TY - JOUR
T1 - In. vitro evaluation of corpus luteum function of cycling and pregnant rhesus monkeys
T2 - Progesterone production by dispersed luteal cells
AU - Stouffer, Richard L.
AU - Nixon, Wilbert E.
AU - Gulyas, Bela J.
AU - Johnson, David K.
AU - Hodgen, Gary D.
PY - 1976/4
Y1 - 1976/4
N2 - Corpus luteum function in the cycling and the pregnant rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) was evaluated through short term in vitro studies of progesterone production by suspensions of collagenase-dispersed luteal cells in the presence and absence of exogenous gonadotropin (human chortonic gonadotropin, HCG). Cells from mid-luteal phase of the menstrual cycle secreted progesterone, as measured by accumulation of this hormone in the incubation medium, and responded to the addition of 100 ng HCG/ml with a marked increase in progesterone secretion above basal level (63.7 ± 13.1 versus 24.7 ± 5.5 ng progesterone/ml/5 × 104 cells/ 3 hr, X ± S.E., n = 6; p < 0.05). However, luteal cells from early pregnancy (23-26 days after fertilization) secreted significantly less progesterone than cells of the non-fertile menstrual cycle (3.6 ± 2.4 versus 24.7 ± 5.5 ng/ml/5 × 104 cells/3 hr, n = 3; p < 0.05) and did not respond to HCG with enhanced secretion. By mid-pregnancy (108-118 days gestation) luteal cells exhibited partially renewed function, and near the time of parturition (163-166 days gestation) basal and HCG-stimulated progesterone secretion (30.2 ± 5.6 and 63.0 ± 13.0 ng/ml/5 × 104 cells/3 hr, respectively; n = 3) was equivalent to that of cells from the luteal phase of the non-fertile menstrual cycle. The data suggest that following a period around the fourth week of gestation, when steroidogenic activity is markedly diminished, the corpus luteum of pregnancy progressively reacquires its functional capacity and at term exhibits gonadotropin-sensitive steroidogenesis similar to that of the corpus luteum of the menstrual cycle.
AB - Corpus luteum function in the cycling and the pregnant rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) was evaluated through short term in vitro studies of progesterone production by suspensions of collagenase-dispersed luteal cells in the presence and absence of exogenous gonadotropin (human chortonic gonadotropin, HCG). Cells from mid-luteal phase of the menstrual cycle secreted progesterone, as measured by accumulation of this hormone in the incubation medium, and responded to the addition of 100 ng HCG/ml with a marked increase in progesterone secretion above basal level (63.7 ± 13.1 versus 24.7 ± 5.5 ng progesterone/ml/5 × 104 cells/ 3 hr, X ± S.E., n = 6; p < 0.05). However, luteal cells from early pregnancy (23-26 days after fertilization) secreted significantly less progesterone than cells of the non-fertile menstrual cycle (3.6 ± 2.4 versus 24.7 ± 5.5 ng/ml/5 × 104 cells/3 hr, n = 3; p < 0.05) and did not respond to HCG with enhanced secretion. By mid-pregnancy (108-118 days gestation) luteal cells exhibited partially renewed function, and near the time of parturition (163-166 days gestation) basal and HCG-stimulated progesterone secretion (30.2 ± 5.6 and 63.0 ± 13.0 ng/ml/5 × 104 cells/3 hr, respectively; n = 3) was equivalent to that of cells from the luteal phase of the non-fertile menstrual cycle. The data suggest that following a period around the fourth week of gestation, when steroidogenic activity is markedly diminished, the corpus luteum of pregnancy progressively reacquires its functional capacity and at term exhibits gonadotropin-sensitive steroidogenesis similar to that of the corpus luteum of the menstrual cycle.
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U2 - 10.1016/0039-128X(76)90087-8
DO - 10.1016/0039-128X(76)90087-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0017178359
SN - 0039-128X
VL - 27
SP - 543
EP - 551
JO - Steroids
JF - Steroids
IS - 4
ER -