title: Effect of the gonadotrophins treatment on morphological alterations in ovary and peripheral plasma concentrations of steroid hormones in gilts.
abstract: The present study was designed to examine the influence of gonadotrophins treatment on the ovarian morphology changes and plasma concentrations of steroid hormones in peripheral blood. The experiment was performed on sexually pubertal gilts (Large White x Landrace) of similar age (7-8 months) and body mass (100-110 kg) with two controlled subsequent estrous cycles. The animals were randomly divided into four groups: two control consisting of pigs with the luteal phase (n = 9, the 10th day of the estrous cycle) and the follicular phase (n = 6, the 20th day of the estrous cycle) and two experimental ones consisting of animals with both mentioned periods (n = 7 and n = 9) treated with gonadotrophins (PMSG and hCG). The gilts in the luteal phase were injected (s.c.) with gonadotrophins at a daily dose of PMSG 400 and hCG 200 IU from the 16th to the 27th day (the 6th day of the next estrous cycle). The gilts in the follicular phase, were injected with the same dose of gonadotrophins but from the 8th to the 19th day of the estrous cycle. Plasma concentrations of P4, A4, T, E1, E2 and metabolite of PGF2 alpha-PGFM were determined by radioimmunoassay (RIA) method. Injections of PMSG and hCG in both experimental groups produced several times enlarged: weight, size and volume of ovaries and alterations in a number of structural elements as compared with those found in the control animals. The morphological elements presented in ovaries: corpora haemorrhagica, corpora lutea, regular and atretic follicles and first of all cysts by distinctly differentiation thickness of the walls are characteristic for cystic ovarian degeneration. Plasma concentrations all determined hormones after gonadotrophins treatment in experimental groups were increased except E1 (insignificant decrease) in luteal phase as compared with those found in the control groups. Statistically significant increase (p < 0.001) in plasma concentrations of P4, A4, and T in both experimental groups and E2 (p < 0.001) in luteal phase were noted. In peripheral plasma concentrations increase of E1 and E2 in follicular phase of the estrous cycle were insignificant.
authors.affiliation: Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Pathophisiology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, 10-747 Olsztyn, Tuwima 10, Poland. baja@pan.olsztyn.pl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kucharski
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jana
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zezula-Szpyra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D030762:Estrous Cycle; D005260:Female; D006064:Gonadotropins, Equine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous / Q000662:veterinary; D010053:Ovary / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects*; D011897:Random Allocation; D013552:Swine / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D006064:Gonadotropins, Equine