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ccessory corpus luteum regression during pregnancy I: timing, physiology, and P4 profile

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Author(s):
Monteiro, Pedro L. J. [1, 2] ; Sartori, Roberto [1] ; Canavessi, Aurea M. O. [1] ; Melo, Leonardo F. [1, 3] ; Motta, Jessica C. L. [4, 2] ; Consentini, Carlos E. C. [1] ; Wiltbank, Milo C. [2]
Total Authors: 7
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Anim Sci, Piracicaba, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Wisconsin Madison, Dept Anim & Dairy Sci, Madison, WI 53706 - USA
[3] Univ Fed Goias, Dept Anim Sci, Goiania, Go - Brazil
[4] Ohio State Univ, Dept Anim Sci, Columbus, OH 43210 - USA
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: Reproduction; v. 162, n. 6, p. 473-482, DEC 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

Inappropriate corpus luteum (CL) regression can produce pregnancy loss. An experimental model was utilized to investigate regression of accessory CL during pregnancy in dairy cows. Cows were bred (day 0) and treated with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone 6 days later to form accessory CL. Transrectal ultrasound (every other days) and blood samples for progesterone (P4; daily) were performed until day 56 of pregnancy. On day 28, 13 cows were confirmed pregnant, and accessory CL were found contralateral (n = 9) or ipsilateral (n = 4) to previous ovulation. On day 18, CL biopsy was performed to analyze mRNA expression for interferonstimulated genes (ISGs). Luteolysis occurred more frequently in cows that had contralateral accessory CL (88.9% (8/9)) than in cows with ipsilateral accessory CL (0% (0/4)). Luteolysis of contralateral accessory CL occurred either earlier (days 19-23; 2/8) or later (days 48-53; 6/8) in pregnancy and occurred rapidly (24 h), based on daily P4. After onset of earlier or later accessory CL regression, circulating P4 decreased by 41.2%. There was no difference in luteal tissue mRNA expression for ISGs on day 18 between accessory and original CL and between CL that subsequently regressed or did not regress. On day 56, an oxytocin challenge dramatically increased prostaglandin F2a metabolite (PGFM) in all cows but produced no pregnancy losses, although cows with previous accessory CL regression had greater PGFM. In summary, ipsilateral accessory CL did not regress during pregnancy, whereas most contralateral CL regressed by 63 days of pregnancy, providing evidence for local mechanisms in regression of accessory CL and protection of CL during pregnancy. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/22885-7 - Physiological basis for anovulation in high-producing dairy cattle
Grantee:Pedro Leopoldo Jerônimo Monteiro Junior
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 15/19873-0 - Physiological basis for anovulation in high-producing dairy cattle
Grantee:Pedro Leopoldo Jerônimo Monteiro Junior
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
FAPESP's process: 15/07446-0 - Improvement of alternative techniques to radioimmunoassay for hormone assays using samples from studies on anovulatory condition and influence of insulin on reproduction in dairy cows
Grantee:Roberto Sartori Filho
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research