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    • Invitro responsiveness of hamster corpora lutea undergoing luteolysis to luteinizing hormone

      Venkat Ramaiah Mukku N R Moudgal

      Volume 1 Issue 4 December 1979 pp 457-465

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    • Keywords

       

      Luteolysis; luteinizing hormone; progesterone; hamster

    • Abstract

       

      Corpora lutea removed from pregnant hamster deprived of endogenous luteinizing hormone for varying periods were compared for their responsiveness to externally added luteinizing hormone. The corpora lutea removed on the 8th day of pregnancy exhibited a dose-dependent increase in progesterone production in response to added luteinizing hormone upto a concentration of 2.5 Μg/ml. The total progesterone synthesised by the corpora lutea decreased with increase in the duration ofin vivo luteinizing hormone deprivation. However, the hormone deprivation had to be for a minimum period of 24 h before a marked reduction in thein vitro responsiveness could be seen. Neutralisation of endogenous luteinizing hormone increased the luteal cholesterol ester concentration, whilein vitro incubation of such tissue with luteinizing hormone resulted in a marked reduction in cholesterol ester levels. Corpora lutea removed from hamsters on day 8, 15 and 16 of pregnancy when compared for their responsivenessin vitro to added luteinizing hormone showed that the luteal tissue of day 8 produced more progesterone relative to those of day 15/16. In contrast, depletion of free and esterified cholesterol increased with the increase in age of corpora lutea (from 15% on day 8 to 67% on day 16).

    • Author Affiliations

       

      Venkat Ramaiah Mukku1 2 N R Moudgal1

      1. Laboratory of Endocrine Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012
      2. Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA

    • Dates

       
      Published
      December 1979
      Manuscript received
      17 May 1979

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