis program (Kontron IBAS). Results are expressed as the percentage of a digitized luteal area that contained intense immunoreactivity between Day 1 (0.6 +/- 0.2% immunoreactive area) and Day 5 (16.8 +/- 2.7%) of pseudopregnancy. The area of luteal immunostaining was similar on Day 5 and Day 9 (16.8 +/- 2.7% and 14.7 +/- 2.0%, respectively) followed by a decrease (p less than 0.05) in immunoreactivity on Day 13 (9.1 +/- 2.2%). The region of the CL adjacent to the germinal epithelium had an increase (p less than 0.01) in PG synthase staining distribution compared to the region of the CL adjacent to the ovarian medulla on all days of pseudopregnancy except Day 1. These findings demonstrate that PGH synthase is present in the rat CL throughout pseudopregnancy.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)




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