Activity of a human follicular fluid protein(s) in spontaneous and induced ovarian cycles

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
G S diZeregaR P Marrs

Abstract

Recently, we identified a human follicular fluid protein(s) (FP) which inhibited human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG)-induced rat ovarian weight gain and FSH-induced aromatase. Here, we assessed FP activity from ovulatory patients who were either untreated (n = 7) or received clomiphene (n = 9; 150 mg/day on cycle days 5-9) or hMG (n = 6; 150 IU/day on cycle day 3). Aspirations were performed when one follicular diameter exceeded 20 mm. FP activity was expressed as the percent inhibition of porcine granulosa cell aromatase activity at three concentrations of extracted follicular fluid (range, 1250-10 micrograms; extrapolated to 50 micrograms). Patients receiving hMG or clomiphene had multiple follicles greater than 16 mm in diameter (3.83; 2.66/patient, respectively), while untreated patients had 1 each. FP activity was 14.1 +/- 5.3% (mean +/- SEM) inhibition for untreated, 18.0 +/- 3.4% inhibition for hMG-treated, and 13.7 +/- 5.3% inhibition for clomiphene-treated patients. Follicular fluid estradiol levels from untreated patients (2590 +/- 1221 ng/ml) were greater than estradiol concentrations from hMG-treated (356 +/- 55 ng/ml; P less than 0.01) or clomiphene-treated (1317 +/- 344 ng/ml; P less than 0.05) patients. Progester...Continue Reading

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