PMID: 7536049Feb 1, 1995Paper

Increasing concentrations of 17 beta-estradiol has differential effects on secretion of luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone and amounts of mRNA for gonadotropin subunits during the follicular phase of the bovine estrous cycle

Biology of Reproduction
A S CuppJ E Kinder

Abstract

The hypothesis tested was that 17 beta-estradiol (E2) would increase amounts of mRNA for alpha, LH beta, and FSH beta subunits during the follicular phase of the estrous cycle prior to the preovulatory surge of gonadotropins in cows. On Day 16 (Day 0 = estrus) of the estrous cycle, all cows were treated with prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha). Cows served as intact controls (CONT, n = 4) were ovariectomized (OVX, n = 5), or were ovariectomized and administered E2 (OVXE, n = 6) in increasing doses starting at the time of treatment with PGF2 alpha. Cows were bled for 6 h before and for 40 h after PGF2 alpha treatment to characterize pulsatile secretion of LH and FSH. Forty hours after PGF2 alpha treatment, pituitaries were collected for evaluation of amounts of mRNA for alpha, LH beta, and FSH beta subunits. Amplitude of LH pulses was greater (p < 0.05) in cows from the OVXE than from the CONT group. Concentrations of FSH were greater in cows from both the OVXE and OVX (p < 0.01) groups than from the CONT group. Amounts of mRNA for alpha and FSH beta subunits were greater (p < 0.01) in pituitaries of cows from the OVX than from the CONT or OVXE groups. Amounts of mRNA for LH beta subunit in pituitaries of cows from the OVX group...Continue Reading

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Feb 22, 2005·Animal Reproduction Science·G Perera-MarínE González-Padilla

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