TY - JOUR
T1 - Serum estradiol and progesterone during pregnancy and the status of the corpus luteum at delivery in cynomolgus monkeys (Macacafascicularis)
AU - Hodgen, Gary D.
AU - Stouffer, Richard L.
AU - Barber, Donald L.
AU - Nixon, Wilbert E.
PY - 1977/8
Y1 - 1977/8
N2 - Levels of estradiol and progesterone in peripheral serum of seven cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) were measured from about the 30th day of pregnancy until parturition. Although the pattern of each steroid in circulation differed somewhat from the respective patterns in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), there were basic similarities. On the day of delivery, the corpus luteum was excised and in vitro incubation of dispersed luteal cells was performed. Isolated luteal cells produced progesterone under control conditions and responded to the addition of HCG with enhanced steroidogenesis. Accordingly, "rejuvenation" of the corpus luteum may occur during advanced gestation in cynomolgus monkeys. These findings, along with establishing the efficacy of the Subhuman Primate Pregnancy Test kit to diagnose pregnancy in this macaque, extend previous evidence for utility of cynomolgus monkeys as a primate model for study of steroid hormones in pregnancy.
AB - Levels of estradiol and progesterone in peripheral serum of seven cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) were measured from about the 30th day of pregnancy until parturition. Although the pattern of each steroid in circulation differed somewhat from the respective patterns in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), there were basic similarities. On the day of delivery, the corpus luteum was excised and in vitro incubation of dispersed luteal cells was performed. Isolated luteal cells produced progesterone under control conditions and responded to the addition of HCG with enhanced steroidogenesis. Accordingly, "rejuvenation" of the corpus luteum may occur during advanced gestation in cynomolgus monkeys. These findings, along with establishing the efficacy of the Subhuman Primate Pregnancy Test kit to diagnose pregnancy in this macaque, extend previous evidence for utility of cynomolgus monkeys as a primate model for study of steroid hormones in pregnancy.
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U2 - 10.1016/0039-128X(77)90090-3
DO - 10.1016/0039-128X(77)90090-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 412283
AN - SCOPUS:0017670255
SN - 0039-128X
VL - 30
SP - 295
EP - 301
JO - Steroids
JF - Steroids
IS - 2
ER -