Decidua and the control of corpus luteum function, follicular development and pituitary LHRH-responsiveness in pseudopregnant and pregnant rats.
The mid-pregnancy rescue of corpora lutea can be mimicked in the pseudopregnant rat by induction of decidual tissue in the uterus: in such rats, around day 10, there is neither luteolysis, nor resumption of follicle-development or increase of the pituitary responsiveness to LHRH. The results suggest that the mid-pregnancy rescue of corpora lutea is caused by a maternal factor.
Schuiling
G A
GA
Pols-Valkhof
N
N
van der Schaaf-Verdonk
G C
GC
de Jong
F H
FH
Koiter
T R
TR
D004092:20-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000502:physiology*; D003656:Decidua / Q000502:physiology*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000254:growth & development*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood; D011555:Pseudopregnancy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
D004092:20-alpha-Dihydroprogesterone; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone