Effects of periconceptional undernutrition on the initiation of parturition in sheep

American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
Vasumathy KumarasamyJ E Harding

Abstract

In sheep, parturition is initiated by increased fetal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPAA) activity leading to PGE(2) and PGF(2alpha) production and a rise in the 17beta-estradiol-progesterone (E(2)/P(4)) ratio. Uteroplacental PG production can also increase fetal HPAA activity. Periconceptional maternal undernutrition accelerates fetal HPAA maturation resulting in preterm labor. We determined whether preterm labor was preceded by an increase in PG concentrations and E(2)/P(4) ratio and whether these increases preceded or followed the corresponding rise in cortisol concentrations. Singleton-bearing ewes were nourished ad libitum (N, n = 9) or undernourished (UN, n = 10) to reduce maternal weight by 15% from -61 days (d) to +30 d after mating with ad libitum intake thereafter. Paired maternal and fetal blood samples were collected from 126 d until delivery. Half the UN group delivered prematurely (>2 SD below mean gestation for the flock). PG and cortisol concentrations and E(2)/P(4) ratio increased before delivery in the same way in both groups. However, the increases occurred 7-10 d earlier in UN than in N animals. In both UN and N fetuses cortisol concentrations rose before fetal and maternal PG concentrations and mater...Continue Reading

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